1928. DAYE, Pierre. LE JAPON ET SON DESTIN. Paris: Perrin et Cie., 1928. 8vo., illustrated white paper wraps lettered in red and black. A very good copy that shows light soiling to the wraps and slight chipping at the spine ends. More
DE BECKER, J. E. THE NIGHTLESS CITY OR THE HISTORY OF THE YOSHIWARA YUKWAKU.Yokohama: Max Nossler & Co.,/London: Probsthain & Co. [n.d. ca. 1903] xvi pp. + 2 folding plates +386 pp. 8vo., red cloth stamped in darker red, white and gilt. Corners bumped, moderate shelfwear to spine. Small closed..... More
1941. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. GEORGE BRANDT. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, (1941). Octavo. [iv],9-178 pp. In a worn publisher's binding of orange cloth with gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. The book is sunned at spine, showing general light soiling overall, and the bottom fore-corner of the upper..... More
19. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. NEW ZEALAND VIEWS. [No place, no date, perhaps circa 1900-1910.] Slim Octavo. 53 pp. Bound in plain green cloth with only the title and author's name gilt-stamped on the upper board. The spine shows light wear at ends and is splitting near the center. This..... More
1910. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. SAITÔ MUSASHI-BÔ BENKEI. (Tales of the Wars of the Gempei) Being the Story of the Lives and Adventures of Iyo-no-Kami Minamoto Kurô Yoshitsune and Saitô Musashi-bô Benkei the Warrior Monk. Volume II. Yokohama: Published by the author, 1910. First edition of volume two (of two)..... More
1857. DE QUINCEY, Thomas. CHINA: A REVISED REPRINT OF ARTICLES FROM "TITAN:" WITH PREFACE AND ADDITIONS. Edinburgh: James Hogg/London: R. Groombridge & Sons, 1857. 152 pp. Inscribed "With the Publisher's Compliments" on title page. 8vo., ex-library, rebound in grey cloth. Endpapers missing, title and following page slightly chipped, no loss..... More
1996. De Sabato Swinton, Elizabeth. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter : Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World. Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT, (1996). Fine Folio Soft Cover. More
1996. De Sabato Swinton, Elizabeth. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter : Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World. Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT, (1996). Fine Folio, green cloth in dustwrapper. More
1978. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, CHINA: AN ANALYTICAL SURVEY OF LITERATURE. 1978 edition. 4to., white wrappers printed in red, 231 pp., several pockets of maps and diagrams to the rear. Lightly soiled and very lightly edgeworn. Very good plus. Military, East Asian. More
1914. DER LING, Princess. TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1914. Later printing, Illustrated from photographs. ix,[5],383 pp. Octavo, terra cotta cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Cloth is lightly sunned at spine and shows general, faint soiling. Clean within and a...... More
1901. SEKKA Kamisaka. [DESIGN BOOK] Kamisaka SEKKA [Yoshitaka]. SHIKISHI. Kyoto: Tanaka jihei, Meiji 34 [1901]. 2 folios, each 31.2 x 21.5 cm. Volume one has 2 color prints and 30 b+w sumi prints, volume two has 30 b+w sumi prints. An interesting design book of subtlety. The covers are quite..... More
1935. SEIHÔ Takeuchi. [PRINT ALBUM] Takeuchi SEIHÔ. SEIHÔ IPPINSHÛ. Kyoto & Tokyo, Unsodo, Showa 12 - 14 [1937 - 9]. 53.2 cm x 42.7 cm. The first series, complete with all 31 prints which were issued in two formats: (1) ten paper fascicules and also (2) tassel-bound by the publisher..... More
1935. [DESIGN BOOK] Takeuchi SEIHÔ. SEIHÔ IPPINSHÛ. Kyoto & Tokyo, Unsodo, Meiji 12 - 13 [1935 - 6]. The first series, complete with 31 prints in 10 portfolios of SEIHO'S MASTERWORKS. In EHON: THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK IN JAPAN, Roger Keyes' catalogue to the 2007 NYPL exhibition of the..... More
1934. [DESIGN BOOK] Yoshida Gyokujô, compiler. TANSAI GAFU. Kyoto, Happpôdô, Shôwa 9 [1934]. 2 vols., complete. Tall folios, 36.7 x 25.4 cm, orihon folded album in woodcut printed paper over board covers with printed paper title labels. There are 25 total full page color woodblock prints. Interesting style, mixing flat..... More
1937. [DESIGN MAGAZINE]. TEIKOKU KÔGEI Vol.11, #12. Tokyo, Showa 12 [1937]. 25.7 x 19 cm. Decorated wrappers. Interesting articles on contenporary art and design.... furniture, fashion, kitchenware, graphics, etc., etc. The dominant sensibility is Deco throughout. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. Very good. More
1915. [DESIGN MAGAZINE] Fukada Zuan Kenkyûsho. GENDAI NO ZUAN; GENDAI NO ZUAN KÔGEI; ZUAN TO KÔGEI. Tokyo, Taisho 4 [1915] to Taisho 13 [1924]. 23 issues of this important periodical on design in Japan. The dominant aesthetic is a Japanese version of Art Deco. Each issue has many illustrations, several..... More
[DESIGN]. SAIKÔKYÛ MIRAAKOOTO-KAMI TOPPAN-ZURI OODAMATCHI MIHONCHO NP, ND [Japan, 1960s?]. 16.3 X 24.5 cm. Leatheroid covers, 23 pages of 5.5 x 8 cm designs for matchbox covers, done in a "mirrorcoat" process of relief printing. One sample clipped for color matching. The back covers is loosening. Overall, a good copy..... More
1890. [DESIGN] SHIN ZUAN, #11-20, 10 volumes. Kyoto, Shinzuankai. Nakayasu Shinsaburô, Meiji 25-7 [1890-2]. 24.4 x 16.5 cm. Cord- bound Japanese-style (fukuro toji). Printed paper covers, each with at least 12 single page color woodcuts after designs by Kamisaka Sekka, Kaishi [Kaigai] Tennen and others. These are volumes eleven through..... More
1919. [DESIGN] Sugiura HISUI. HISUI ZUAN-SHÛ. Tokyo, Bun'endo. Taisho 8 [1919], the sixth printing. Folder of 50 numbered sheets of 187 designs in various media and styles (woodcut, lithograph and offset). A wonderful epitome of Taisho-era "chic", produced by Bun'endo, perhaps the finest publisher of the time using all the..... More
1908. [DESIGN] ASAI Chu. MOKUGO ZUAN SHU. Kyoto: Unsodo, Meiji 41 [1908]. Printed paper covers over boards, tassel bound. This tall 4to sized volume (36.5 x 25 cm) is a wonderful deluxe compendium of Asai's design work. Asai is famous as one of the most important Japanese Western-style oil painters..... More
1937. [DESIGN] Azuma Dôjin. Koutashirabe AZUMA KOROMO. Unsôdô, Kyôto & Tôkyô, Shôwa 12 [1937]. A large folding album (34.0 x 24.8 cm), 10 pages (15 designs) of superbly printed color woodblock images by the "Companions from the East" The margins and facing pages have browning and foxing. This, the "spring"..... More
1902. [DESIGN] Fujii Rindô. SHOKUMON ZUKAN 1-4. Kyôto, Yamada Unsôdô, Meiji 35 [1902]. Four volumes, complete, each volume with printed title, string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 24.2 x 16.4 cm. Illustrated throughout with lightly colored woodblock prints of traditional design motifs. The covers are worn, some pages split but present. More
1933. [DESIGN] FUJII Tatsukichi, designer. SÔSAKU SENSHOKU ZUANSHÛ. [A Collection of Designs for Dyework] Tokyo & Osaka: Bungado, Showa 8 [1933]. Large portfolio, 41 x 31 cm., decorative cloth covered clasped chitsu case with a printed decorative label, all enclosed in the publisher's folding cardboard outer box. A 4 page..... More
1908. [DESIGN] Furuya KÔRIN. KÔGEI NO BI. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 41 [1908]. 3 vols. Folding orihon albums, 32 X 22.5 cm, in paper over boards with integral printed title labels. The first printing of this set, as here, is very scarce and quite delightful - the 75 large double page..... More
19. [DESIGN] Furuya KÔRIN. SEIKA. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 36 [1903]. Tall folio folding album, 36.8 X 24.9 cm, Double-page table of contents and final colophon page. The latter indicates this is a "saihan", a reprint done a month after the first printing. There are 12 large double-page designs in color..... More