1813. [EHON] Yorita Kyûhô. Shinkoku KINSHI GAFU. Nagoya, Ôsaka, Edo & Kyôto, Tôhekido, et al. Bunka 10 [1813]. 29.6 x 19.3 cm, original covers and printed paper title label. Some staining but a wonderful printing overall. There are copies at Waseda and the Diet Library in Tokyo. Not in Mitchell..... More
[EHON] [Ki Baitei, artist]. KYÛRO GAFU. 1 volume. Kôto [Kyôto], N.D. [Bunsei?]. 26.2 x 18.6 cm String-bound Japanese style fukuro- toji. Resembles the copy "c" in Mitchell at p. 403 for the presence of 64 single page images in sumi, (a greater number of images than the first edition with..... More
ELLSWORTH, Robert Hatfield. CHINESE FURNITURE: Hardwood Examples and Early Ch'ing Dynasties. New York: Random House, (c. 1970). From the library of the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum in Springfield, Mass, with the Museum's bookpate to fpd, small ink stamp to half-title; no external marks. 4to., olive cloth, lettered and..... More
1986. ELLSWORTH, Robert Hatfield. LATER CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY: 1800-1950, 3 VOLUMES. New York, 1986. 10.5 x 15", 3 vols, xvi; xviii; xxiii, 399; 369; 281 pp., 875 color plates, 118 text-figures, text in English with Chinese captions, index, cloth, all edges gilt in gold, brown decorative clamshell style box..... More
1918. [EMA] Tanaka SHUNJI, editor. EMA KAGAMI Isshû, Nishû. Printed by by Bankadô in Kyôto, Taishô 7 [1918]. Two large tassel-bound volumes of designs and explanatory text regarding the ubiquitous ema tablets used as offerings at shrines. Originally "pictures of horses" "e-ma" were used as a substitute for the horse..... More
1935. ENDERS, Gordon B. and ANTHONY, Edward. NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. With sixty-four photographs. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1935). Inscribed presentation copy from Edward Anthony. 8vo., grey cloth; 434pp.. Sunning at spine. Very good, in a jacket with nicks at edges. More
1928. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPAN] Endoo Ryooshin. HONGANJI SHASHINCHOO. Kyoto, 1928. 37.8 X 28 cm. Cord-bound in an oblong format. Wood-block printed crepe paper over stiff boards. With 26 beautiful full-page b+w photogravures of sights in the temple complex of Honganji, the captions of which are printed in Japanese and French..... More
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[Japanese Ephemera Collection] 「18世紀-19世紀初のハガキ、お土産、年賀状、地図、写真、メニュー、うちわ、など」 19th - 20th century 125 pieces in a black ring binder. Photos, cards, maps etc., 19th - 20th century. Mostly for Western tourists, this collection includes hotel luggage labels and tags in various shapes and sizes; matchbox labels (in English and Japanese); trade cards..... More
1958. [EPHEMERA] VIETNAM PRESS/VIET-NAM THONG TA'N XA. [Saigon:] Vietnam Press [n.d. ca. 1958]. 28 + [2] pp. 8vo., printed illustrated stapled wrappers in red, yellow and black. Very good, small shallow dampstain to bottom edge of text and covers (not affecting interior text). B/w photo reproductions. The Saigon agency's self-promoting..... More
[Ephemera - Candy wrappers お菓子] [Collection of 560 candy wrappers, labels, and 55 decorated boxes, early 20th Century] Japan The wrappers and labels range from small (2.5 x 3 cm) to large (32 x 45 cm), although the majority are somewhere in the middle. The boxes have..... More
19. [EPHEMERA - Matchbox and Matchbook Covers]. A COLLECTION OF OVER 950 JAPANESE MATCHBOX AND MATCHBOOK COVERS (rinpyō 燐票) from both the pre- and postwar period mounted in one album. The vast majority are clipped matchbox covers from the preWar era - cafe culture at its finest on display. Then..... More
2012. ESKENAZI. QING PORCELAIN FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION. London: Eskenazi, 2012. 4to, 106pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt to front and spine. Fine, in fine dustjacket. More
2002. ESKENAZI. TWO RARE CHINESE PORCELAIN FISH JARS OF THE 14TH AND 16TH CENTURIES. London: Eskanazi, 2002. 4to. 51pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt to front and spine. Fine, in fine dustjacket. More
1923. (EXHIBITION CATALOGUE). CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY MODERN JAPANESE ARTISTS. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, 1923. 8vo, 10 pp. text + 26 pp. half-tone reproductions. Printed wraps, worn and soiled, slight soil also to title p., else very good internally... More
1976. [EXHIBITION]. ORIENTAL LACQUER. An exhibition organized by guest curator, F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr. (Santa Barbara): Santa Barbara Museum of Art, (1976). 1/1000 copies. 4to., brown wrappers; 32 pp. Fine. More
1935. [EXHIBITION CATALOGUE] Asahi Shinbunsha. Shu^kan Asahi Rinjiso^kan NIKA GASHU^. O^saka. Sho^wa 10 [1935]. Folio, color-printed paper wrappers, 38.1 x 26.3cm. Profusely illustrated with b+w photo illustrations of art exhibited in the 22nd annual Nikakai exhibition in 1935. Very slight edgewear, very good overall. An interesting resource on this important..... More
[FABRIC SAMPLES]. LARGE ALBUM OF 72 FABRIC SAMPLES n.p., n.d., [Kyoto?, 1950s 60s?] Large oblong albums, 36.2 x 30.4 cm, folding album in fabric covered boards from the post-war era. Sample book of lovely and inventive designs in many different fabric varieties. Much use of metallic thread, etc. The fabric..... More
1970. [FACSIMILE] THORNTON, John. ENGLISH PILOT. The Third Book. Describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Straits, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers....in the Oriental Navigation. (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Series of Atlases in Facsimile, Fifth Series, Volume III. A facsimile of the John How edition, London, 1703.With an Introduction by Coolie Verner and R.A...... More
18. [FAN PAINTING] Murata KAGEN, artist. An unmounted fan painting by Kagen [d.1849], an Osaka artist mentioned in both Hillier's UNINHIBITED BRUSH and his 2 vol. work on ehon as a book designer and book illustrator. A lovely simple Shijo^-style composition of flowers in light ink and muted colors. Signed..... More
1924. FARRERE, Claude. EXTREME-ORIENT. [Paris]: Flammarion, 1924. First edition. 12mo., pictorial wrappers. Illustrated with photographs. Extensive pencil to text. Insect perf. to bottom opening corner. Wear to wraps with tail chipped. As is. [Vietnam]. More
1923. FENOLLOSA, Ernest F. URSPRUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG DER CHINESISCHEN UND JAPANISCHEN KUNST. Liepzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1923. In two volumes. Small 4to., maroon leather-backed, grey paper-covered boards; vol.1 xxviii + 228pp. mit 78 zum Teil farbigen Tafeln und zwei Zeichnungen im Text; vol.2 mit 113 zum Teil farbigen Tafeln. Some..... More
1896. FENOLLOSA, Ernest Francisco. THE MASTERS OF UKIOYE, A Complete Historical Description of Japanese Paintings and Color Prints of the Genre School. New York: W.H. Ketchum, 1896. 8vo., V, 115pp.; tan boards. Internally good, the covers are dampstained and soiled. More
1937. FERGUSON, John C., and ANESAKI, Masaharu. CHINESE AND JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY. Boston: Marshall Jones Co., 1937. Vol. VIII of the Archaelogical Institute of America series, The Mythology of All Races. Large 8vo, xii + 416 pp., with 44 plates (5 in color), map, other ills. in text. Red cloth, light..... More
1880. FERGUSSON, James and James BURGESS. THE CAVE TEMPLES OF INDIA. London: W. H. Allen & Co., Trubner & Co., E. Stanford and W. Griggs, 1880. xx + 536 pp. + 98 plates. 4to., First Edition. Langdon Warner's copy with his signature and "London/1914" written on the inside of the..... More
1864. FERGUSSON, James. THE ROCK-CUT TEMPLES OF INDIA. Illustrated by seventy-four photographs taken on the spot by Major Gill. London: John Murray, 1864. xix, 76 pp. (numbered to 78). 8vo., half red gilt morocco over plain grey cloth boards. with 68 of the 74 half-stereo albumen prints. Langdon Warner's copy..... More