1926. [CERAMICS] FUSUI, Kikusaburo. JAPANESE CERAMIC ART And national characteristics. (Tokyo): (1926). 8vo, decorated cloth, t.e.g.; xv + map + 21 plates + 63pp. English text + 40 plates + Japanese text. Slight exterior soiling and wear, else very good. More
1880. CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall. THE CLASSICAL POETRY OF THE JAPANESE. London: Trubner & Co., 1880. 8vo., orange cloth, lettered in gilt; ads. + xii + 227pp + 79pp ads. External tear to spine hinge, about 4". About good. (Cordier 638, Wenkstern 89). More
1913. CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall & W. B. MASON. A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN (INCLUDING FORMOSA). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/Kelly & Walsh, 1913. Ninth edition, revised throughout. With thirty maps and plans and numerous illustrations. (xii) + 553 pp. + 1 pp. colophon + 38 pp. advertisements. 8vo., red..... More
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1995. CHIBA CITY MUSEUM OF ART. SELECTED WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE CHIBA CITY MUSEUM OF ART. Chiba City: Chiba City Museum of Art, 1995. 4to. 290 pp. Softcover. Text is mostly in japanese. Minimal wear. Fine. More
1926. Chikamatsu Monzaemon. MASTERPIECES OF CHIKAMATSU, the Japanese Shakespeare. Translated by Asataro Miyamori; revised by Robert Nichols. London & NY, 1926. 8vo, xiv + 359 pp., with 74 illustrations. An interesting series of photo illustrations portraying the famous actors of the day, as well as translations of major plays in..... More
1926. Chikamatsu Monzaemon. MASTERPIECES OF CHIKAMATSU, the Japanese Shakespeare. Translated by Asataro Miyamori; revised by Robert Nichols. London & NY, 1926. 8vo, xiv + 359 pp., with 74 illustrations. An interesting series of photo illustrations portraying the famous actors of the day, as well as translations of major plays in..... More
1941. [CHILDREN'S - JAPAN]. Yonen Kagaku Ehon DOBUTSU NO UCHI. Tokyo, Seibundo Seikosha, Showa 16 [1941]. This book, entitled "Among the Animals" in translation, is from the "Childern's Picture Books for Science" series. Forty-two pages of color pictures and stories written using the simplified katakana syllabary. 25.2 x 26 cm..... More
1940. [CHILDREN'S - JAPAN] TAKEI Takeo, editor. Yoji Hyojun Ehon OHISAMA TO OTSUKISAMA. Tokyo, Showa 15 [1940]. Stiff wrappers, about 10" x 7", illustrated in color throughout. The covers and the twelve double-page spreads within are printed after work by several important artists and illustrators including Takei, himself. This is..... More
1940. [CHILDREN'S ART] ZEICHNUNGEN DRE JAPANISCHEN SCHULKINDER. Zweiundzwanzig gefarbte Reproduktionen. Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1940. First edition. 4to., red cloth-backed, red paper-covered portfolio, stamped in gilt; forward + 22 tipped-in color plates. Some of the corners and edges are bumped, else very good, in a much-worn portfolio... More
1941. [CHILDREN'S ART, JAPANESE]. PEINTURES DES ECOLIERS JAPONAIS. Vingt-deux Reproductions en Couleur. Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1941. First edition. Portfolio of 22 reproductions of children's art in color. 4to., in a blue chemise, the backstrip reinforced with tape. Title page faded, and the prints just slightly so at extremes. Very..... More
1932. [CHILDREN'S BOOK] KINDAABUKKU TSUBAMENOOUCHI Dai Yon-kan Dai Kyu^-go. To^kyo^, Sho^wa 7 [1932] Color-printed stapled wrappers, 22.2 x 15.1 cm. Illustrated throughout with wonderful drawings, some in color. Insects and children and dance instruction - the cover is by the inimitably charming Takei Takeo. There are stories and songs -..... More
[CHILDREN'S BOOK] Nihon Kyo^iku Ongaku Kyo^kai. EHON SHO^KA Natsu no Maki. To^kyo^, Sho^wa 7 [1932] Color-printed stapled wrappers, 22.8 x 15.3 cm. Illustrated throughout with wonderful color drawings, creatures of the sea and land playing musical instruments - the cover is by the inimitably charming Takei Takeo. There are stories..... More
1932. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 11, #3. Tokyo, March 1932. 26.0 x 18.1 cm. This issue has 32 pages, counting the front and rear covers, color illustrated on heavy high quality paper. There is also a section of 20 pages on flimsy paper laid in, with..... More
1932. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 11, #4. Tokyo, April 1932. 25.9 x 18.7 cm there are 32 heavy paper pages with color illustrations, including the front and back covers. There are no flimsy page inserts in this issue. Takei Takeo was a seminal figure in THE..... More
1934. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 13, #11. Tokyo, October, 1934. 26.1 x 18.8 cm There is a 20 page section of flimsy pages with the colophon and lots of ideas for mothers. There are 32 heavy deluxe paper pages counting the front and rear covers, illustrated..... More
1929. [CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE - JAPANESE]. KODOMO NO KUNI V. 8, #15. Tokyo, December 1929. 25.7 x 18.5 cm. There are 36 pages of color illustrations, counting the front and back covers, printed on wonderful deluxe paper. There is also one flimsy paper insert with a b+w illustration printed on one..... More
1965. (CHINA). CHINESE JOURNEY. Photographs by Gun Kessle. Text by Jan Myrdal. New York: Pantheon Books, (1965). First edition. Small 4to., red and black cloth stamped in gilt, spine in gilt. 160 pp. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A very good copy; clean and bright, in an edgeworn dust jacket... More
1945. (CHINATOWN). CHINATOWN U.S.A. Text and Photographs by Elizabeth Colman. New York: John Day, [c. 1945]. Small 4to, 32 pp. + 88 pp. photographic section; red cloth. A near fine copy in moderately worn dust jacket. More
1945. (CHINATOWN). CHINATOWN U.S.A. Text and Photographs by Elizabeth Colman. New York: John Day, [c. 1945]. Small 4to, 32 pp. + 88 pp. photographic section; red cloth. A very good copy. More
1975. (CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY). THE CHINESE EXHIBITION. A pictorial record of the Exhibition of Archaeological Finmds of The People's Republic of China. (San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 1975). 4to., pictorial wrappers; xvi + 385 items illustrated. Near fine. More
1974. (CHINESE ART). MURALS FROM THE HAN TO THE TANG DYNASTY. 4to., beige cloth; black & white and color illustrations; 100 pp. In Chinese, with the English language text inserted in a stapled 4to pamphlet (Publishing information for pamphlet: Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1974). A few pencil notations, else fine..... More
1962. [CHINESE BIBLIOGRAPHY] YAMAMOTO SHOTEN, publisher. MINDAI SASHIZUHON ZUROKU Naikaku Bunko Shozo^ Tanpen Shosetsu no Bu. Tokyo, Sho^wa 37 [1962]. 26.5 x 19.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label. A useful guide, using facsimile reproductions of pages from Ming Dynasty illustrated short story collections in the Japanese government..... More
1980. (CHINESE BRONZES). THE WONDER OF CHINESE BRONZES. By Li Xueqin. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, (1980). First edition. 8vo.,, green cloth. 80pp. + color plates. A very good copy in a dust jacket that shows some light edgewear. More