1852. HUC, M. RECOLLECTIONS OF A JOURNEY THROUGH TARTARY, THIBET, AND CHINA, DURING THE YEARS 1844, 1845, AND 1846. (Appleton's Popular Library). New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. Later printing, complete in two volumes. 12mo., red cloth; vol.1: 245pp. + ads, vol.2: 248pp. + ads.. Spine-pieces missing. Otherwise good..... More
10 Ise Katagami Paper Stencils [型紙]. [Japan]. [Taisho Period]. Set of 10 intricate katagami 型紙 paper stencils that vary in size. 2 large stencils are approx. 41.5 x 41.5cm, 4 medium size stencils are approx. 30 x 40.5cm and 4 small stencils are approx. 15.5 x 22cm. All are in..... More
19. [36 Poems by 36 Haikai Poets]. N.p. C. 1900-1920. 30.4 x 26.5cm volume string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji with olive green brocade covers. The blank title slip is mounted on the top left of the front cover. The inner wrappers are covered in gold-flecked paper and the free endpapers appear to..... More
4 issues of Gofuku 呉服.Tokyo. Ichida Shōten 市田商店. Four kimono magazines published by a Tokyo kimono and obi store with branches in Tokyo and Kyoto. Green birds in birdcage - Shōwa 8 [1933] June #122 昭和八年 六月 百二十二呉. Blue/white/green - Shōwa 8 [1933] August #124 昭和八年 八月 百二十四呉. Gray - Shōwa 10 [1935] February #141 昭和十年..... More
1873. THE ATLANTIC COAST GUIDE: A COMPANION FOR THE TOURIST BETWEEN NEWFOUNDLAND AND CAPE MAY. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1873. First Edition. Small 8vo., 4 1/2" x 6 3/4". 136 pp. Two folding maps. Red cloth with lettering stamped in gilt to front and spine. Double rule stamped..... More
Aya Nishiki 綾錦 [Design album]. Late Meiji-Taisho Era. Oversize design album in boards approx. 69 x 43cm with 99 sheets approx 77.5 x 45cm. Each sheet has a rectangular design approx. 47.5 x 34.5cm, about two-thirds with penciled gridlines for production. Holes in the right hand margin for binding. Hand-brushed..... More
1956. Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 No. 118. Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社. Tokyo. December, 1956. 21 x 15cm issue of the monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖. The cover has a modern art design of red and brown squares within a blue square while the back has 4 blue and red ads. 148..... More
1956. Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 No. 118 Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo December, 1956 21 x 15cm issue of the monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖. The cover has a modern art design of red and brown squares within a blue square while the back has 4 blue and red ads..... More
1972. Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 No. 356 Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo June 1972 This 21 x 14.5cm issue of the monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 has a multicolor reproduced image of an artwork on the cover. Inside are two articles on the Gutai Group, one on pp. 22-3 and..... More
Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 Vol. 44 No. 660 [Monthly Art Magazine ] Bijutsu Shuppansha 美術出版社 Tokyo October 1992 21 x 14.5cm monthly art magazine Bijutsu Techō 美術手帖 has a black and white reproduced photo of Yoshihara Jirō overlaid with a partial red circular design for which he was known, as..... More
1878. BOSTON HERALD AND ITS HISTORY. 1846-1878. Boston, 1878. 8vo. 93pp. 6 plates. Brown cloth, stamped in gilt and black to front and blindstamped to rear. Moderate wear to extremities. Corners lightly bumped. Interior of front hinge starting to crack but still tight. Bookstore sticker to front pastedown, stamp to..... More
Collection of 169 picture postcards of the Great Kantō Earthquake (関東大震災 Kantō Dai Shinsai). 42 pages of approx 14 x 9cm postcards in postcard holders, 4 to a page, except for the last page with 1 postcard, enclosed in a 3-ring binder. An amazing collection of black and white..... More
![Item #90927 The Cub’s Triumph [Kitsune no Tegara] (野干[狐]ノ手柄) [second edition](/pictures/thumb/90927_01.jpg?v=1654803388)
The Cub’s Triumph [Kitsune no Tegara] (野干[狐]ノ手柄) [second edition]. Mrs. T. H. [Kate] James, translator. Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎, publisher for Kobunsha. Tokyo. Meiji 20 [1887]. 15x9.8cm small crepe paper book, opens Western style, with decorated wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. This volume was published..... More
[Dragon Tile Ceiling] Mid 18th century 67 painted wood tiles, approx. 17” square that form a ceiling artwork of dragons done in brown, green, red and gold metallic paint. The dragon tiles, individually, are about 16.25" by 17" [41.2 cm x 43.2cm]. All together they are about 125..... More
Ehon Kaikei Zan (Jyō) 絵本會稽山 上. 22 x 15.5cm book string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Decorated front and rear wrappers with title slip on left hand side of front wrapper. 5 cho, and an initial, unnumbered cho, of color woodcuts and Japanese text. The final cho is pasted down onto the inside..... More
[Emaki Painted Handscroll 絵巻 of Makura Zōshi 枕草子 by Sei Shonagon 清少納言] Izeri Sosui, artist c. Early 20th C [Emaki Painted Handscroll 絵巻 of Makura Zōshi 枕草子 by Sei Shonagon 清少納言 ] Very long (approximately 33 feet long and 10 3/4 inches tall) black and..... More
![Item #90923 The Fisher Boy Urashima [Urashima 浦島] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 8](/pictures/thumb/90923_01.jpg?v=1654803366)
The Fisher Boy Urashima [Urashima 浦島] - Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 8. R.H. Chamberlain, translator. Kōbunsha 弧文社 (Hasegawa Takejirō 長谷川武次郎). Meiji 19 [1886]. 14.7 x 9.7cm small, crepe paper book opens Western style and has decorated wrappers. Perfect-bound with holes for sewing. 12 cho with..... More
Geijutsu Shinchō 芸術新潮 # 138 Shinchosha 新潮社 Tokyo June 1961 25.5 x 18cm periodical has a reproduced artwork in red with black down the center and title in red outlined in white. Article on the First Gutai exhibition at the Takashimaya dept store on pp. 70-1. With Japanese text..... More
1957. The Geijutsu Shinchō 芸術新潮 Vol. 8 #9 Shinchosha 新潮社 Tokyo September Showa 32 [1957] 21 x 14.9cm magazine has a blue cover design with the title in red while the rear cover features advertisements. Art periodical Geijutsu Shinchō 芸術新潮 has been in publication for 72 years; first established..... More
Gendai Sekai Bijutsuten - Higashi to Nishi no Taiwa 現代世界美術展－東と西の対話 Contemporary Art: Dialogue between the East and the West Tokyo Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan 東京国立近代美術館 The National Museum of Modern Art, publisher Tokyo Shōwa 44 昭和44, 1969 24.4 x 25cm art catalog with orange covers..... More
[Group of loose black and white photos and negatives] Six black and white photos 6 x 8.8cm including border. Five of the photos are of groups of elementary school-age students on an outing; in two of them they are in on the train platform at Futaminoura Station 二見浦駅 in the..... More
Gutai 4 具体 4 - 第一回具体展 Special Edition of The 1st Gutai Art Exhibition. Gutai Henshū I-inkai 具体編集委員会, publisher. Nishinomiya. July 1, 1956. 24.5 x 25.7 cm magazine with dark red wrappers decorated with an image of abstract art. 34 pages of black and white photographic images of artworks, from..... More
![Item #91041 [hand scroll - makimono 巻き物] [Chrysanthemum Scroll](/pictures/thumb/91041.jpg?v=1663333182)
[hand scroll - makimono 巻き物] [Chrysanthemum Scroll] Japanese hand scroll (makimono 巻き物) with ribbon tie closure and blue brocade fabric at the beginning 22 x 29.7cm; inner paper lining of the fabric section is flaked with gold. The scroll is 2.64m x 29.7cm with a wooden..... More
195. [IMPERIAL HOTEL PAMPHLET]. 18.5 x 12.2cm staple-bound pamphlet with color illustrations, monochromatic illustrations and English and Japanese text. The clever design of this pamphlet makes it accessible to both Japanese and English speakers. Both front and rear wrappers show the same color illustration of the Imperial Hotel and..... More
![Item #91019 Interior インテリア [periodical] No. 105](/pictures/thumb/91019_1.jpg?v=1665424746)
1967. Interior インテリア [periodical] No. 105 Gakurin Tokyo December 1967 32.5 x 25.5cm magazine Interior インテリア with color and b+w photographic images, diagrams, inserts, fold-outs, a map, glassine and color pages and Japanese text, with some English, throughout. Decorated wrappers with a color negative exposure of an image (found..... More