1948. COHN, Door William. CHINEESCHE SCHILDERKUNST. London and Utrecht: Phaidon Press and W. De Haan N.V., (1948). Small folio, red cloth lettered in gilt, spine in gilt. 29pp text + 224 plates + notes. A very good copy that shows only some light soiling at the cloth and slight sunning..... More
1924. COLLINS, Gilbert. FAR EASTERN JAUNTS New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1924. 8vo., green cloth, spine in gilt, 282p. Illustrated with sixteen illustrations and a map. A very good copy that shows only light soiling at the boards. More
1928. [COMMERCIAL ART]. GENDAI SHÔGYÔ BIJUTSU ZENSHÛ THE COMPLETE COMMERCIAL ARTIST 24v. Tokyo, ARS, Showa 3 [1928] 24 large slender 8vo. vols., 27.0 x 19.4 cm. This edition bound in paper wrappers. A remarkable compendium, heavily illustrated in color and b+w, exploring the whole world of commercial art, in Japan..... More
1951. [COMMERCIAL DESIGN] ONCHI Kôshiro, SUGIURA Hisui, et al. SHÔGYÔ DESAIN ZENSHÛ 2 PR-hen. Tôkyô, 1951. 26.2 x 18.5 cm. Bound western-style in cloth, with original slipcase. Onchi, Hisui, Yamana Ayao, Wada Sanzô and many others, a virtual who's who of art and design in mid-century, were involved either as..... More
1951. [COMMERCIAL DESIGN] ONCHI Kôshiro, SUGIURA Hisui, et al. SHÔGYÔ DESAIN ZENSHÛ 3 Shôhin-hen. Tôkyô, 1951. 26.2 x 18.5 cm. Bound western-style in cloth, with original slipcase. Onchi, Hisui, Yamana Ayao, Wada Sanzô and many others, a virtual who's who of art and design in mid-century, were involved either as..... More
1909. COOMARASWAMY, Ananda K. INDIAN CRAFTSMAN. London: Probsthain & Co., 1909. 130p. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt stamping on spine and front covers. Bookplate on FPEP. Some small dents to covers. untrimmed pages. Scarce first editon, good condition. More
1883. [COPPER ENGRAVING] MATSUURA YASU, artist. NIKKÔZAN MEISHÔ JÛNIKEI. Nikko: Shiozawa Ken'ichiro, Meiji 16 [1883]. The original sheets (from a folding album?) have been remounted on Japanese paper and fukuro-toji string binding. The cover of the original series is a bit edgeworn worn but the 12 hand-colored copper engravings, each..... More
1996. CORDIER, Henri. BIBLIOTHECA JAPONICA. Dictionaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs a l'empire Japonais. New York: Martino, [1996]. A facsimile reprint of the Paris 1912 edition. Limited to 100 copies. 8vo., green cloth, spine in gilt. As new. More
19. [COSTUME DESIGNS - NOH THEATER] NOH-KA GABI. Tokyo & Kyoto: Unsodo, n.d. [Showa 9, 1934]. Large brocade covered wooden box of 102 (of 100 - there are 2 extra plates not called for in the contents pages) plates of Noh costumes, patterns, masks, etc. An impressive mixture of printing..... More
1972. (COWARD, Vanessa). INSTRUCTIONS FROM AN UNKNOWN MASTER. Illustrated by Vanessa Coward. 1/100 copies on hand-made paper, signed by Coward. 8vo., black cloth-backed, gold paper-covered boards; illustrated with tipped-in color plates. Offsetting from plates, else fine. More
1969. CRANE, Florence Hedleston. FLOWERS AND FOLK-LORE FROM FAR KOREA. Seoul: Sahm-bo, 1969. #475/ 1000 copies reprinted from the 1931 edition. 4to., black cloth, lettered in gilt, a.e.g.; prelims. + 5-93pp. of full page tipped-in color plates with facing text + index. Fine, in the acetate wrapper... More
1969. CRANE, Florence Hedleston. FLOWERS AND FOLK-LORE FROM FAR KOREA. Seoul: Sahm-bo, 1969. #475/ 1000 copies reprinted from the 1931 edition. 4to., black cloth, lettered in gilt, a.e.g.; prelims. + 5-93pp. of full page tipped-in color plates with facing text + index. as new in the printed box with a...... More
1942. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Hiratsuka Un'ichi. KÔYÔ KUYÔ Hiratsuka Un'ichi Shôgashû. Signed by Un'ichi, numbered 12 of 300 copies. Published by the important NIHON AISHOKAI group. Shôwa 17 [1942] Small 8vo., Bound western-style in paper-covered boards. There are 12 wood-engraved illustrations and other devices within, as well as wood-engraved illustrations..... More
1931. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] HIRATSUKA Un'ichi, editor. KITSUTSUKI Hangashû 3-go Shizumono. This "Dôjin" magazine was limited to a maximum of 500 copies, though, as it ceased production that year of 1931, it would be hard to credit such a large production of it. Edited by Hiratsuka Un'ichi, as well as..... More
1943. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] KAWAKAMI Sumio, artist. SHINDERERA SHUSSE EBANASHI' Tokyo, Showa 18 [1943]. Small, 21.2 x 15 cm., brightly colored and charming version of Cinderella, printed privately for Kawakami in color woodblock as number 88 of ad edition of 200 copies. String-bound Japanes-style, fukuro-toji, enclode in the original printed..... More
1934. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Kuriyama Shigeru, editor. HIHAKU Dai-ikkan, Dai-ichigo. Shizuoka, Showa 9 [1934]. Bounbd Western style in block printed wrappers. 28.7 x 21.5 cm. Contains 12 hand-printed images by such masters of the modern Japanese print as Maekawa Sempan, Hiratsuka Un'ichi, Fujimori Shizuo, Yamaguchi Susumu, Kawakami Sumio, etc., etc...... More
[CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] Matsuzaki U-ichi. Untitled "EIGHT VIEWS OF NAGASAKI" 8 oblong ôban size prints, tipped onto sheets and overlain by English and Japanese bilingual descriptions of the scenes depicted. The sheets are 30.5 x 38.2 cm. Matsuzaki [1895-1972] did these prints in the early 1950s. He had attended Tôkyô..... More
1978. [CREATIVE PRINT MOVEMENT] SARASHINA Genzô, poet & KAWAKAMI Sumio, printmaker. KAPPA-DÔ. Tôkyô, Sancha-shobô. Shôwa 53 [1978]. #188 of 200 copies. Bound western-style, printed on Japanese paper, 25.3 x 17.3 cm., with printed washi paper dustwrapper and the original printed box. Lovely poetry book, illustrated with 12 color woodblock prints..... More
1970. [Creative Prints] SHINOHARA Cao, artist. HISHÔ NO SHINTAN. Shôwa 45 [1970] A small (7.5 x 7.5 cm) western style square book bound in white leather. Illustrated through in tiny engravings, some colored, signed by Shinohara, numbered 83 of 100 copies. In a lovely little leather slipcase and wraparond paper..... More
[CREATIVE PRINTS] WATARAI Jun'suke, artist. KOROPOKKURU NO SHI. a little (9.8 x 7.4 cm) leather wraparound box, gold embossed with 13 copperengravings inside, illustrating a text of [POEMS OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE], the little people being humanculi of Ainu legend who "take their ease under the trees" of the great..... More
1891. [Crepe Paper Book] THE RAT'S PLAINT. Tokyo: Published by T. Hasegawa, 10, Hiyoshi-cho, Meiji 24 [1891]. An oblong volume, 15.5 x 18.9 cm, bound with two ribbon ties. [32] pp., including covers. This color woodblock-printed fairy tale out of China, translated by Archibald Little, is one of the scarcer..... More
19. [CREPE PAPER BOOK]. JAPANESE PICTURES OF JAPANESE LIFE. Hasegawa: 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokyo; 1895. Larger format, 20.0 x 15.2 cm creped paper tied book with color woodcuts on the cover and throughout. The text consists of captions only to the five double page and three single page illustrations. Very lovely..... More
1887. [CREPE PAPER BOOKS] Kate James. Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No.14 THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE T.Hasegawa: #2 Minami Saegi-chô Tokyo, Meiji 20 [1887], Early printing. Small format, 15 x 9.8 cm, creped paper fairy tale, trimmed all around. A bit of damage to the foredge and the front cover..... More
1892. [Crepe Paper Book] Bostwick, Lt. F. M. KOHANASAN. 10 Hiyoshicho, Tokio: T. Hasegawa Meiji 25 [1892]. 1st edition. 19.4 x 16.6 cm, Many color woodcuts throughout, unpaginated. The original printed covers are a bit worn and soiled with a nick on the top edge. One of the more unusual..... More