1884. [PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN]. 25 OUTDOOR SCENES AND STUDIO POSED PHOTOS. Small late 19th century oblong 12 x 18.3 cm album of albumen photos of landscape and city scenes, genre shots of trades and customs in the studio, each about 9.5 x 13.5 cm image size. Brocade covered boards..... More

18. [PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN]. 50 ALBUMEN OUTDOOR SCENES AND WOMEN. Small late 19th, early 20th century oblong 13.4 x 18.3 cm album of albumen photos, Half of the album is made up of shots of Japanese women in kimono, in the studio and out. The other half is a...... More

[PHOTOGRAPHS]. 141 HAND-COLORED & BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF 19TH CENTURY JAPAN AND ASIA. Archive consists of six groups of photographs. Most are mounted and are disbound from albums, four have ink and watercolor illustrations on the mounts, and 19 are loose b/w prints, probably early 20th century. A few..... More

1909. (PHOTOGRAPHY). THE COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHER. By R. Child Bayley. With Over One Hundred Illustrations. Third edition, revised. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. 8vo., red cloth, lettered in gilt. Very slightly cocked; mild soiling and rubbing to cloth. Slight dampstain to edge of frontis., not affecting image; else, clean..... More

[PHOTOGRAPHY - 19TH CENTURY]. TONKIN TYPES. Small (8.7 x 13.2 cm) red pebbeld cloth album stamped in gilt and blind, fine condition. Twelve early silver gelatin print photographs (5.5 x 8 cm) mounted to line-framed stiff pages. Captions in French at bottom of photographs (Pecheurs, Femme du Delta, En Famille..... More

1910. [PHOTOGRAPHY - 20TH CENTURY] ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON NEW YORK CITY MAYOR WILLIAM JAY GAYNOR, 1910. American Press Association, event occurring August 6, 1910 (reverse of photo dated August 10). Silver gelatin print photograph, 6 9/16 x 8 1/2 inches. Small chip and slight creasing to..... More

1992. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] FUJIWARA Shin'ya. SHÔNEN NO MINATO. Tokyo, Switch Corp., 1992. Folio, wrappers in dustwrapper and bellyband. Signed by Fujiwara. Very fine. For more on the artist, see www.fujiwarashinya.com. More

2000. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] KANAI, Moroi. MONOCHROME DEJA VU FROZEN SCENERY: HOLLAND with CD. Tokyo: Chez Takibana, 2000. [unpaginated]. Square 8vo., white wrappers printed in black with cutout front cover exposing b/w postcard mounted on folding panel beneath; glassine dust jacket nicked at edges. Audio CD in sleeve mounted to..... More

1648. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] Moriyama DAIDÔ. DAIDÔ hysteric no.6 1994. Tokyo, hysteric glamour, 1993. Large square folio, illustrated wrappers, 177 images (many double page) over 360 pages. Limited edition. This copy has a bit of mild creasing marks to the covers but overall in very good condition. Remarkable work in..... More

2006. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] MUDA Tomohiro. IN PRAISE OF JAPANESE BEAUTY: Japanese Aesthetics Through the Lens of Tomohiro Muda. (Tokyo): Coherence, (2006). First edition. Illustrated throughout with Muda's color photographs of Japanese cultural treasures, venerable examples of art and architecture. 136 pp. including illustrations, + errata slip laid-in. The text..... More

1997. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] ÔKURA Shunji, photograph. MUSASHINO. Tokyo, Single Cut Inc., 1997. 4to., interesting b+w images of Tokyo's western suburbs. Japanese text with an English translation laid in. Near mint. More

1997. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] SANAI Masafumi. IKITE IRU. Kyoto, Seigensha, 1997. Large square 4to., illustrated soft covers., "LIVING" is the tile - a series of fragmentary images of urban life, mostly in color. A mixture of the solemn and the silly captured with a penetrating eye. Provokes a real feeling..... More

2000. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] TANUMA Takeyoshi. NINGEN BANZAI HANDS AND VOICES Photographs by Takeyoshi Tanuma. Tokyo, Creo Corporation, 2000. Folio, boards, illustrated throughout with color photos taken all over the world by Tanuma. Signed on the ffep by Tanuma. Fine condition in dustwrapper. More