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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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

[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

Ise Dōchū no Maki 伊勢道中之巻 [Pilgrimage to Ise, or, On the Road to Ise, 2 hand scrolls - Emaki 絵巻] Height 15 ½” Length, Scroll One: Over 32 feet with 24 scenes along the way. Scroll Two: About 36 feet with 24 scenes….. The amount of work that went into..... More