New York: Warner & Brownell, 1900. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 243, (1). Bound in yellow linen with lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Front edge untrimmed; top edge gilt. Slight wear and age-toning. Binding starting in a couple signatures. A discrete "39" written in pen on the top corner of.....
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1926). Decorated cloth cover. Translated from the Dutch by John de La Valette, and with a three-page preface by him. Pp. 284. Illustrated with 24 b&w photo reproductions. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Top edge untrimmed. Discreet previous owner's.....
New York: Columbia University Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 203. Frontis. photograph. Illustrated throughout with good b&w photo reproductions. Bound in bright orange cloth with lettering stamped in black on cover; paper title label on spine. Slight chips to head and tail of spine. A particularly fresh copy.....
Los Angeles: Shashin Press, (2003). Mark Edward Harris (photography). First Edition. Full cloth with Folding Case. 4to. Pp. 124. Bibliography. Bound in full black cloth with photo mounted on front board, lettering in blind on spine. Housed in a matching Japanese-style case with black cloth backing over khaki cloth-covered boards.....
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Tokyo: Wako Works of Art, 1976. Manji Inoue, Imaemon Imaizumi, Issei Ezaki, Osamu Suzuki, Kosei Matsui, Kyusetsu Miwa. First Edition. Paper wraps. Square 8vo. Unpaginated (approximately 25 pp.). With plates of artists' work provided in full page plates, the first in color and followed by a second in b&w. Printed.....
Toyohara Kunichika. Loose Print. Polychromatic Ukiyo-e print measuring 9.5 x 14.24 inches. Slight edgewear consisting of a slight crease along left top edge, and a few shallow nicks; two short closed quarter-inch tears along bottom edge. Colors bright and dynamic. Withal, a handsome print. A superb, vibrant image by Ukiyo-e.....
Tokyo: Gakubundo [Gabundo], (1969). Hokusai. Shohan [Limited Edition]. Large 4to. Pp. [285] Lavishly illustrated with 27 color plates, some folding. Other brush drawings with rice-paper tissue guards. Original morocco-backed cloth, gilt characters stamped on spine. Edition limited to 800 copies. In the orange cloth chemise with purple silk ties. Gilt-stamped.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. vi, [1] 147 [2]. Translated by Edward Seidensticker. With chapter heading line illustrations by F. Komatsu. Bound in printed paper-covered boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Laid in is a business card from Harding Lemay, Publicity Director at.....
(Philadelphia): David R. Godine and the Philadelphia Museum Of Art, 1973. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 334. Frontis. reprints a Shibakuni print. Illustrated throughout with six color plates, some folding, and 178 in black and white. Appendices. Bibliography. With a list of artists and their signatures. Bound in full tan cloth with.....
Ibaya Senzaburo, 1847. Plate number 97 from the series. Polychromatic woodblock print measuring 8.75 x 13.25 inches. Vibrant color with black margins nearly complete (slight loss at bottom edge and top left). Small perforation, the size of a chickpea, at left side (see detailed photo), negligible nicks at lower right.....
(Tokyo): The Hokuseido Press, (1939). Taishiro Nakatsuchi. First Edition. String Bound in Folding Chemise Case. 12mo. Pp. xii, [2], 3-109. With exquisite monochrome drawings by Taishiro Nakatsuchi throughout. Bound in brown silk cloth, string bound, with a printed label on the front board. The title page has a label for.....
Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1955). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 4to. Pp. xv; 144. Frontis. color photo of "Autumn Landscape" attributed to Emperor Hui Tsung. Illustrated with a section of 101 black and white plates. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Decorated endpapers. Bound in lavish black.....
Tokyo: Kazumasa Ogawa, [1892]. Kazumasa Ogawa. First Edition. Bound in stiff decorated wraps with stabbed binding using silk ties. Folio. Pp. [14]. Featuring 13 black and white photos with captions, one per plate, and one colored photograph, each plate with a tissue guard. Wear and soiling commensurate with age, most.....
Tokyo: Kazumasa Ogawa, [1892]. Kazumasa Ogawa. First Edition. Bound in stiff decorated wraps with stabbed binding using silk ties. Folio. Pp. [11]. Featuring 27 black and white photos with captions on 11 plates, each plate with a tissue guard. Wear and soiling commensurate with age, with corners rounded and occasional.....
London and Seattle: Thames and Hudson, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 197, followed by two pages of index. Foreword by Jay Gates. Lavishly illustrated with full color photography throughout. Includes a map of Japan, and a chronology of textile development. Bound in full purple cloth, blindstamp design on front.....
(Boston): Fogg Art Museum and Harvard University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 393. Glossary; 153 illustrations, many in color, and several of those fold out. Rich purple cloth embossed and with gilt lettering. A tight copy. A handsome copy of this lavish production. Bookseller inventory SNDS-NM-ME.
Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (The Society for International Cultural Relations), (1937). Second Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 55. With 19 tipped-in plates opposite descriptions explaining those plates. Two or three are color; the rest b&w. Rice-paper covered boards with gilt lettering stamped on front cover. Front hinge starting (about 1") at.....
Boston: The Stratford Company, (1935). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. iv, 269. Frontis. photo. Illustrated throughout with 37 black-and-white photography, most taken by the author. With a glossary of Japanese terms. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Lower portion of rear cover superficially mottled.....