Meiji Western Painting
New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill/Shibundo, (c. 1974). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (a few color), index, 141p. Original decorative boards. dj (price-clipped). 23 cm. Arts of Japan 6 (series). More
New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill/Shibundo, (c. 1974). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (a few color), index, 141p. Original decorative boards. dj (price-clipped). 23 cm. Arts of Japan 6 (series). More
Nashua, NH: 1913. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 148p. 20cm. No Jacket. SIGNED by Harris (his card also mounted on endpaper). Letters which first appeared in the "Nashua Daily Telegraph" describing the author's impressions of Egypt, India, Burma, China & Japan. More
London: Printed by William Trounce, 1895. Hardcover. 12p. Later untitled green cloth. 25cm. Endpapers split along hinge. Contents sound (some age-toning). Text double-columned. At head of title: Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Hart, a surgeon and editor of the British Medical Journal, collected various types of..... More
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, (c. 1902) [but probably 1904 or later with Winston listed as publisher]. Hardcover. 2 vols. frontises, photos, index,folding map, x, 377, vi, 374p. Original white cloth cloth with gilt lettering and decorations. Red cloth djs. 21 cm. Backstrip and front covers have some light foxing and..... More
Tokyo: Tokyo Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), 1982. Paperback. illustrations (mostly colored), (172) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Title and text in Japanese and English. Catalog of an exhibition held September 22-November 28, 1982. More
Tokyo: Sankyo, 1931. Hardcover. 2 photos. 85p. Original flexible brown cloth. 23cm. Internal library markings. Good. Japanese text. Japanese chemist and entrepreneur. More
New York: Japan Society, (1979). Hardcover. illustrations (some color), 189p. Original green cloth. dj. 30 cm. Slightly worn original cardboard slip case. Catalogue for a Spring 1979 exhibit at Japan House Gallery. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896. 1st ed. Hardcover. 388p. Original olive green cloth. 18cm. Cover slightly faded. Former owner's private stamp embossed on title-leaf. No Jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. Hardcover. xx, 356p. Cloth-backed boards. 22cm. Cover has a few chips along edges. Mostly unopened. No Jacket. Edited, with an introduction, by Charles Woodward Hutson. One of 250 copies bound with uncut edges. Articles on various themes written by Hearn for two New Orleans newspapers. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. 8 eleven-color silkscreens (by Lawrence), pages unnumbered. Black aniline leather. Black cloth-covered slipcase. 31 cm. Cover has a small area in upper right corner that reflects light differently -- maybe a thumbmark. Backstrip lightly sunned but still black. Contents sound and clean with..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. 8 eleven-color silkscreens (by Lawrence), pages unnumbered. Black aniline leather. Black cloth-covered slipcase. 31 cm. Cover has several visible but not deep, scratch marks on front and back covers. Backstrip lightly sunned and still black. Contents sound and clean with all tissue guards..... More
Boston: Boston Book and Art Publisher (Vols. I & II); London: Lund Humphries (Vol. III), 1970-1973. 1st Amer. ed. (Vols. I & II); 1st ed. (Vol. III). Hardcover. 3 vols. Illustrated (many color). Uniform cloth. Vols. I and II in one cloth covered slipcase; Vol. III in a separate matching..... More
Seoul: Kudara International, (1994). Hardcover. illustrations, map, v, 407p. Original pale red cloth. dj. 23cm. More
n.p. n.d. Folded four-page leaflet. 22cm. Soiling and several, mostly short, tears. Fragile. Hooker, born in Farmington, Ct. in 1822, entered the merchant service in 1836 and the US Navy in July 1861. He served on Louisiana and Victoria before being transferred to the Potomac Flotilla where he commanded, successively..... More
Yokohama: Printed by the Fukuin Printing Company, 1904. Hardcover. folding map, frontis, 105p. Original olive green cloth. Narrow 18cm. Some spotting and discoloration on bottom portion of cover. Lacks front free endpaper. Map browned. No Jacket. More
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum Oxford, 1991. Hardcover. color photos, 111p. Original green cloth. dj. 25cm. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (c. 1964). Hardcover. illustrations (first 32 images in color and tipped in; all other images in black & white) 195p. dj. 34cm. Jacket has some soiling. Small spot on back cover. Minor foxing on just a few leaves. English adaptation by Charles S. Terry... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1982). 1st ed. Hardcover. colored plates, map, index, 208p. Original red cloth. dj. 32cm. Text and captions adapted and abridged from "Art Treasures of Japan" (1960). Edited by Yukio Yashiro. More
Tokyo: Toto Shupan Company, 1957-1958. 1st ed. of the Popular edition unabridged. Hardcover. 6 vols. djs. 19cm. Corners trimmed on jacket flaps. Slipcase (has some wear). Small format edition of a work first published in 1952. Distributed in the USA by Charles E. Tuttle Company. Vols. 1 and II Painting;..... More
Tokyo: The Japan Peace Study Group, n.d. [Brief last section of book dated December 1952]. Paperback. 243p. Softcover in original white wrapper (with a pictorial dj). 19cm. More
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1905. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, viii, 302p. plus a total of 34p. publisher's advertisements, most of which are dated 12/04. Original decorated orange cloth. 19cm. Some cover soil and wear. Significant foxing in first quarter of text. No Jacket. More
Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, (c. 2004). Paperback. color illustrations, index, 175p Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. At head of title page: Famous Japanese Prints Series 1. More
Tokyo: Japan Modern Decorative Arts Association, n.d. [1969]. Paperback. illustrated (a few in color) 72p. Softcover in original flapped wrapper. 29cm. Cover title: Modern Decorative Arts of Japan. Published in connection with their annual exhibition. More
NY: Japan Society Inc., (c. 1972). Paperback. [Exhibition catalog] Illustrated. (98)p. Softcover in original wrapper. Slightly oblong 21 cm. Uneven browning and some foxing and staining on cover. Contents sound and clean. Issued in connection with the exhibition held in the winter of 1972. Text by Sidney B. Cardozo. More
New York: n.d. [194-?]. Paperback. Folded four-page leaflet. 28cm. Later horizontal fold. Campaign to raise ten million dollars to establish this new university. More