Iconography of the Tale of Genji: Genji Monogatari Ekotaba
New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, (c. 1983). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (black & white), index, xi, 351p. Original lavender cloth. dj. 26cm. More
New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, (c. 1983). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (black & white), index, xi, 351p. Original lavender cloth. dj. 26cm. More
Kyoto: N. Nogawa, 1927. Paperback. (17) unnumbered leaves with photos of objects printed on one side followed [3] leaves with a numerical price list (priced in Yen) for the objects in yen printed on both sides of each leaf. Softcover in original tied wrapper. Oblong (20 x 13 cm.). Stcicker..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, (c. 1966). 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. colored plates (tipped-in), index, 274p. Original black cloth. Pictorial dj. 36cm. Original cardboard slipcase. Front cover fraying along part of bottom edge. A selection of Japanese woodblock prints of the 17th-19th centuries. English adaptation by C. H. Mitchell. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1940. Paperback. 2 vols. folding color frontis(in first volume, 99 plates, (a few color, some folding), xv, 156, (4)p. Softcover in wrapper, tied oriental-style with double-leaved pages. 31cm. Original blue cloth-covered pegged portfolio binder (worn and splitting along a couple of the folds..... More
Tokyo: Privately published, 1933. Paperback. folding color frontis, illustrations (some color), xiii, 122p. plus 93 leaves of plates. Original tied wrapper, bound oriental-style (double-leaved). 31cm. Pages lightly browned. Top edge gilt. Dark blue chitsu box (corners and ends of somewhat faded backstrip are chipped and worn. Copy #890 of an..... More
Kyoto: Kyoto Hangain, 1954. 1st ed. Hardcover. This portfolio only (of 2). 6 prints & a booklet ([8]p. with errata slip and printing on inner sides of wrapper). Original tied Portfolio. 24 x 30 cm. Splitting along front joint of tied portfolio. Internally Fine. Japanese and English text. More
.202: Yale University Art Gallery, (c. 2020). 1st ed. Paperback. color photos, 278p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30 cm. More
New York: Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1914. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, index, xviii, 334p. Original green cloth. 19cm. No jacket. Book moderately skewed (enough so that it doesn't remain standing without support from neighboring books). No jacket. More
New York: Plaza Art Auction Galleries, 1934. Paperback. Illustrations (black & white), 28p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Minor cover wear and soil. Contents sound and clean. Prices realized (or maybe bids) pencilled in some sections -- if they were prices realized, Japanese color prints brought very little in..... More
San Rafael, CA: R. E. Lewis, 1984. Paperback. illustrations (black & white), (36) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong (24 x 16 cm.). Cover title: Catalogue February 1984. More
Geneve: Editions d'Art Albert Skira; London: Macmillan London Ltd, (c. 1979). Hardcover. photos (many colored), 170p. Original maroon cloth. dj. 34 cm. Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. Jacket has both publisher's logos on backstrip and Macmillan and a price in pounds on jacket flap. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Art Museums, 1988. Paperback. Pictorial portfolio wrapper (31cm.) containing a 31 page softcover booklet and 20 unbound folding color illustrations. Housed in a thin blue card card box. Box lid slightly concave. SIGNED on title-page by Rosenfield. Numbering on the plates is not consecutive but corresponds to..... More
Seattle: (c. 1979). Hardcover. frontis, plates (some in color), (172)p. Hardcover. dj. 30cm. Catalog for Exhibition held September 25 - November 23, 1980. More
Rutland and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (c. 1987). 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. index, 397p. Original blue cloth. dj. 25 cm. More
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1940. Hardcover. 4 folding color illustrations (including frontis), index, 236p. Original blue cloth. dj. 22 cm. Some wrinkling and tears on jacket. Purple library stamp ("Biblioteca de Carmen de Rodriguez Jimenez") on half-title. More
n.p. n.p., n.d. [probably ca. 1970]. Paperback. black and white illustrations, 46p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Wrinkling and creasing in lower right corner. SIGNED inside front cover ("Best wishes M. Robert Shuster"). More
New York: Sotheby Park Bernet Inc., 1981. Paperback. black and white photos of 35 items on 6 leaves, (28)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Auction Catalog. 218 briefly-described items. Sale held at Sotheby's York Avenue Galleries in New York on March 11, 1981. More
Paris: Sotheby's, 2002. Paperback. illustrations (many colored), 340p, Softcover in original wrapper. dj. 30 cm. List of auction results laid in. A second, separately catalogued, Sotheby's sale of items from this collection was held Nov. 25, 2003. More
London: Sotheby's, 1987. Paperback. illustrated (black and white), unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrappers. 24cm. Prices realized list laid in. Auction catalog for their Sale No. 5119 held in New York on December 8-9, 1983. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1920. Hardcover. 46 plates (6 colored including frontis), index, xvi, 336p. Original black cloth. 25cm. No jacket. Cover fraying and wear. Hinges a bit weak. Contents basically sound. No jacket. More
(Utsunomiya): Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 1983. Paperback. (110), 491 illustrations, all but 24 of which are small and black and white, [110] unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. The 24 color illustrations are printed one to a page. Captions in Japanese and English. Catalog of an..... More
Tokyo: Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 1960-1963. Hardcover. 3 volumes. illustrations on many unnumbered pages, 96, 63, 69p. (text plus numerous small black and white illustrations on unnumbered pages in each volume. Original dark grey cloth. 27 cm. Original cardboard slipcase. Front cover on first volume discolored around volume number. No jackets..... More
Tokyo: Tokyo Shinbun, 1992. Paperback. illustrations (some color), 327p. Softcover in original wrapper (with dj). 30cm. Short angular tear in backstrip at base of backstrip. Mostly in Japanese; English text (plus one essay in French) at pages 257-323. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art..... More
Tokyo: 1971. Paperback. illustrations (black & white), (32) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. 26 cm. Text in Japanese with the Cover title ("Around 1930 in Modern Japanese Art"), Introduction and captions also in English. Catalog for an exhibition held April 3-May 16, 1971 at the National Museum of Modern..... More
Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, 1993. Paperback. illustrations (color), 137p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. Text and captions in Japanese and English. Catalog of an exhibition held at Tokyo Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan Kogeikan, Feb. 2-Mar. 21, 1993. More