Courtly Splendor: Twelve Centuries of Treasures from Japan
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1990). Paperback. Illustrated in color. 173p. Wrapper. 30cm. An exhibition catalog. More
Japanese Art
Daruma. Eight issues: Nos.7, 8, and 10-15 (Vol. 2, Nos. 3 and 4; Vol. 3, Nos. 2-4 and Vol. 4, Nos. 1-3 -- published quarterly with these issues dated 1995-1997)
Japan: Daruma Publishing, 1996 and 1997. Paperback. photos (mostly color), 50 or more pages in each issue. Softcovers in original wrapper. 28cm. Identifies itself as a "Japanese Art & Antiques Magazine." More
Exhibition of Japanese Old Art Treasures in Tokyo Olympic Games = Exposition des Tresors d'Arts Anciens Japonais duran les Jeus Olympiques de Tokyo
Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, (1964). Paperback. photos, 301p. Wrapper. 26cm. Ink notations on last blank page. Name-stamp inside front cover. Titled wrap-around band present. Exhibition Catalog. More
Exhibition of Prints and Paintings on Netsuke Subjects by Zeshin & Related Artists
London: Milne Henderson, n. d. [1978?]. Paperback. Illustrated (a few color), unpaginated. Original wrapper. Oblong (26 x 21cm.). Former owner's name stamp on title-page. 78 objects listed. Two-page Price List, stapled in upper corner, laid in with prices ranging from 55 to 8500 pounds. More
From the Suntory Museum of Art -- Autumn Grasses and Water: Motifs in Japanese Art
New York: Japan Society, (1983). Hardcover. color illustrations. 125p. Original blue cloth. dj. 30cm. At head of title: From the Suntory Museum of Art. More
The Shogun Age Exhibition from the Tokugawa Art Museum, Japan
[Tokyo]: Shogun Age Exhibition Executive Committee, (c. 1983). 2nd ed. Hardcover. Illustrated (almost all color), 279p. dj. 28cm. Exhibited at the Los Angeles County Art Museum and at institutions in Dallas, Munich and Paris. More
The Touchstone Magazine the Arts and American Art Student, Vol., II, No. 1 (October, 1921)
New York: Hamilton Easter Field, 1921. Paperback. black & white illustrations, 64, xxii(p). Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Cover somewhat soiled. Large chips at both ends of backstrip. Contents sound and clean. Includes "Pathfinding in Paradise: the Poems on Japanese Prints," by Louis V. Ledoux (pp. 15-23, including illustrations). More
Ukiyoye Hanga Seisui: Selected Gems of Ukiyoye Prints
Kyoto: Z. Matsuki, 1925. Paperback. 3 vols. 192 plates, 27cm. Tied oriental-style silk wrappers. Contents double-leaved. Printed list of plates at front of each volume followed by the black & white plates. Former owner's address label in each volume; otherwise almost as new with some fraying along edges. Housed in... More
Impressions of Ukiyo-Ye: The School of the Japanese Colour-Print Artists
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, (c. 1905). Revised Edition. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 84p. on oriental-style double leaves Original string tied tan cloth. 18cm. Cover sound but darkened, with modest soiling and wear. Contents lightly browned, especially around edges. No jacket. The former owner, a talented amateur bookbindier, made a.... More
Hiroshige's 53 stages of the Tokaido Road: Wood-Block Print Exhibition
Tokyo: Hakuhodo, Inc., n.d. (1980s). Paperback. illustrations (several color), (36) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong 21 x 30 cm. Original somewhat worn white protective envelope present. Sponsored by the Department of Culture and History of the State of West Virginia and presumably exhibited somewhere in West Virginia. More
Collector's Value Guide to Japanese Woodblock Prints
Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, (c. 2000). Paperback. photos (some color), index, 284, (4)p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. More
Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings from the Collection of Dr. Walter Compton. Part I. Tuesday, March 31, 1992.
New York: Christie's, (1992). Paperback. [Auction Catalog] This part only. ills (some color), indexes, 429, (16)p. Wrapper. Pictorial dj. 30cm. Errata sheet and prices-realized list laid in. Rear panel of jacket creased (as is rear cover of wrapper); backstrip panel missing a good-sized chip at top. Some crease lines on... More
Keramic Art of Japan
London: Henry Sotheran, 1881. Hardcover. 32 plates (including 15 chromolithographs), x, 304p. Contemporary 1/2 leather (patterned boards with wide leather backstrip and corners). 27cm. Some scuffing. Internally sound and quite clean although text pages are moderately browned (especially around the edges). All edges gilt. More
Japanese Animal Art
Tokyo: Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., (1989). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustration (color), index, 111p. Original red-orange cloth. dj. 26cm. More
The Inro Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inro, and Lacquer
New York: Weatherhill, (c. 1979). 1st ed. Hardcover. color photos, index, 263p. Original gray cloth. dj. 26cm. Jacket has minor edge-wear. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Bushell ("To Sandra Raymond Bushell"). More
Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting
New York: Weatherhill, (c. 1975). 1st ed. Hardcover. color photos, index, 259p. Original brown cloth. dj. 26cm. Modest and rather faint waterstain on fore-edge. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Bushell ("For Sandra Raymond Bushell"). More
The Wonderful World of Netsuke with One Hundred Masterpieces of Miniature Sculpture in Color
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964. 1st ed. Paperback. frontis, color illustrations, 71p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Inscribed on endpaper by Bushell to Dotttie and Dan Ettinger by author. Holiday postcard and a brief letter to Ellinger (now Ralph in each with different middle initials) laid in --... More
Oriental Ceramic Art: Collection of W. T. Walters; Text Edition to Accompany the Complete Work
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1899. Hardcover. xii, 942p. Original red cloth. 24cm. Copy 2 of Limited edition of 500 copies. Laid in is Bowles, J. M. "A Remarkable Publication: Oriental Ceramic Art ... in the Collection of W.T. Walters." NY: D. Appleton, n.d. (1896?). 8p. Softcover. No separate... More
Hokusai and His Age: Ukiyo-e Painting, Printmaking and Book illustration in Late Edo Japan
Amsterdam: Hotei, (c. 2005). Hardcover. color illustrations, index, 357p. dj. 30cm. More
Fenollosa: The Far East and American Culture
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, index, xiii, 297p. Original yellow cloth. dj (price-clipped). 24cm. Edge-wear and a few modest tears on jacket. More
Japanese and Korean Art, Tuesday, 19 September 2000
New York: Christie's, 2000. Paperback. illustrations (color), 296p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. A couple of inked notes. Price List not present. More
The Actor's Image: Print Makers of the Katsukawa School
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, (c. 1994). Hardcover. frontis, illustrations (many color), 503p. Red cloth. dj. 28cm. More
Drawings by Japanese Artists; Reproduced and Coloured in Fac-simile by the Autotype Process; with Letter-Press Descriptions
London: Hogarth, 1880. Hardcover. 17p. (Introduction) followed by 15 plates. Text page interleaved after each plate describing each plate. Unbound in cloth portfolio (later tape reinforcement around backstrip). Tied (lacks one of the three ties). Folio (52cm.). Ex library copy (call number on backstrip, two stamps on title-page, and a.... More
Pointers and Clues to the Subjects of Chinese and Japanese Art
Geneve: Minkoff Reprint, 1974. Hardcover. index, xiii, 725p. Original green binding. No jacket. 22cm. Reprint of the 1934 edition. More
Brief Guide to an Exhibition of Cultural Objects Relating to the Manners and Customs of the Japanese People, March 24-September 30, 1946
[Tokyo]: [1946]. Paperback. Single long sheet folded to form a narrow 12-page brochure. 20cm. Also includes as a separate item: Printed invitation to attend the March 24th Pre-View. More