Tokyo Taisho Hakurankai Kinen Shashincho Hakkokai. 東京大正博覧会記念写真帖発行会. Taisho 3 [ 1914]. Black and white photo illustrations throughout most with tissue guards, approx. 156 pages, 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, gold cloth covered boards with title label and string ties. Covers have split at the bound edge but the contents.....
Hull, Joseph (illus).
Chicago. The Western News Company. 1870. 9 loose black and white lithographs, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, with original decorative envelope (7 3/4 x 6 inches). Light soiling, edge tears and wear to envelope, plus previous owner's name and date (July 3 1871) in ink and.....
London. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1912. Pamphlet, 9pp, disbound (no wrappers), black and white folding map (sheet 11 1/2 x 13 inches0, very good condition. A particularly interesting report from the year of the Chinese Revolution. The report by Mr. Acting Consul Coates notes "the change of Government took place.....
Rapkin, J. (mapmaker). Wray A.H. (illus); J.B. Allen (engraved by).
New York. London Printing and Publishing Company. Circa 1858- 1859. MAP (black and white engraving, 11 x 14 1/2 inches folded as issued to 11 x 7 1/4 inches) tipped onto binding tab as frontispiece of this individually issued part.....
Beijing. Zhaohua Publishing House. 1981. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w, 64pp, 8vo (10 inches), color pictorial stiff card wrappers (softbound). Good condition: light rubbing to cover extremities, light soiling to title page, generally clean and tight. Includes a profile of the artist, two articles and synopses of 36 operas.....
New York. The Mentor Association Inc., 04-15- 1915. Volume 3. Number 5. Booklet, 11pp, black and white illustrations, complete with 6 loose photogravure plates, decorative paper wrappers, 10 x 7 inches. Very good condition. An interesting brief introduction to China, published shortly after the Chinese Revolution. The photogravure plates (each.....
Freschi, A. (engraved by).
London. J.J. Stockdale. 1812. VOLUME IV ONLY. 20 black and white stipple engravings, 160 pages, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Front cover missing, back cover detached. Scattered foxing to half title, occasional light soiling to interior, plates clean and bright. A collection of 20 plates.....
New York. The Century Co., 1920. Black and white plates, xi+240pp, appendices, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, pictorial cloth covered boards. Light toning to covers, couple of small signatures of previous owners on front free endpaper, good to very good condition. A book that covers many aspects of life.....
Tang, You-shang (illus).
San Francisco. Design Enterprises of San Francisco. 1983. Two books, illustrated throughout in color, 8.5 x 11", shiny color pictorial paper-covered boards. As new condition in very good d/js. Book in English is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR on the title page - book in Chinese.....
Blair, G. H. (illus).
Boston and Tacoma. The Round the World Publishing Company. 1891. Black and white photo illustrations and in-text illustrations, 312pp, 6 1/2 x 12 inches, pictorial cloth covered boards (hardbound). Covers soiled and rubbed; front hinge split but still attached, missing front endpaper, dampstain to right edge.....
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government. House of Representatives. 1856. Volume II of the three-volume set, 11 3/4 x 9 inches; 414 pages plus, at rear, 14 page "Fac-Simile of the Original Treaty with Japan," 11 pages. Index, and 17 folded charts. Two additional folded maps are present, one in the report.....
Tokyo. [Tokyo Toyodo]. No date. Ca. 1895. 10 double-page color lithographs, plus 8 (unpaginated) pages of text at the rear. Bound accordion style with paper-covered boards and color pictorial cover label. Boards are detached with paper loss at the corners, small area of light dampstaining at the lower left corner.....
Showa 11. 1936. Color illustrated throughout, unpaginated (12pp plus covers), 13 x 9 1/2 inches, color pictorial thick card covers with cloth binding. Overall light soiling to covers, bump to two lower corners, scattered light soiling to margins, interior clean. This children's book provides a fascinating glimpse into life in.....
Utagawa Toyohiro (illus).
Ca. 1813- 1814. THREE VOLUMES IN FOUR. Black and white woodblock illustrations throughout, 10 x 7 inches (26 x 18cm), Japanese four whole stab binding, card binding with title labels. Some insect damage throughout, mostly minor but with one more significant area to the first volume with.....
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Yamada Shokei after Nagasawa Rosetsu. (1754-1799).
Kyoto. Unsodo. [芸艸堂]. No date. [Ca. 1890s]. 12 color woodblock prints, accordion style binding, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Light toning/soiling to covers, good condition. Color woodblock prints by Yamada Shokei 山田松渓 (active 1890s-1900s) based on paintings by Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪. Nagasawa Rosetsu.....
Terauchi, Manjiro (cover illus).
Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. The Asahi. 10- 1933. No. 9. Color and black and white illustrations throughout, 166 pages, 15 x 10 1/2 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Covers: 4 1/2 inch split to tail of spine, 2 1/4 inch split to head of spine with 3/4.....
Iwata Sentaro (woodblock print).
Osaka, Japan. Osaka Mainichi. 12-25- 1936. Color and black and white illustrations throughout, viii+160 pages, 15 x 10 1/4 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Covers: multiple soft creases, vertical crease and a few tears (up to 1 inch) to front cover, 1 3/4 inch split to tail.....
Kaburagi Kiyokata (illus).
Osaka, Japan. Osaka Mainichi. 12-15- 1938. Color and black and white illustrations throughout, vi+208 pages, 15 x 10 1/4 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Covers: multiple soft creases, vertical crease and several tears (up to 1 1/4 inch) to front cover, 1 1/2 inch split to tail of.....
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Hirano Hakiho (woodblock print).
Osaka, Japan. Osaka Mainichi. 12-25- 1931. Color and black and white illustrations throughout, vi+150 pages, 15 x 10 1/4 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Covers: multiple creases along edges, small chips to corners of front covers, tiny spots of abrasion, 3 1/2 inch split to tail of.....
Takahashi Hiroaki (woodblock print).
Osaka, Japan. Osaka Mainichi. 12-25- 1939. One original Japanese color woodblock print with tissue guard, black and white illustrations throughout, plus an additional seven color plates, viii+168 pp, 15 x 10 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Light creasing and wear to covers with one inch tear to.....
Kawanisi, Hidesi (cover illus).
Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. The Asahi. Showa 14. 1939. No. 15. Black and white illustrations throughout, 3 color illustrations, 147 pages, 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Multiple short tears to spine, 1/4 inch paper loss to head of spine, multiple soft vertical.....
Philadelphia. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. 1878. Booklet, 9 1/4 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm), paper wrappers, 67 numbered pages, large folding map (16 1/2 x 12 inches, 42 x 30 cm) tipped in to rear (titled: Map of Japan, showing some of the more.....
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[No date. 1803]? The second volume ONLY of a three volume set, text in Japanese with many full and partial page woodblock illustrations, 40 pages, 10 x 7 inches (26 x 18 cm), Japanese thread binding with cover label. Light wear and toning to interior, soft creasing to covers, overall.....
Tokyo. Hakubunkan. Meiji 38. 1905. TWO ISSUES, each with foldout chromolithograpic frontispiece illustration, illustrated with black and white photo illustrations of which several are foldout, each 64pp (following extensive unpaginated section of illustrations), 10 1/4 x 7 inches, color pictorial paper wrappers as issued. #19: wear and soiling to covers.....
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Yamaji, Shingo, et al (illus).
Tokyo. Asahi Shimbun. 10- 1956. Number 4. October 1956 issue of the magazine, profusely illustrated in color and black and white, double page color pictorial / pictographic map, 395 pp, index of advertisers, 13 x 10 1/4 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Very good condition. Interesting.....
