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195021606Japan: Artist Published 1950. Group includes two country landscape scenes in color both signed lower left in black ink both approx. 9" x 13"; with 2 ink and wash heightened and accented with white paint winter scenes approx. 10" x 14 1/2" one signed lower right; and 2 ink washes waterside scenes 10" x 14 1/4" one signed lower left. Not dated and circa 1950s; all are laid-down on to paper backers. Light wear; one of the wash pieces with a thin line-scrape; the paper backers with wear and wrinkling in margins creasing couple short tears. The artworks are in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Artist Published Paperback books
16646Photo Album Education Co-educational Primary School in Tokyo. Three-Wood Common Elementary School1941 during World War 2. Album of Gelatin silver print photos. Original textured paper wrapper. Album opens right to left. 6.9 x 9.75 in. Album cover is dated "March of the 15th year of the Showa Dynasty" in Japanese. 7 photographs measuring 4.5 x 6 in. Each class photo includes names of sitters printed on rice paper in Japanese. <br/><br/>Of note in the 6 class photographs of school children and faculty are the mix of men and women as teachers and the mix of girls and boys as students. In the first image of the entire school boys and girls are lined up next to each other although they stand in rows of their own single-gender classes. Two class photos have additional small portraits of students who were absent for picture day. In Japan at this time education was not compulsory beyond primary school but childhood was regarded as an important time to foster learning growth and intellectual curiosity for both boys and girls. Very good condition. unknown books
1876318091New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers Franklin Square 1876. First edition. Illustrated. 625 1 12 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter modern green morocco and marbled boards red leather title label. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 625 1 12 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square unknown books
1939866071939. ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN. KÔKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16 number 1. Tokyo Seibundo Showa 14 1939. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kôkokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Dômon was in charge of photography. The issues were full of scientific and perceptive articles and illustrated with color and bw plates and reproductions of posters ads signboards etc. etc. Despite a bi-lingual title on the title page inside the text is entirely in Japanese. Ephemeral issues from early Shôwa have largely disappeared. The fragile paper is in nice condition overall. unknown books
1939866041939. ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN. KÔKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16 number 6. Tokyo Seibundo Showa 14 1939. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kôkokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon was in charge opf photography. The issues were full of scientific and perceptive articles and illustrated with color and bw plates and reproductions of posters ads signboards etc. etc. Despite a bi-lingual title on the title page inside the text is entirely in Japanese. Ephemeral issues from early Showa have largely disappeared. The fragile paper is in nice condition overall. unknown books
1939866111939. ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN. KÔKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16 number 9. Tokyo Seibundo Showa 14 1939. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kôkokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon was in charge of photography. The issues were full of scientific and perceptive articles and illustrated with color and bw plates and reproductions of posters ads signboards etc. etc. Despite a bi-lingual title on the title page inside the text is entirely in Japanese. Ephemeral issues from early Showa have largely disappeared. unknown books
188926938Osaka Japan: Aoki Szandow 1889. C. 120 pages; most of which have an illustration and sometimes two. Text in Japanese; titles given in English. Colin Franklin in 'Exploring Japanese Books and Scrolls' calls these publications an "appealing series of guides As travel within Japan had been restricted for three centuries and travel abroad forbidden these represented the new freedom. They combine charm with taste and a fine vagueness about that obsession of modern publishers "the market." As book-production they jump into more popular format with color-printed pictures over boards to bind themwith English captions erratic and fearless the many hundred illustrations which adorn the Japanese text.were they for the tour-guide to show his visitor - or in the world for Japanese travelers to show their guides Neither of these perhaps just a venture over the border into Western habit. They are excellent little books to leaf throughTechnically too they joined West with East. A new method was used for illustration: relief metal-cut like white-line wood engraving - Bewick's technique - difficult and delicate to manage practical in Japan for just a few years in the last quarter of the century. Paper suitable for such fine-line reproduction smooth machine-made was folded at the fore-edges in the traditional Japanese way. End-leaves and all edges were marbled an innovation for which as has been mentioned these books are now admired by collectors in JapanThey providetempting glimpses of all manner of scene and aspect of life on the eve of change" This is one volume of the 7-volume series. Approx. 4" x 6" size; bound in illustrated paper covered boards; cloth spine marbled endpapers all edges marbled. Some edge tips wear to the binding; contents in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Aoki Szandow hardcover books
193555196Tokyo: Tokyo City Government 1935. First edition. Photographic views of Tokyo. 1 vols. Small oblong 4to. Flexible silk-wrapped boards with silk ties. Minor rubbing else Fine. First edition. Photographic views of Tokyo. 1 vols. Small oblong 4to. Tokyo City Government unknown books
188117327Japan 1881. A newsheet insert or separate broadside publication printed one side only; approx.16 1/2" h. x 23" w. about a 1" margin surround; portraits of the British political worthies of the time; Japanese characters at top and bottom margins with title in English as well; appears to be a lithographic process; corners mounted to a larger paper sheet; edges with some wear and tear a few old reinforcements at edges; a little darkened one 1/2" chip at bottom edge; overall good condition and an interesting piece of British political ephemera from Asia. Good. unknown books
23566Japan Two volumes; 255 266 pages; color black and white illustrations some folding showing Japanese swords and sword-making techniques blacksmithing various sword furniture tsuba sheaths decorative work portraits of famous makers; text entirely in Japanese; part of a larger set; these are volumes numbered 6 & 7; approximately 7 1/4" x 10 1/2" size; bound in light gray cloth gilt cover titles with blindstamped design of swordsmith at anvil; black spine titles; purple silk page-markers; a little wear and ageing to the cloth faint old discoloration on one unobtrusive; contents clean and bound very well in very good condition and a good reference to the ancient techniques & craft of sword-making in Japan. Hard Cover. Very Good. Hardcover books
13932Original 19th Century Hand colored photograph of the Festival of Lanterns at Yokohama Japan. The photograph measures 8"x10" and is matted to 10-1/2"x13". Lower right hand corner label reads "A 264 Festival Lanterns at Bentendori Yokohama." Festival lanterns cheer up the business district of Bentendori 2-chome and 3-chome in Yokohama. During the Meiji Period this was Yokohama's premier shopping street. Foreign visitors came here to buy porcelain curios ivory silk and photographs. The photographer of this very image Kimbei Kusakabe actually had a studio on this street between 1881 and 1889. Unfortunately the exotic amalgamation of Japan and the Western world that existed on Bentendori was forever destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Photographs such as this are all that is left of a bygone era. In very good condition. unknown books
188358137Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers 1883. First edition. 169 illustrations. xiii 301 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Green cloth stamped in black and gilt designed by the author. Spine ends chipped extremities rubbed. Very Good. First edition. 169 illustrations. xiii 301 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Lee and Shepard Publishers unknown books
192850317Tokyo: The Japan Advertiser 1928. First edition. Very good/Very good. Tokyo: The Japan Advertiser 1928. First edition. Many sepia photos also an original woodblock print of Himeji Castle by Hiroshi Yosida tipped in. 179 pp. . Folio. Eggplant silk Japanese style binding with silk ties and a large very colorful phoenix-like bird on the front cover. Very slight fading at top and bottom board edges where unprotected by dust wrapper or folding cover else in wonderful condition - vibrant; dust wrapper is mildly edge-frayed along top; folding protective case is splitting at folds and generally quite worn. Very good/Very good. Insurance required to ship this item. The Japan Advertiser unknown books
17162Girls Education Japan Photograph album from a girl student in Japan c. 1926. Filled with 78 original silver gelatin print photographs of classmates school activities and social outings. Original cloth and red boards. 10 x 7.5 in. "Photo Album" printed on front cover. Pasted label on the final page with some information on the original owner dated 1926. Photographs of various small sizes from 1.75 x 2.5 inches to 3 x 5". Many images are school portraits of teenage girls in their matching uniforms posing either individually in pairs or small groups. Occasional photographs of teenage boys as well including one with the sitter dressed in a samurai outfit. Photos of a field day with outdoor footraces marches and performances. A few later photographs of older young women in civilian clothes posing by a river and strolling in a park together. These may be images of some of the younger students years later as adults. Most of the images show figures in Western styles clothes although 2 photographs show women dressed up in kimonos. Images lack captions but there is an autograph on one photograph. Some soiling to cover and 8 sheets of album are detached from spine. Unique images are in very good condition. unknown books
2855Taipeh: The Bureau Printed by the Toppan Printing Co. Tokyo 1918. . Tall narrow brochure with small half-tone on front which is printed in back and light green. Formosa was ceded to Japan at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895 by the Treaty of Shimonoseki.in. It remained under Japanese rule until the end of WWII when it was returned to China. At the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1947 the defeated Chiang Kai-shek fled with his follows to the Island Formosa became the Republic of China and the Chinese mainland was named the People's Republic of China. A rare survivor of a troubled time. Taipeh: [ The Bureau] Printed by the Toppan Printing Co. (Tokyo], 1918. unknown books
5101WORLD WAR II IN JAPAN. ALS. 2pgs. October 1 1945. Hirosaki Japan. An autograph letter signed “Dale†Christensen written home by an Allied serviceman stationed in Japan shortly after the official end of World War II. “Well I haven’t had a chance to write for some time. We made it up here O.K. but the ship sure was loaded. We landed at Aomori and this place is inland about 30 miles. We have had no trouble at all. We spent the first night at an airport and then moved to another Army camp the next day then the third bn came up and took over here. I was in on the big thing at this camp I came up with the first gen jeeps and saw the Jap General sign the camp over to us then to top it all off I was picked to take the Jap General to his home. He talked to me all the way but I didn’t know a thing he said. When he got out he saluted me. He seemed happy about the whole thing. The climate here is good and cool. We have a big mt right afore us and it looks just like Mt Fugiama sic. They say it sure gets cold here in the winter. The rice is just headed out and it is very pretty here but I hope I can soon come home…We are cleaning this camp up now it sure needed it. I don’t see how the Japs lived in it. Bugs and dirt all over. We sure are making a change in the looks of it. They say they might give each one of us a Jap Rifle and bayonet to take home I don’t think there is any thing to it. I sure would like to have one. They sure can grow the fruit and garden stuff here but they sure are way behind in the way to live. I think even behind the Philippines…The papulation sic of this place in 97000 and Aomori – 57000. Aomori was bombed and it sure was smashed and burned. Well we have a few Japs working in this camp and I think as a whole they will like better from now on that ever before. There clothes are all patches but they look healthy and happy. Well I will write more later. I hope we soon get a mail call. Tell Ann and the rest Hello. Everything is fine here. Write soon. Dale.†The letter is in fine condition. hardcover books
1922409811922. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF JAPAN. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF BOTANY. Transactions and Abstracts. Tokyo: 1922-1941. Volumes 1-11 the serial continued until 1970. Vols. 2-11 bound in black cloth vol.1 #1-4 in wrappers. Wrappers torn at spines front wrapper missing of vol.1 #2. Some soiling at boards. Very good. unknown books
18802560561880. Albumen print mounted and captioned beneath image "Fusiyama highest mt. in Japan 14500 feet high-90 miles from Yokohama.". 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches Image. Foxing waterstain on mount extending into top of image. Albumen print mounted and captioned beneath image "Fusiyama highest mt. in Japan 14500 feet high-90 miles from Yokohama.". 1 vols. 8-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches Image. WH/9/Box D unknown books
1904316621Boston: Dana Estes 1904. Illustrated with over 300 coloured plates and half tones. 438pp. 4to. Bound in modern half brown calf and marbled boards. Fine. Illustrated with over 300 coloured plates and half tones. 438pp. 4to. Dana Estes unknown books
1936316722London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1936. Bound ion three quarters modern polished crimson calf and marbled baords. Fine. T. Werner Laurie, Ltd unknown books
1904316723London: Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd 1904. Second Impression. Color frontispiece 6 color plates and 30 iillustrations after Hokusai. 443pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters modern mottled brown calf and marble boards red title label. Fine. Second Impression. Color frontispiece 6 color plates and 30 iillustrations after Hokusai. 443pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Anthony Treherne & Co., Ltd unknown books
199524033Niigata Japan: Blue Jacket Press 1995. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Sold here together are six early issues of Blue Beat Jacket a Japan-based magazine devoted to poetry and the beat generation. Edited by Yusuke Keida. Text in both English and Japanese. All issues in illustrated stapled wrappers and are all in fine condition. Issue # 12 published in 1997 is a special Gerald Locklin issue. Spread throughout these issues are articles on the beats poems drawings and articles. Blue Jacket Press paperback books
1939866131939. ADVERTISING ART - JAPAN. KÔKOKKAI. ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL ART. Volume 16 number 8. Tokyo Seibundo Showa 14 1939. Decorated wrappers. 26.3 x 19 cm. 96 pp. Kokokkai was the premier professional journal on the art and science of advertising in Japan at the time of its publication. Ken Domon was in charge of photography. The issues were full of scientific and perceptive articles and illustrated with color and bw plates and reproductions of posters ads signboards etc. etc. Despite a bi-lingual title on the title page inside the text is entirely in Japanese. Ephemeral issues from early Showa have largely disappeared. The fragile paper is in nice condition overall. Lacking back wrapper but text is complete and priced accordingly. unknown books
191044085Kobe: Tamamura Photographic Studio / T. Takagi N.d. ca 1910. Oblong octavo 18cm x 26cm. Original silk-covered boards bouond with red silk cord; 19 colored collotype plates. Gift inscription from an N.L. Thacker on verso of title page dated 1914; child's ownership inscription on verso of final plate "Ermy Tharp Novato Cal" dated 1936. Rubbing and wear to board edges; internally clean and sound - a Very Good copy with all plates present. An attractive Meiji Era souvenir album with subtly hand-tinted collotype plates depicting a traditional Japanese wedding ceremony. One of several editions produced between 1906 and 1920; per the excellent bibliography of Tamamura's souvenir albums at ours would appear to be the Third Edition of 1910. Tamamura Photographic Studio / T. Takagi unknown books
19520000173Tokyo: Shinbun Gekkansha Showa 27 1952. First edition. Good . 4to variously paginated numerous illustrations from photographs facsimiles. Publisher's tan cloth backed in gilt-lettered brown pigskin. Text mostly in Japanese. Small loss at the top of the spine binding lightly soiled & rubbed corners bumped previous owner's name & chop at rear blank page. <br/><br/>A massive volume of over a thousand pages compiled by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is a compendium of mostly Japanese documents relating to the Pacific War. Special attention is focused on the final months focusing on peace feelers in May 1945 through Moscow the Battle of Okinawa the demand for "unconditional surrender" the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the final fateful War Council in the Imperial Presence in which the Emperor spoke for peace and the decision to have the Emperor announce the surrender on radio to his subjects. The work is organized into 60 sections beginning with war plans and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 to the arrival of General MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Tokyo Bay on the U.S.S. Missouri to officiate at the surrender ceromony on September 2 1945. Changes in war leadership and cabinets as well as in war policy political diplomatic social and economic conditions are covered in intervening sections. Shinbun Gekkansha hardcover books
