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Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth front cover lettered in Japanese. Very good in slightly nicked dust wrapper. 483 pages. 26.5 x 19 cm. Illustrated in black and white with text figures and 18 Charts. Bibliography and Index. Two small spots to front cover/.

Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark brown cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in fine illustrated dust wrapper. 192 pages. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. The seven century narrative from the 12th to the19th centuriey provides a history of samurai armor, weapons, fortifications, tactics and customs, illustrated with nearly 800 illustrations.

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1972. Hardcover. Orig. decorated beige cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrappers in clear plastic overwrappers. 2 Vols. 236, 229 pages. Folio, 36.5 x 27 cm. Two monumental works with a host of black and white, color and tipped-in plates. Chronology of Japanese Art until 1568 (Vol.I) and Chronology of Japanese Art from the Sixteenth Century.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Maecenas Press (Random House), 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white box slightly soiled, the cream portfolio is fine. Levine, Jack. Printed booklet of XXXII pages. 48 x 31 cm. One of 2500 copies. Folding box inside cover signed by James A. Michener and Jack Levine. Four full page color lithographs after Hokusai signed in stone by… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokio: Printed By The Shiuyei Sha & Published By Kelly and Walsh, 1899. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's green cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt. Very good. 142 text pages [Appendix VIII]. Half title, 72 black and white plates, 39 text illustrations, and 14 full page color lithographs with lettered tissue guards. With K. Ogawa he published Landscape… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Japan Society, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white boards, front cover paper label with gilt border. Fine. 35 (3) pages. 32 x 21 cm. 1000 copies printed for the Japan Society. Tipped in and full page plates in color, printed in red and black. An attempt to introduce No Plays to a Western audience. Very bright,… Ler mais sobre este item

Np: Np, Nd. Stiff Wraps. Orig. contemporary decorated paper covers, string-tied, paper cover label. Very good. 9 leaves. 17.5 x 12 cm. All french-leaved all plates in color. These picture books, very popular during the late Edo-Meiji era were a significant aspect of the Japanese publishing industry during the 19th century with a host of Japanese woodblock print… Ler mais sobre este item

Np: Np, Nd. Stiff Wraps. Orig. contemporary decorated paper covers, string-tied with paper cover label. Very good. 18 leaves. 17.5 x 12 cm. All plates french-leaved in color. These picture books, very popular during the late Edo-Meiji era were a significant aspect of the Japanese publishing industry during the 19th century with a host of Japanese woodblock print… Ler mais sobre este item

Np: Np, Nd. Stiff Wraps. Orig. contemporary decorated paper covers, string-tied, paper cover label chipped. Very good. 12 leaves. 17.5 x 12 cm. All plates french-leaved 2 plates in color, balance black and white. These picture books, very popular during the late Edo-Meiji era were a significant aspect of the Japanese publishing industry during the 19th century with… Ler mais sobre este item

Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1974. First edition. Publications: OccasionalPapers. Nos. 7. Extensive Bibliography. Orig. printed wrappers. Fine.

Tokyo: Takum Craft Shop, 1974. First edition. Paper. Orig. decorated mulberry paper, bamboo header with cloth ties for hanging. Fine. Serizawa, Keisuke. Folio, 37.2 x 28.6 cm. Twelve single sheets, one for each month, these calendar sets are stenciled individually by hand on handmade untrimmed Japanese mulberry paper. All Serizawa calendars are unique. As a highly respected Japanese… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo: Takum Craft Shop, 1972. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Serizawa, Keisuke. Folio, 37.2 x 28.6 cm. 12 single sheets, one for each month, these calendar sets are stenciled individually by hand on handmade untrimmed Japanese mulberry paper. They are usually contained in a thick cardboard (also mulberry paper) folding case as is our… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo: Togo Gensui Publishing Society, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's gray patterned cloth decorated in gilt. Teg. Very good. 347 pages. 30.2 x 23 cm. Illustrated with 22 color plates with tissue guards and black and white illustrations. A tribute in the laudatory style of contemporary Japanese imperial culture; the encomiums for Togo who died in 1934… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Japan Society, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. thick boards and cloth. Very good. 52 pages. 32 x 26 cm, twenty-four plates, all but two are in full-color -- latter are lithographs on mounted vellum stock. An early appreciation and retrospective of the master artists of the Ukiyoe school --Harunobu, Kiyomitsu, Toyonobu, Masanobu, et al .Gookin notes,… Ler mais sobre este item

NP: NP, 1914. Original Wraps. Orig. brown printed wrappers. Very good. 48 pages. 22 x 15 cm. The Bank of Japan Act. Promulgated by Imperial Ordinance No. 32 of June 27th in the Fifteenth Year of Meiji (1882). The Bank of Japan was founded in Meiji 15 (1882) after a Belgian model. This copy carries withdrawal stamp of… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo: Manichi Newspapers, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 12 volumes in six boxes. Fine. 42 x 32 cm. 12 volumes in 6 cases covering -- The Protohistoric, Asuka, and Nara periods * Heian Period (8th to 11th centuries) * 11th & 12th centuries * Kamakura Period (12th to 14th centuries) * Late Kamakura Period (13th & 14th centuries) * Namboku-cho, Muromachi,… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1957. 1st American edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige boards and maroon cloth spine. Very good in worn dust wrapper. 174 pages. Voluminously illustrated, mostly in black and white with five full-page color, and two-toned plates. Original German version printed by Urs-Graf Verlag; Bern, Switzerland. A survey and history of the Japanese color woodcut… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Praeger, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth. Very good. 180 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs. Biographicaldata on leading Japanese architects. A comprehensive review of Japanese architecture since 1945.

New York: E. Weyhe, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine and decorated boards, front cover paper label. Very good. Unpaginated. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Eight plates in full color and forty-four in half tone, each with descriptive text. Limited edition, one of 400 copies. Harunobu flowered late in life, during the last six years he… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Japan Society of New York, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige linen cloth. Backstrip darkened, otherwise Near fine. 72 pp. Ten full-page plates, a few in color. Bibliography. Printed in red and black in a Limited Edition, oneof 1000 copies by Peter Beilenson. Collotype reproductions by Arthur Jaffe. With detailed commentary on each plate by the… Ler mais sobre este item