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Tokyo: Watanabe Shozaburo, 1916. First Edition. Framed and glazed. Near fine. Woodblock print on paper of Japan, Tokio Bay From Negishi, signed lower left in red pencil to margin and inscribed 'Souvenir', printed seal artist's monogram CWB, inscribed and dated ISOGO.1916. Held within a limed oak frame, labelled verso 'Tokio Bay from Negishi, Colour print only copy, blocks… Ler mais sobre este item

N. P.: Privately printed, 1904. First Edition. Half Leather. Very good. A successful businessman, Tomkinson was able to indulge his passion for Japanese antiques and works of art, forming arguably the preeminent such collection in Britain in his time. He intended this book to promote the works of Hokusai to friends and acquaintances. No limitation, but probably no… Ler mais sobre este item

NP: The Asia Society, 1983. First Edition. Pictorial Card wraps. Very good +. 8vo (27cm). pp. 175 inc. 2-page bibliography. Colour and b&w illus. Exhibition catalogue by The Asia Society and the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunka-Cho), Tokyo. Minor wear only.

New York & Tokyo: Weatherill / Heibonsha, 1973. First English edition. Patterned boards. Very good +/very good. 4to (24cm). pp. 184 + temple plans including one fold out. Previous owner's name neatly to flyleaf. A clean, sound copy in a slightly edgeworn jacket.

No place: United States-Japan Foundation, ND (2009). First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Fine. 4to (30cm). With the fold out plate to front endpapers. pp. 130. Illustrated throughout in full colour. With essays from various contributors on Jakuchu's work. Uncommon. Minor bruise to lower tips, otherwise all but as new.

Tokyo : Kodansha International, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Exhibition catalogue held by Japan's National Commission for Protection of Cultural Properties and the participating museums in the US. 4to (27.5cm). With scarce errata slip inserted. pp. 196. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Bar sun fade shadows to covers, light wear,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: V & A Publishing Victoria and Albert Museum, 2011. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. (24cm). pp. 96. Profusely illustrated in colour. With bibliography and illustrations of signatures. From the blurb: "From its renaissance in the 1840s Japanese cloisonné enamel manufacture rapidly reached a peak of artistic and technological sophistication between 1880 and 1910, a period referred… Ler mais sobre este item

Berlin: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Staatlicht Museen /Museum of East Asian Art, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near fine. 4to (30 x 24.5cm). Gatefold wraps. pp. 256. Profusely illustrated in colour. A wide ranging survey, from household items, screens and art, to textiles, costume, ceramics and fans. Bar some signs of light handling, use, an excellent copy.

NP, 1985 (?). First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/(slipcase) very good. 4to. (30.5cm). In light blue slipcase, with a small nick to upper rear end. Dark blue silk moire over boards, with gilt stamped name of artist in English and Japanese characters to upper board. A selection of Totani's works, featuring 31 illustrations, dating from 1952 to 1986, in… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Bonhams, 2006. Printed Wraps. Very good. Sm 4to (26.5cm). pp. 77. 139 lots. Profusely illustrated in colour. Minor edgwear to covers, otherwise a clean, firm copy.

New York & Tokyo: John Weatherill Inc, 1983. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good/very good. 4to (30.5cm). Terracotta linen backed boards, gilt blocked title to spine, gilt embossed design to front board. In unclipped dust wrapper. Textured taupe coloured endpapers. xvii, 177 inc. bibliography and index. With the laid in folded map inserted to rear, intact. Signed by… Ler mais sobre este item

London: British Museum Publications, 1985. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very good. Sm 4to (27cm). pp. 45 + 80 pages, full page illustrations in colour. Bar minor bumps to tips and short crease to rear cover, a well kept copy.

London: Robert G Sawers, 1982. First Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Near fine. 4to (30.5cm). pp. 188, profusely illus. in b&w. Bar a minor nick to rear upper tip, a very bright, well kept copy.

London: Sotheby & Co, 1961. First Edition. Stapled thin card wraps. Very good. 8vo (24.5cm). Green printed wraps. List of prices achieved and buyers' names laid in. 8 b&w plates. 270 lots. pp. 44. Staples rusted, else a well kept copy. Scarce.

Los Angeles: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1974. First Edition. Card wraps. Very good. Sm Landscape 8vo (19.5cm). 157 lots. pp. 81. Each lot illus. in b&w. Laid in, two-page folded sheet of estimates, and order form for a copy of Netsuke by Neil K. Davey. Signs of light handling, covers a little darkened, still a firm, sound copy. … Ler mais sobre este item

Printed in Occupied Japan: Japan Travel Bureau, 1949. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good. Sm 8vo (18.5cm). Brown moire pattern cloth, black lettered title to spine, faded gilt title to cover. pp. 249, w numerous b&w, one fold out and some col. plates. Lightly rubbed to tips, offsetting to endpapers, slightly bowed text block. Previous owner has neatly… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1978. First standard edition. Original Cloth. Very good/very good. Sm 4to (26.5cm). In black cloth, red blocked title to spine. pp. 307. 198 b&w illus. In unclipped dust jacket, housed in removable transparent protective sleeve. Dust jacket has creasing around upper front tip, faint spotting to top page edges, some toning to page margins, otherwise… Ler mais sobre este item

NP: The Japan Ceramic Society, 1956. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Good. Text in Japanese and English. pp. 42 + 6, English captions for illustrations + 303 b&w photographs. Light wear to somewhat grubby covers, pages toned. Uncommon.

Tokyo & New York: Kodansha International and Shibundo, 1980. First Edition. Textured boards. Very good/very good. Trans. and adapted by Mary Neighbour Parent and Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt. In the series, Japanese Arts Library. Tall 8vo (26.5cm). pp. 238. In unclipped dust jacket. Minor edgewear to jacket, previous owner's name to flyleaf, light toning to page margins, minor bumps… Ler mais sobre este item

The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1969. First Edition. Card wraps. Good +. 8vo. pp. 240 inc 1 p. bibliography. Signed by Earl Morse to flyleaf, to James McMullen, dated September 1969. McMullen is a now retired Oxford academic and Emeritus Fellow of The British Academy. Catalogue and commentary for an exhibition held at the Art Museum from May… Ler mais sobre este item