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Umi Vol. 12, #5

[OCEAN LINERS] OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA · 1942 · Boston Book Company

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

1942. [OCEAN LINERS] Osaka Shosen Kaisha. UMI Vol. 12, #5. Osaka, Showa 17 [1942]. 24+ pp. 25.6 x 18 cm. Though OSK was later bought out by Mitsui after the war, at the time they published "THE SEA" as their monthly magazine, they had routes girdling the world. As a rival of N...

Umi Vol. 11, #12

[OCEAN LINERS] OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA · 1941 · Boston Book Company

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

1941. [OCEAN LINERS] Osaka Shosen Kaisha. UMI Vol. 11, #12. Osaka, Showa 16 [1941]. 24+ pp. 25.6 x 18 cm. Though OSK was later bought out by Mitsui after the war, at the time they published "THE SEA" as their monthly magazine, they had routes girdling the world. As a rival of ...

Umi Vol. 12, #11

[OCEAN LINERS] OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA · 1942 · Boston Book Company

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

1942. [OCEAN LINERS] Osaka Shosen Kaisha. UMI Vol. 12, #11. Osaka, Showa 17 [1942]. 24+ pp. 25.6 x 18 cm. Though OSK was later bought out by Mitsui after the the war, at the time they published "THE SEA" as their monthly magazine, they had routes girdling the world. As a rival...

Contemporary Japanese Prints

KAWAKITA, MICHIAKI · 1967 · Boston Book Company

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.90 | ¥15,172)

1967. KAWAKITA, Michiaki. CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PRINTS. Translated by John Bester. Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1967, 1970). "Third Printing". Folio-size tan cloth; xii + 47 tipped-in color plates + 97-176pp. b&w plates + notes. Original wrap-around band. Just about fine in...

Zhong-Guo Min-Jian Jian-Zhi [Chinese Folk Papercuts]

[Paper-cuts, Chinese] · 1970 · Boston Book Company

$145.00 (€131.55 | £109.74 | ¥23,157)

19. [Paper-cuts, Chinese]. ZHONG-GUO MIN-JIAN JIAN-ZHI [CHINESE FOLK ART PAPER CUTS], n.p. n.d. circa 1970s. There is a folded book catalogue from Ting Wen Book Company of Taipei dated 1980 enclosed, but that may have nothing to do with this portfolio's publication. In any eve...

Ceramic Art of Korea

GOMPERTZ, G.ST.G.M. · 1961 · Boston Book Company

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

1961. [CERAMICS] GOMPERTZ, G.ST.G.M. and KIM, Chewon. [ed]. THE CERAMIC ART OF CHINA. London: Faber and Faber, (1961). First edition, with a typed letter from Gompertz to Melvin McGovern, signed by Gompertz. Also the book is signed by Gompertz. 4to, grey cloth; 222pp. with 100...

Personal Reminiscences

FORBES, Robert B. · 1882 · Boston Book Company

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

1882. FORBES, Robert B. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES .. TO WHICH IS ADDED RAMBLING RECOLLECTIONS CONNECTED WITH CHINA. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1882. Second edition, revised. xii + 412 + 7 pp. + [1] pp. 8vo. green cloth stamped in gilt. Cloth worn, rubbed, spine chipped at heel...

Les Estampes Japonaises

SEIDLITZ, W. DE · 1911 · Boston Book Company

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

1911. SEIDLITZ, W. de. LES ESTAMPES JAPONAISES. Traduction de P. Andre Lemoisne. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1911. 4to, viii + 272 pp. with 16 color plates, 133 b&w. Red wrappers, split at spine, front cover detached and taped on; shaken. Text and plates are clean and quite fre...

Yokohama Ukiyoe: Essentials and Meanings

TAMBA, Tsuneo · 1962 · Boston Book Company

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

1962. TAMBA, Tsuneo. YOKOHAMA UKIYOE: Essentials and Meanings. (Tokyo): The Asahi Shimbun Press, 1962. 4to. black cloth; 234 pp.; 7 pp. supplementary pamphlet in English laid in. Color and black and white illustrations. Very good in DW. Unusual and important reference. .

Images from the Floating World, the Japanese Print

Lane, Richard · 1978 · Boston Book Company

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.90 | ¥15,172)

1978. Lane, Richard. IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD. The Japanese Print. NY: Putnam, (1978). 4to. blue cloth, 364pp. This copy is of the original edition, a much superior production to the remainder. Fine in dust jacket. .

Mystic Lyrics from the Indian Middle Ages

ALTHAUS, Paul, & R. T. Gribble · 1928 · Boston Book Company

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

1928. ALTHAUS, Paul, & R. T. Gribble. MYSTIC LYRICS FROM THE INDIAN MIDDLE AGES. A Free Transcription by Paul Althaus. Rendered into English by R. T. Gribble. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (1928). First edition of this English language version based upon the free transcrip...

Tales from the Land of the Dragons: 1,000 Years of Chinese Painting

WU, Tung · 1997 · Boston Book Company

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

1997. WU, Tung. Tales from the Land of the Dragons: 1,000 Years of Chinese Painting. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Fine Folio Soft Cover. .

Tagasode : Whose Sleeves... Kimono from the Kanebo Collection

Nishimura, Hyobu · 1976 · Boston Book Company

$47.50 (€43.10 | £35.95 | ¥7,586)

1976. Hyobu, Nishimura. Tagasode : Whose Sleeves..Kimono from the Kanebo Collection. Japan Society Gallery, New York, 1976. Very Good Soft Cover. .

Okyo and the Maruyama-Shijo School of Japanese Painting

SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM · 1980 · Boston Book Company

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

1980. THE SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM & Seattle Art Museum. OKYO AND THE MARUYAMA-SHIJO SCHOOL OF JAPANESE PAINTING. [St. Louis, MO]: Saint Louis Art Museum, (1980). Many illustrations, some color. 199 pp. Quarto, color-illustrated paper wrappers. ink ownership. Back cover is light...

Midsummer Trip to the West Indies

HEARN, Lafcadio · 1888 · Boston Book Company

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

1888. HEARN, Lafcadio. "A MIDSUMMER TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES." Bound with: "LA VERETTE AND THE CARNIVAL IN ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE." New York: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1888. Volume 77, pp. 209-226 (No. 458, July 1888), pp. 327-345 (No. 459, August 1888), pp. 614-631 (No. 4...

Midsummer Trip to the West Indies

HEARN, Lafcadio · 1888 · Boston Book Company

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

1888. HEARN, Lafcadio. "A MIDSUMMER TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES." Bound with: "LA VERETTE AND THE CARNIVAL IN ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE." New York: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1888. Volume 77, pp. 209-226 (No. 458, July 1888), pp. 327-345 (No. 459, August 1888), pp. 614-631 (No. 4...

Midsummer Trip to the West Indies

HEARN, Lafcadio · 1888 · Boston Book Company

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

1888. HEARN, Lafcadio. "A MIDSUMMER TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES." Bound with: "LA VERETTE AND THE CARNIVAL IN ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE." New York: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1888. Volume 77, pp. 209-226 (No. 458, July 1888), pp. 327-345 (No. 459, August 1888), pp. 614-631 (No. 4...

Midsummer Trip to the West Indies

HEARN, Lafcadio · 1888 · Boston Book Company

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

1888. HEARN, Lafcadio. "A MIDSUMMER TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES." Bound with: "LA VERETTE AND THE CARNIVAL IN ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE." New York: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1888. Volume 77, pp. 209-226 (No. 458, July 1888), pp. 327-345 (No. 459, August 1888), pp. 614-631 (No. 4...

Japanese Toys

SONOBE, KIYOSHI · 1965 · Boston Book Company

$185.00 (€167.85 | £140.01 | ¥29,546)

1965. (SONOBE, Kiyoshi). JAPANESE TOYS. Playing with history. Photographs by Kiyoshi Sonobe. Original text by Kazuya Sakamoto. Translated and adapted by Charles A. Pomeroy. Rutland: Tuttle, (1965). Small 4to. blue cloth; 20pp. intro. + 393pp. photographs + 443-516pp. commentar...

Basketry: Projects from Baskets to Grass Slippers

SEKIJIMA, Hisaho · 1986 · Boston Book Company

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

1986. SEKIJIMA, Hisaho. BASKETRY: PROJECTS FROM BASKETS TO GRASS SLIPPERS. Foreword by Jack Lenor Larsen. Photographs by Akihiko Tokue. Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. (1986). Illustrated with photos in color and black and white, and with many line illustrations. First edit...