Boston Book Company

Robert Frost and His Printers

TAYLOR, W. THOMAS [Publisher] · 1985

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

1985. [Publisher's prospectus for] ROBERT FROST AND HIS PRINTERS. Austin, Texas: W. Thomas Taylor, Publisher, 1985. [4] pp. 4to. a single sheet folded once. Moderately soiled and lightly creased. .

Robert Frost: His American Send Off

LATHEM Edward Connery · 1963

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

1963. LATHEM, Edward Connery, ed. ROBERT FROST: HIS "AMERICAN SEND-OFF"--1915. Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, (1963). One of an edition limited to 325 copies. [24] pp. with facsimile of a holograph letter bound-in. 4to. stiff blue-grey wrappers, lettered in black amd dark...

Taisei Kachou Gafu

[BIRD AND FLOWER] · 0

$1,850.00 (€1,678.56 | £1,400.39 | ¥295,422)

19. [BIRD AND FLOWER]. TAISEI KACHOU GAFU. 29.3 X 23.9 cm. Beautifully bound as an orihon folding album into the original brocade covers with title label.. This WESTERN BIRD AND FLOWER ALBUM has 12 lovely full color woodblock prints of naturalistically rendered birds in nature...

Wakan Shinzu Fuso Gafu 5 Volumes in One

Tachibana MORIKUNI, artist · 1735

$1,850.00 (€1,678.56 | £1,400.39 | ¥295,422)

1735. Tachibana MORIKUNI, artist. Wakan Shinzu FUSO GAFU 5 volumes. 26.2 x 18.5 cm. Edo, Kyoto and Osaka. Kyoho 20 [1735]. Morikuni was a remarkably adept illustrator and this set includes many wonderful works depicting scenes from East Asian history, both legendary and histor...

Konpira Sankei Meisho Zue 6 Vols

[MEISHOKI] Akatsuki KANENARI; Urakawa Kousa · 1847

$1,850.00 (€1,678.56 | £1,400.39 | ¥295,422)

1847. [MEISHOKI] Akatsuki KANENARI; Urakawa KOUSA KONPIRA SANKEI MEISHO ZUE. 6 vols. 25.4 x 18.1 cm. The colophon is dated Kouka 4 [1847]. This lovely meishoki was composed by Akenari, a painter and illustrator of considerable reputation, as was Urakawa Kosa. The Konpira shrin...

Shin Hanatsumi????

[EHON] Yosa BUSON ????, author; Matsumura GOSHUN???? [GEKKEI ?? ], artist · 1797

$6,500.00 (€5,897.66 | £4,920.29 | ¥1,037,969)

1797. [EHON] Yosa BUSON ????, author; Matsumura GOSHUN???? [GEKKEI ?? ], artist. SHIN HANATSUMI????. Published In Osaka, c. 1798. 25.7 x 18.4 cm. One volume, complete. Here, Goshun, one of Buson's most illustrious students, has illustrated a collection of wonderful haikai and ...

50 Albumen Outdoor Scenes and Women

[PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN] · 0

$385.00 (€349.32 | £291.43 | ¥61,480)

18. [PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN]. 50 ALBUMEN OUTDOOR SCENES AND WOMEN. Small late 19th, early 20th century oblong 13.4 x 18.3 cm album of albumen photos, Half of the album is made up of shots of Japanese women in kimono, in the studio and out. The other half is a catalogue of tourist...

Photograph of Sturgis Houses

HUNT, Richard Morris · 1872

$400.00 (€362.93 | £302.79 | ¥63,875)

1872. HUNT, Richard Morris. PHOTOGRAPH OF STURGIS HOUSES. Original photograph, 15 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches, of buildings designed by the dean of American architecture, Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895). The photograph shows the William Osborne and Jonathan Sturgis houses, 32-34 Park ...

Bible: A Leaf from a Copy of the First Bible Printed in America

ELIOT, John · 1680

$950.00 (€861.97 | £719.12 | ¥151,703)

1680. ELIOT, John. THE FIRST AMERICAN BIBLE: A leaf from a copy of the Bible translated into the Indian language by John Eliot. Presented with explanatory text by Wilma Corcoran, Zion Research Library Boston University. Cambridge, MA: S.Green and M.Johnson, 1680. Second editon...

[Abstract Oil Painting]

Onchi K?shir? ????? · 1919

$18,500.00 (€16,785.65 | £14,003.90 | ¥2,954,218)

1919. Onchi K?shir? ?????. [Abstract Oil Painting]. Oil painting approx 41 x 32 cm in image size, an abstract(ish) still life with an apple, done while Onchi was quite young in about 1919. It is signed by him and is quite unusual in its embrace of abstraction (with a hint of t...

Map of the City of Newton

DREW, ALLIS & CO · 1883

$750.00 (€680.50 | £567.73 | ¥119,766)

1883. DREW, ALLIS & CO. MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWTON. Worcester: Drew, Allis & Co. 1883. Full-color lithographed folding map. 16 3/4"x 16 3/4". Folds to 6 1/8"x 4 1/8". Brown cloth stamped in gilt to front. Prior ownership in pencil to front pastedown. Two-inch tear where map att...

Momoyogusa Volume One

[DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist · 1909

$8,500.00 (€7,712.32 | £6,434.22 | ¥1,357,344)

1909. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto: Unsodo, Meiji 42 [1909]. Volume one of three. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. Most consider it the finest Japanese design book of all time, this exquisite suite of double-page color-printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using o...

Soken Gafu Soka No Bu

[EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN · 1806

$2,500.00 (€2,268.33 | £1,892.42 | ¥399,219)

1806. [EHON] Yamaguchi SOKEN. SOKEN GAFU Sôka no Bu. 3 volumes, complete. Medium grey paper covers with original printed title labels. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 26.2 x 19.0 cm. Bunka 3 [1806] Illustrated in b+w and grey woodcut throughout. This is perhaps Sôken...

Shinbijutsukai 7 Volumes...

Furuya Ko^rin, editor · 1902

$8,500.00 (€7,712.32 | £6,434.22 | ¥1,357,344)

1902. Furuya Ko^rin, editor. SHINBIJUTSUKAI 7 volumes.. Kyoto & Tokyo, Unso^do^.. 23.9 x 16.2 cm. The complete inventory of design prints from the run of this important design magazine, edited by Furuya Ko^rin, one of the finest artists of the Kyoto Design Revival of late Meij...

Kami No Tabi

[JAPANESE PAPERMAKING] GOTO Seikichiro · 1964

$1,950.00 (€1,769.30 | £1,476.09 | ¥311,391)

1964. [JAPANESE PAPERMAKING] GOTO Seikichiro. KAMI NO TABI. Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppansha. Showa 39 [1964]. Large oblong folio in washi covers, 33.5 x 44.3 cm. #196 of 300cc. Illustrated beautifully in katazome throughout. The illustrations as well as the text are by Goto, a fine ...

Yamato Jimbutsu Gafu

[EHON] Yamaguchi SO^KEN, artist · 1799

$1,450.00 (€1,315.63 | £1,097.60 | ¥231,547)

1799. [EHON] Yamaguchi SO^KEN, artist. YAMATO JIMBUTSU GAFU. 3 vols. blue-grey covers string-bound fukuro-toji with printed paper title labels. So^ken (1759-1818) was one of O^kyo^'s most important students and his YAMATO JIMBUTSU GAFU is one of the early classics of the Shijo...

Miyako Rinsen Meisho Zue [an Illustrated Guide to Famous Gardens in Ky

Sakuma Soen , Nishimura Chuwa, Oku Bunmei, artists · 1799

$1,850.00 (€1,678.56 | £1,400.39 | ¥295,422)

Miyako Rinsen Meisho Zue [An Illustrated Guide to Famous Gardens in Kyoto] .Kyoto, Edo, Osaka, Nagoya. Kansei 11 [1799] 5 volumes bound in 6 (with two parts to Vol 1: Upper and Lower. 26.8 x 18.3 cm volumes are string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Published in Kyoto, Edo,...

Fugaku Hyakkei

[EHON] Katsushika HOKUSAI · 1875

$1,850.00 (€1,678.56 | £1,400.39 | ¥295,422)

1875. [EHON] Katsushika HOKUSAI. FUGAKU HYAKKEI. (100 Views of Fuji). Meiji 8 [1875]. Aichi, Katano To^shiro^. 3 vols. Yellow covers. 15.7 x 22.6 cm. Paper labels. This Meiji reprint of Hokusai's classic is in very good condition with original yellow covers and title labels. T...

Köseiha Kenky?

[AVANT-GARDE] MURAYAMA Tomoyoshi · 1926

$650.00 (€589.77 | £492.03 | ¥103,797)

1926. [AVANT-GARDE] MURAYAMA Tomoyoshi. KOSEIHA KENKYU. [Research on Constructivism]. Tokyo, Taisho 15 [1926]. First Printing. (10),81pp. 31 plates, + finals and ads. Decorated wrappers with cover design by Murayama, printed in red and black. The plates cover works by European...

Uta-E

[DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA · 1934

$1,850.00 (€1,678.56 | £1,400.39 | ¥295,422)

1934. [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. UTA-E Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo, Showa 9 [1934]. 1 volume, 31 x 22 cm, cloth, ribbon bound covers, paper label. 25 color full page images after designs by Sekka. As Sekka's last work, it crowns his remarkable career with a lovely evocation of Koetsu'...