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Toba-E Sangoku-Shi

[EHON] Anonymous · 1793

$1,500.00 (€1,360.92 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,455)

1793. [EHON]. TOBA-E SANGOKU-SHI. 3 Vols. Osaka, Kawachiya Kihei and Kawachiya Eisuke, Kansei 5 [1793]. 25.8 x 18.5 cm. Original dark blue covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji, with the pink printed paper title labels. A nice 18th century edition of this work in go...

Baioku Gafu

[EHON] Yamamoto BAIOKU, artist · 1865

$1,750.00 (€1,587.74 | £1,324.61 | ¥279,364)

1865. [EHON] Yamamoto BAIOKU, artist. BAIOKU GAFU. N.P. N.D. No publishing information, but the final note is dated Keiô Gan-nen [1865]. 27.2 x 20.5 cm. String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji, with the printed paper title label intact. The covers are a bit worn and there ar...

Kafuku Nimpitsu

[EHON] Kawamura KIHÔ, artist · 1809

$4,250.00 (€3,855.93 | £3,216.90 | ¥678,455)

1809. [EHON] Kawamura KIHÔ, artist. KAFUKU NIMPITSU. Osaka & Kyoto, Bunka 6 [1809]. 17.9 x 26.0 cm. 25 double page lightly colored illustrations. For all intents and purposes identical to the copy at Mitchell 322-3, save that the covers are darker brown with a blindstamping of...

[Emaki Handscroll ??] Heian T?Y? J?Nigetsu Jimbutsu Gazu ???????????

Shimizu T?y? ????, artist · 1872

$2,850.00 (€2,585.74 | £2,157.22 | ¥454,964)

1872. [Emaki Handscroll ??] Heian T?y? J?nigetsu Jimbutsu Gazu ??????????? Shimizu T?y? ????, artist 1872. [Emaki Handscroll ??] Shimizu T?y? ????, artist. Heian T?y? J?nigetsu Jimbutsu Gazu ???????????. 29 cm. tall and about 684 cm long (over 20 feet). Shimizu T?y? was a Shij...

Kyöchüzan

[EHON] Kameda BÔSAI, artist · 1816

$3,750.00 (€3,402.29 | £2,838.45 | ¥598,636)

1816. [EHON] Kameda BÔSAI, artist. KYÔCHÛZAN. Yellowish-green covers with a geometric lacquer pattern. Title label printed in brown on creme. This copy differs enough from the Mitchell choices at pp. 383-4 that it makes little sense to compare too closely. String-bound Japanes...

Watanabe Seitei ???? (Also Sh?Tei), Artist

Seitei Kach? ???? [Prints] [Bird and Flower · 1916

$6,500.00 (€5,897.30 | £4,919.97 | ¥1,037,636)

1916. Seitei Kach? ???? [Prints] [Bird and Flower] Watanabe Seitei ???? (also Sh?tei), artist Tokyo: Okura Shoten, Okura Yasugoro Taisho 5 [1916] Brown cloth clasped portfolio, 28.2 x 38 cm. A complete collection of the 22 color prints, the preface and table of contents page, ...

[Shibutsu Rôjin Jô Itsumei] Shogachö [Bunsei Nenkan Eto Shika]

[EHON] Ôkubo SHIBUTSU, editor · 1830

$2,750.00 (€2,495.01 | £2,081.53 | ¥439,000)

1830. [EHON] Ôkubo SHIBUTSU, editor. [Shibutsu Rôjin jô ITSUMEI] SHOGACHÔ [Bunsei Nenkan Eto Shika.] [Edo, Tempô 1 {1830} 24.3 x 16.8 cm. Orihon folding album mottled light blue covers (probably the same covers as the Mitchell copy at page 481) Hillier was quite taken with thi...

Kyüro Gafu 1 Volume

[EHON] [Ki Baitei, artist] · 1797

$3,750.00 (€3,402.29 | £2,838.45 | ¥598,636)

[EHON] [Ki Baitei, artist]. KYÛRO GAFU. 1 volume. Kôto [Kyôto], N.D. [Bunsei?]. 26.2 x 18.6 cm String-bound Japanese style fukuro- toji. Resembles the copy "c" in Mitchell at p. 403 for the presence of 64 single page images in sumi, (a greater number of images than the first e...

Ichiro Gafu

[EHON] Yashima GAKUTEI, artist · 1823

$1,750.00 (€1,587.74 | £1,324.61 | ¥279,364)

1823. [EHON] Yashima GAKUTEI, artist. ICHIRO GAFU. Gasendo, 1823 [zodiacal date]. 22.8 X 16.1 cm. Blind-patterned grey-green covers, dark blue printed paper title label, fukuro toji binding, string-bound Japanese style. Illustrated throughout in color with many single and doub...

Charles Dickens. A Critical Study

Gissing, George · 1898

$5,750.00 (€5,216.84 | £4,352.28 | ¥917,909)

1898. GISSING, George. CHARLES DICKENS. A Critical Study. London: Blackie & Son, 1898. In addition, pasted to the endpaper is a holograph note from Gissing , presumably to the recipient of the book (E.L. Vrice), dated from Gissing's hotel in Rome on February 26, 1898 and sugge...

A Life's Morning. In Three Volumes

GISSING, George · 1888

$1,750.00 (€1,587.74 | £1,324.61 | ¥279,364)

1888. GISSING, George. A LIFE'S MORNING. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1888. First Edition . 8vo. 3 Vols. 315pp.; 303pp.; 333pp. One of 500 sets, of which 265 went to circulating libraries, and 126 were remaindered. Pebbled reddish-brown cloth, yellow-coated end...

Workers in the Dawn. A Novel. In Three Volumes

GISSING, George · 1880

$12,500.00 (€11,340.96 | £9,461.48 | ¥1,995,454)

1880. RARE FIRST EDITION IN A PUBLISHER'S REMAINDER BINDING GISSING, George. WORKERS IN THE DAWN. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Remington and Co. 1880. First Edition the three volumes bound in one, in what is a publisher's remainder binding of blue cloth with green-coated...

Hishö No Shintan

[Creative Prints] SHINOHARA Cao, artist · 1970

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

1970. [Creative Prints] SHINOHARA Cao, artist. HISHÔ NO SHINTAN. Shôwa 45 [1970] A small (7.5 x 7.5 cm) western style square book bound in white leather. Illustrated through in tiny engravings, some colored, signed by Shinohara, numbered 83 of 100 copies. In a lovely little le...

Koropokkuru No Shi

[CREATIVE PRINTS] WATARAI Jun'suke, artist · 1970

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.41 | ¥61,460)

[CREATIVE PRINTS] WATARAI Jun'suke, artist. KOROPOKKURU NO SHI. a little (9.8 x 7.4 cm) leather wraparound box, gold embossed with 13 copperengravings inside, illustrating a text of [POEMS OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE], the little people being humanculi of Ainu legend who "take their ...

Kenten Gashu^ Dai Ni-Ju^-Hasshu^

[PHOTOGRAPHY] To^kyo^ Shashin Kenkyu^kai · 1938

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

1938. [PHOTOGRAPHY] To^kyo^ Shashin Kenkyu^kai. KENTEN GASHU^ Dai Ni-ju^-hasshu^. To^kyo^ & O^saka, Sho^wa 13 [1938]. Bound, Western-style in bold patterned wrappers. Many photo-illustrations. A catalogue of the 28th exhibition of photography held by the Tokyo Photo Research S...

Shinshin Meika Kach? Sen ??????? Vol. 1

Maria Gab? ?????, publisher · 1935

$1,750.00 (€1,587.74 | £1,324.61 | ¥279,364)

Shinshin Meika Kach? Sen ??????? Vol.1 Maria Gab? ?????, publisher Kyoto N.D. [c.1935] [Flowers, botanical] Shinshin Meika Kach? Sen ??????? is a 30.0 x 41.6 cm volume with 12 original color woodblock prints of flowers and birds. Maria Gab? ????? was a very skillful woodblock ...

[Collection of 560 Candy Wrappers, Labels, and 55 Decorated Boxes, Early 20th Century]

[Ephemera - Candy wrappers ???] · 1931

$2,400.00 (€2,177.47 | £1,816.60 | ¥383,127)

[Ephemera - Candy wrappers ???] [Collection of 560 candy wrappers, labels, and 55 decorated boxes, early 20th Century] Japan The wrappers and labels range from small (2.5 x 3 cm) to large (32 x 45 cm), although the majority are somewhere in the middle. The boxes have been care...

Manshu^ Zu-E

[SHIN HANGA] Kosugi Ho^an & Nakazawa Hiromitsu · 1934

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

1934. [SHIN HANGA] Kosugi Ho^an & Nakazawa Hiromitsu. MANSHU^ ZU-E. Dairen, Sho^wa 9 [1934] Japan Tourist Bureau. Ptinted by the important woodblock artisans, Takamizawa of O^saka. There are 5 o^ban size prints of views and genre scenes in Manchuria. Kosugi (1881-1962) was one...

Books Wanted: For Our Men "in Camp and over There

[WWI Poster] FALLS,Charles Buckles · 0

$750.00 (€680.46 | £567.69 | ¥119,727)

[WWI Poster] FALLS, Charles Buckles. BOOKS WANTED: For Our Men "In Camp and Over There". Take Gifts to the Public Library. (n.p):(n.d.). 28 1/4"x 41 3/4". Shrink wrapped, unmounted. mended teear that runs about 16 inches from the top edge. It also has two closed tears on eithe...

Haimi Taikan

[HAIKU] · 0

$1,750.00 (€1,587.74 | £1,324.61 | ¥279,364)

19. HAIKU] HAIMI TAIKAN. NAKAMURA FusetsU, ISHII Hakutei, et al. HAIMI TAIKAN. 34.6x 23.7 cm. The foremost proponents of the "haiku-style" (most associated with HOTOTOGISU magazine) in early 20th Century Japan have herein collaborated to create a multiple album of brushed orig...