Boston Book Company

Collection of over 950 Japanese Matchbox and Matchbook Covers (Rinpy? ??)

EPHEMERA - Matchbox and Matchbook Covers (rinpy? ??) · 0

$875.00 (€793.87 | £662.30 | ¥139,682)

19. [EPHEMERA - Matchbox and Matchbook Covers]. A COLLECTION OF OVER 950 JAPANESE MATCHBOX AND MATCHBOOK COVERS (rinpy? ??) from both the pre- and postwar period mounted in one album. The vast majority are clipped matchbox covers from the preWar era - cafe culture at its fines...

Utsuho Monogatari

[NARA EHON] · 0

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

16. [NARA EHON]. UTSUHO MONOGATARI. [TALES OF THE HOLLOW TREE]. 23.1 x 17.1 cm. Green brocade covers. Hand calligraphed manuscript bound Yamato-toji style, on torinoko paper. The style of the illustrations and the calligraphy date the work to the early Tokugawa period (mid-17t...

Shishû ?? Natsu No Tegami ????

Kitasono Katue ????, poet & Onchi K?shir? ?????, artist · 1937

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

1937. Kitasono Katue ????, poet & Onchi K?shir? ?????, artist. Shishû ?? Natsu No Tegami ????. Tôkyô, Aoi Shobô, Shôwa 12 [1937] Folio, 30.0 X 22.0 cm, #11 of 200 copies printed. The binding, the typography, the illustrations, all combine as a fluid visual container for Kitaso...

Kyo^Ka Tani No Tsuki

[KYO^KABON] · 1795

$875.00 (€793.87 | £662.30 | ¥139,682)

1795. [KYO^KABON]. KYO^KA TANI NO TSUKI. O^saka and Kyo^to, Kansei 7. Wonderful little two volume kyokabon with poetry and images by Keigetsu, et al. The covers are delicately patterned in mica, has the remains of the original printed title labels. Clean and very nicely printe...

Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950, 3 Volumes

ELLSWORTH, Robert Hatfield · 1986

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.46 | ¥79,818)

1986. ELLSWORTH, Robert Hatfield. LATER CHINESE PAINTING AND CALLIGRAPHY: 1800-1950, 3 VOLUMES. New York, 1986. 10.5 x 15", 3 vols, xvi; xviii; xxiii, 399; 369; 281 pp. 875 color plates, 118 text-figures, text in English with Chinese captions, index, cloth, all edges gilt in g...

To^Kyo^ Fu^Zoku-Shi 3 Vols

[CUSTOMS] HIRADE Ko^jiro^, author · 1902

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

1902. [CUSTOMS] HIRADE Ko^jiro^, author. TO^KYO^ FU^ZOKU-SHI 3 vols. To^kyo^, Meiji 35 [1902]. Tassel-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 22.9 x 15.0 cm. Original printed patterned covers and printed title labels. Illustrated throughout with b+w wood engravings and what appear...

Mindai Sashizuhon Zuroku Naikaku Bunko Shozo^ Tanpen Shosetsu No Bu

[CHINESE BIBLIOGRAPHY] YAMAMOTO SHOTEN · 1962

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

1962. [CHINESE BIBLIOGRAPHY] YAMAMOTO SHOTEN, publisher. MINDAI SASHIZUHON ZUROKU Naikaku Bunko Shozo^ Tanpen Shosetsu no Bu. Tokyo, Sho^wa 37 [1962]. 26.5 x 19.3 cm. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label. A useful guide, using facsimile reproduc...

Tsubame No Ouchi

[CHILDREN'S BOOK] KINDAABUKKU Dai-yonkan Dai-kyu^- · 1932

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

1932. [CHILDREN'S BOOK] KINDAABUKKU TSUBAMENOOUCHI Dai Yon-kan Dai Kyu^-go. To^kyo^, Sho^wa 7 [1932] Color-printed stapled wrappers, 22.2 x 15.1 cm. Illustrated throughout with wonderful drawings, some in color. Insects and children and dance instruction - the cover is by the ...

Ehon Sho^Ka Natsu No Maki

[CHILDREN'S BOOK] Nihon Kyo^iku Ongaku Kyo^kai · 1932

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

[CHILDREN'S BOOK] Nihon Kyo^iku Ongaku Kyo^kai. EHON SHO^KA Natsu no Maki. To^kyo^, Sho^wa 7 [1932] Color-printed stapled wrappers, 22.8 x 15.3 cm. Illustrated throughout with wonderful color drawings, creatures of the sea and land playing musical instruments - the cover is by...

Peking Jung Pao Chai Hsin Chi Shih Chien P'u

[Peking Jung Pao Chai, publisher] Ch'i P'ai-shih · 1955

$3,850.00 (€3,493.02 | £2,914.14 | ¥614,600)

1955. [Peking Jung Pao Chai, Publishers] Ch'i P'ai-shih etal. PEKING JUNG PAO CHAI HSIN CHI SHIH CHIEN P'U. Peking, 1955. Folio, 2 vols bound chinese-style in purple wraps, enclosed in a brocade folding box with ivory clasps. In fine condition. This collection of wood-block re...

Ko^Gei O^Yo^ Zuan Zasshi 7 Issues

[DESIGN] HARUNA Shigeharu, editor · 1894

$600.00 (€544.37 | £454.15 | ¥95,782)

1894. [DESIGN] HARUNA Shigeharu, editor. Ko^gei O^yo^ ZUAN ZASSHI 7 issues. No.'s 20-26, To^kyo^, Meiji 26-27 [1893-4]. 24.5 x 16.6 cm. Stab-bound wrapper's in woodblock printed paper covers. Haruna Shigeharu (1847-1913) was a pottery painter born into the upper classes in Ish...

Complete Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes

BEDDOES,Thomas Lovell · 1928

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,927)

1928. BEDDOES, Thomas Lovell. COMPLETE WORKS OF THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES. London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1928. Two volumes complete. Limited edition of 750 of which this is number 17. 8vo. 590pp. One- quarter black cloth with decorated cloth covered boards. Tan title label ruled a...

Sword and Blosson Poems from the Japanese

[Crepe Paper Book] Kimura & Peake, transl · 1907

$950.00 (€861.91 | £719.07 | ¥151,655)

1907. [Crepe Paper Book] Kimura Shotaro & Peake, Charlotte M. A. translators. SWORD AND BLOSSOM POEMS FROM THE JAPANESE. Volumes I II III. Tokyo, 38 Yotsuya Hommura: T. Hasegawa, Meiji 41 [1908] Printed by Kaneko Tokujiro. 18.1 x 12.3 cm. Volume one is a second printing from 1...

To^Sei Fu^Zoku Goju^-Ban Uta-Awase

[EHON] Asai Chu^, artist · 1907

$1,600.00 (€1,451.64 | £1,211.07 | ¥255,418)

1907. [EHON] Asai Chu^, artist. TO^SEI FU^ZOKU GOJU^-BAN UTA-AWASE. [Modern Customs in a Comparison of 50 Pairs of Poems]. Tokyo: Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 40 [1907] Kyoto: Yamada Unso^do^. 2 vols. 24.7 x 18.4 cm. 50 pairs of caricatures, with accompanying poems, all in color...

Rangaku Koto Hajime

[MEDICINE] SUGITA Gempaku · 1869

$9,500.00 (€8,619.13 | £7,190.73 | ¥1,516,545)

1869. [MEDICINE] SUGITA Gempaku. RANGAKU KOTO HAJIME. To^kyo^, Tenshinro, Meiji 2 [1869]. 22.5 x 15.1 cm. 2 vols. srting-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original covers and printed paper title labels. This memoir, by the scientist behind the ground-breaking KAITAI SHINSHO,...

Kan'Ei Gafu

[EHON] Nishiyama KAN'EI, artist · 1886

$1,650.00 (€1,497.01 | £1,248.92 | ¥263,400)

1886. [EHON] Nishiyama KAN'EI, artist. KAN'EI GAFU. Osaka: Maekawa Zenbei, Meiji 19 [1886]. 28.6 x 18.3 cm. Orihon in brocade covers with 25 double-page color woodcut prints of birds, flowers, etc. Wonderfully well printed, an early impression, with the brocade covered boards ...

Onchi Koshiro Shibun-Shû Kisetsu-Hyo ???

Onchi K?shir? ????? · 1935

$13,500.00 (€12,248.24 | £10,218.40 | ¥2,155,091)

1935. Onchi K?shir? ?????. Onchi Koshiro Shibun-shû KISETSU-HYO ???. Tokyo: Aoi- Shobô. Showa 10 [1935]. This copy is #50 of only 50 deluxe copies from a total edition of 200. 3 full-page color illustrations by Onchi. Folio, 36 x 31 cm, printed on very heavy paper, bound in gi...

Insatsu Bijutsu Nenkan

[PREWAR ADVERTISING] O^saka Shuppansha · 1933

$450.00 (€408.27 | £340.61 | ¥71,836)

1933. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Osaka Shuppansha. INSATSU BIJUTSU NENKAN. Osaka, Showa 8 [1933]. Internally staple-bound, inserted into red cloth covers. 26.3 x 19.3 cm. Over 100 pages of Japanese explanatory text and many, many samples of printing work in a commercial vein, demons...

Kafee Baa Kissaten Ko^Koku Zuanshu^

[PREWAR ADVERTISING] YAMANA Ayao · 1930

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

1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] YAMANA Ayao. KAFEE BAA KISSATEN KOKOKU ZUANSHU. Tokyo, Seibundo, Showa 5 [1930]. 11 13/16" X 8 3/4". Printed paper wrappers. 48 pp. of b+w and color plates, and 4 pp. of preliminaries and finals, depicting designs by the important 20th Century Japane...

Tokei Kinzoku Megane-Ten Ko^Koku Zuan-Shu^

[PREWAR ADVERTISING] Matsubara Korenori, designer · 1930

$985.00 (€893.67 | £745.56 | ¥157,242)

1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Matsubara Korenori, designer. TOKEI KINZOKU MEGANE-TEN KOKOKU ZUANSHU. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 5 [1930]. 29.9 X 22.1 cm. Printed paper wrappers. From an important series of design portfolios produced by Seibundo, this one is dedicated to shops special...