Boston Book Company

Grand Hotel, Limited... Yokohama and Vicinity

TRAVEL - YOKOHAMA · 1911

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1911. [TRAVEL - YOKOHAMA]. (AMENOMORI, N.) THE GRAND HOTEL, LIMITED. H. E. MANWARING, MANAGER. (GUIDE BOOK FOR) YOKOHAMA AND VICINITY. (Yokohama: "Japan Gazette" Press, 1911). A small pocket-size guide (14 x 10.5 cm) in color illustrated paper wrappers, that show the Grand Hot...

Gofuku Musurinten No Ko^Koku Zuanshu^

[PREWAR ADVERTISING] Tada Hokucho^, designer · 1930

$1,100.00 (€998.00 | £832.61 | ¥175,600)

1930. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Tada Hokucho, designer. GOFUKU MUSURINTEN NO KOKOKU ZUANSHU. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 5 [1930]. 29.9 X 22.1 cm. From an important series of design portfolios produced by Seibundo. This one is dedicated to muslin dry goods shops. This volume consists of...

Album of 85 Snapshots of Japan 1916 - 1923, Fujiyama and More

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM - JAPAN · 1923

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

1923. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPAN] ALBUM OF 85 SNAPSHOTS OF JAPAN 1916 - 1923, FUJIYAMA AND MORE, PLUS SIX LOOSE PHOTOGRAPHS AND A PHOTO POSTCARD. 5 1/2 x 8 inch flexible black cloth covers, cord-bound, with "Photographs" in gilt on front cover. Black paper mounts, neatly captioned i...

De Paris Au Tonkin a Travers le Tibet Inconnu

BONVALOT, Gabriel · 1892

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

1892. BONVALOT, Gabriel. DE PARIS AU TONKIN A TRAVERS LE TIBET INCONNU. Illustrated by engravings after photographs by Prince HENRI D'ORLEANS. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1892. First edition. 510 + [1] pp. 4to. half red morocco with gilt rules, raised bands, gilt spine o...

Nihon Gangu-Sh? ????? [Japanese Toys], 3 Vols

Takeda Shin’ichi ???? · 1917

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

1917. Takeda Shin’ichi ????. Nihon Gangu-sh? ????? [Japanese Toys], 3 vols. Taisho 6 [1917]. Two plate volumes 25 x 18cm are bound orihon (folding album) style with patterned paper over board covers, and centered, printed paper title labels. The first album is marked ? Ten [Up...

Oversize Photograph: Group Portrait of Supreme Court Justices, 1882

BELL, C. M. · 1882

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

BELL, C. M. photographer. OVERSIZE PHOTOGRAPH: GROUP PORTRAIT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, 1882. Washington, DC: C. M. Bell, 1882. Framed albumen silver print. Image (with rounded corners at top) approximately 14 1/3 x 20 inches; frame 26 1/4 x 30 1/8 inches. From left to right:...

Gold Rush

MOVIE POSTER, lithograph · 1942

$4,000.00 (€3,629.11 | £3,027.67 | ¥638,545)

1942. [MOVIE POSTER, lithograph]. THE GOLD RUSH (United Artists, R-1942). "The Gold Rush" is considered by many to be Chaplin's greatest masterpiece. This is a poster for the 1942 re-release of the 1925 film, for which Chaplin composed and recorded a musical score and added a ...

Japanische Stichblatter Und Schwertzieraten Sammlung Georg Oeder Duss

VAUTIER, P., author & KUMMEL, Otto, editor · 1917

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

19. VAUTIER, P. author & KUMMEL, Otto, editor. JAPANISCHE STICHBLATTER UND SCHWERTZIERATEN Sammlung Georg Oeder Dusseldorf. Oesterheld & Co. Berlin, n.d. [1917 in gilt at the base of the spine]. Small folio, original front cover bound into half red cloth and leather spine, gil...

Les Gardes de Sabre Japonaises

PONCETTON, Francois · 1924

$485.00 (€440.03 | £367.11 | ¥77,424)

1924. PONCETTON, Francois. LES GARDES DE SABRE JAPONAISES. Paris, Albert Morance, 1924. Folio, portfolio in tied printed covers. The contents include a 28 pp. text, descriptive of the accompanying 50 loose photoengraved plates of 182 tsuba sword guards. A very useful catalog o...

Japanese Marks and Seals

BOWES, JAMES LORD · 1882

$285.00 (€258.57 | £215.72 | ¥45,496)

1882. BOWES, James Lord. JAPANESE MARKS AND SEALS. London: Henry Sotheran & Co. London 1882. First edition. 4to. Original red bevelled cloth, gilt, t.e.g.; color frontis. + ix + color map of Japan + 379pp. Profusely illustrated in the text in b&w. Covers very good. Always foun...

Japanese Sword-Mounts Collection of J.C. Hawkshaw ?Tsuba ?)

JOLY, Henri L. · 1910

$975.00 (€884.60 | £738.00 | ¥155,645)

1910. JOLY, Henri L. JAPANESE SWORD-MOUNTS: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF J. C. HAWKSHAW, Esq. ?Tsuba ?) M.A. of Hollycombe, Liphook. London (Privately printed for J. C. Hawkshaw), 1910. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is no. 77. Illu...

Ko-Ji Ho^-Ten

WEBER, V.-F · 1923

$2,000.00 (€1,814.55 | £1,513.84 | ¥319,273)

1923. WEBER, V.-F. "KO-JI HO-TEN" Dictionnaire a l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art japonais et chinois. Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1923. Limited edition: This copy is number 217, from an edition of 585, signed by Weber. Profusely illustrated - with over 2100 te...

Muramasa Blade

WERTHEIMBER, LOUIS · 1887

$650.00 (€589.73 | £492.00 | ¥103,764)

1887. WERTHEIMBER, Louis. A MURAMASA BLADE. A Story of Feudalism in Old Japan. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. Large 8vo, padded red silk over boards, stamped in gilt, t.e.g; xvi + 188pp. 5 copper engravings, many other relief engravings. An unusual, deluxe binding for this...

Japanese Sword Guards ?Tsuba ?) Some Tsuba in the Collection of Sir Arthur H.C.

CHURCH, Arthur H. · 1914

$850.00 (€771.19 | £643.38 | ¥135,691)

1914. CHURCH, Arthur H. JAPANESE SWORD GUARDS ?Tsuba ?) Some Tsuba in the Collection of Sir Arthur H. Church. (Reading, England): Privately Printed, 1914. First edition, limited to only 100 copies, of which this is number 37. Bookplate of the art historian Charles Francis Bell...

Original Press Photograph - Assassination Attempt on Mayor Gaynor

PHOTOGRAPHY - 20TH CENTURY · 1910

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,909)

1910. [PHOTOGRAPHY - 20TH CENTURY] ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON NEW YORK CITY MAYOR WILLIAM JAY GAYNOR, 1910. American Press Association, event occurring August 6, 1910 (reverse of photo dated August 10). Silver gelatin print photograph, 6 9/16 x 8 1/2 ...

[30 Albumen Scenes Around Nikko]

[Photo album - Japan] · 0

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,873)

18. [Photo album - Japan] [30 Albumen Scenes around Nikko] [Photo album - Japan]. [30 Albumen Scenes around Nikko]. Small late 19th, early 20th century oblong 11.5 x 17.8 cm album of albumen photos of the city of Nikk?, each about 9.5 x 14 cm. Simple lacquer covers. Nikk? ?? i...

Releves de Monuments Anciens Du Nord Viet-Nam

BEZACIER, Louis · 1959

$240.00 (€217.75 | £181.66 | ¥38,313)

1959. BEZACIER, Louis. RELEVES DE MONUMENTS ANCIENS DU NORD VIET-NAM: PUBLICATIONS DE L'ECOLE FRANCAISE D'EXTREME-ORIENT, COLLECTION DE TEXTES ET DOCUMENTS, VOLUME VI. Paris: Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1959. XVI pp. booklet, folio, paper wrappers printed in black, follo...

Ko^-Ho^-Shi

[JAPANESE PAPER] · 0

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,918)

[JAPANESE PAPER]. KO^-HO^-SHI. n.p. n.d. Oblong 30.0 x 28.3 cm, decorated paper over boards, ribbon bound, Japanese style. Published in Japan (probably soon after the war) with a one page Japanese language preface, 4 pp. of b+w photo illustrations and 28 full page handmade pap...

[Kakemono ??? - Hanging Scroll]

Sugiura Hisui ????, artist · 1876

$4,850.00 (€4,400.29 | £3,671.06 | ¥774,236)

[Kakemono ??? - Hanging Scroll] Sugiura Hisui ????, artist. [Painting and Poem - Red Fuji] Hanging scroll, image size 52 1/4" X 26 1/2". Beautifully mounted on brocade. The painting is signed and sealed by Sugiura Hisui ???? (1876-1965), responsible between the wars and after ...

Sekai Sarasa 2 Vols

5[DESIGN] Shimomura Tamahiro, designer · 1904

$675.00 (€612.41 | £510.92 | ¥107,755)

1904. [DESIGN] Shimomura Tamahiro, designer. SEKAI SARASA 2 vols. Kyoto, Unkindo^, 22.3 x 31.3 cm. Meiji 37 [1904]. 2 vols. Tassel-bound in decorated paper covers, fukuro-toji. 27 full page color woodcut plates of cotton chintz designs from around the world. Nicely printed, ve...