Boston Book Company

Bait-Casting

FISHING · 1928

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1928. (FISHING). BAIT-CASTING. By William C. Vogt. New York: Longmans, Green and Co. 1928. First edition, inscribed presentation copy. 8vo. half maroon morocco, maroon cloth-covered boards, spine in gilt, t.e.g.; xi + 102pp. with b&w photographic ills. Minimal faint foxing, el...

Tosa Mitsunori

MITSUNORI, TOSA · 1933

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

1933. (MITSUNORI, Tosa). TOSA MITSUNORI. Tokyo: Shozaburo Watanabe, 1933. 4to, illustrated wrappers bound Japanese-style; 32pp. text + 10 b&w plates, 5 of them folding + text in Japanese. Very good. .

Life of Koyetsu

USHIKUBO, D.J.R. · 0

$47.50 (€43.10 | £35.95 | ¥7,583)

19. USHIKUBO, D.J.R. LIFE OF KOYETSU. 8vo, illustrated silk-covered boards bound Japanese-style; 64pp. with 13 b&w photographic plates. This copy is very good, in a worn cardboard box. .

Japanese Woodblock Prints in Miniature

MEISSNER, KURT · 1970

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

1970. MEISSNER, Kurt. JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS IN MINIATURE: The Genre of Surimono. Rutland: Tuttle, (1970). First edition. Oblong large 8vo, 143 pp, with 33 tipped-in color plates. Dark red cloth. Fine, in the dust jacket. .

Japanese and Chinese Carvings

AUCTION CATALOGUE · 1932

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1932. [Auction Catalogue]. JAPANESE AND CHINESE CARVINGS. J.C. Morgenthau & Co, 1932. 8vo, wrappers; 43pp. with b&w ills. Light external soiling, else very good. .

Nets to Catch the Wind

WYLIE, ELINOR · 1921

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

1921. WYLIE, Elinor. NETS TO CATCH THE WIND. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1921. An inscribed presentation copy of Wylie's first regularly published book. First edition, the later issue on watermarked paper. 8vo, tan cloth. Lower corners bumped, cloth a little soiled, foxing to e...

Works

GRAY, THOMAS · 1807

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

1807. GRAY, Thomas. WORKS. Containing his Poems, and Correspondence with Several Eminent Literary Characters. To Which are Added, Memoirs of his Life and Writings, by W. Mason. The Third Edition, Carefully Corrected. In Two Volumes. London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J. and A. ...

Contemporary Printmaking in Japan

ROBERTSON, RONALD G. · 1965

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

1965. ROBERTSON, Ronald G. CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING IN JAPAN. New York: Crown Publishers, (1965). 4to, 120 pp. with 36 color plates; text illustrated throughout by b&w photographs. Dark blue cloth. Ownership, boards a little bowed. Near fine, in dust jacket lacking part of fro...

Poetic and Dramatic Works

BROWNING, ROBERT · 1890

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1890. BROWNING, Robert. THE POETIC AND DRAMATIC WORKS. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1890. Riverside Edition, complete in 6 volumes (one volume in an 1893 printing). Plus 3 additional volumes: "Asolando," "Life and Letters," and a "Browning Guide-Book" by George Willis Cooke. 9 v...

Pre-Raphaelite and Other Poets

HEARN, LAFCADIO · 1922

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

1922. HEARN, Lafcadio. PRE-RAPHAELITE AND OTHER POETS. Lectures. Selected and Edited with an Introduction by John Erskine. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1922. First edition. Ownership. Slight stains to fore-edge, some fading and wear to cloth. A good, sound copy. .

Lake

KAWABATA, Y. · 1974

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

1974. KAWABATA, Y. THE LAKE. Tokyo: (1974). Translated by Reiko Tsukimura. 1st edit. thus. 160pp. 8vo. Bds. fine in DW. $22.00. .

Japanese Painting

PAINTING, JAPANESE · 1953

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1953. (PAINTING, Japanese). JAPANESE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and at other locations, 1953. 4to, 207 pp. fully illustrated in b&w. Name on flyleaf, else fine, in printed wrappers. .