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Catalogue of the Collection of Japanese Lacquers of Martin J. Desmoni

Fukushima, Otto, ed · 1947

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Privately Printed, 1947. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 27 pp. + photos [11 pp]. Illus. with b/w photos. Sm. 4to. 79 items illustrated and described in detail. A very good+ to near fine copy.

The Art of Driftwood and Dried Arrangements

Ishimoto, Tatsuo · 1951

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Crown Publishers, 1951. First edition. Cloth. 143 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with small chips to the spine.

Images of the Floating World. Year of the Hare 1999

Haase, Bernard · 1999

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

London, Bernard Haase, 1999. First edition. Stiff paper wrappers. Unpaged [60 pp.]. Illus. with 97 color reproductions. Sq. 8vo. Catalogue of collection of 97 Japanese prints spanning 300 years for sale from Bernard Haase. Price list laid in loose. OCLC shows only five copies....

Nihon Mingeikan Ten. Exhibition of Folkcraft from the Collection of Nippon Mingeikwan. Collection of the Japanese Folk-Craft Museum

Yanagi, Soetsu · 1961

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

n.p. Nihon Mingeikan: [Japanese Folk-Craft Museum], 1961. Stapled paper wrappers. Unpaged [34 pp]. Illus. with 2 color and 37 b/w photos. Sm. 4to. In Japanese and English. Collection of the Japanese Folk-Craft Museum. 39 objects. An uncommon item. Soetsu Yanagi was founder of ...

De Vervaardiging Van Japans Handpapier

Schriks, Chris · 1985

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Zutphen, Buhrmann-Ubbens Papier, 1985. First edition. Stiff paper wrappers with Japanese paper jacket. Unpaged [4 pp. + 12 leaves]. Illus. with 12 color drawings. 8vo. The Manufacture of Japanese Handmade Paper. Letter from Buhrmann-Ubbens Papier laid in loose. Wonderful drawi...

The Arts of Japan. An Illustrated History

Munsterberg, Hugo · 1970

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1970. Later printing. Paper wrappers. 201 pp. Illus. with 12 color and 109 b/w plates. 8vo. A very good+ copy with minor shelfwear; french-fold wrappers are price-clipped.

Tiao-Yu-T'Ai Islets. Pinnacle Islands [Diaoyutai Lie Yu Tu]

Sha, Xuejun [Sha, Hsueh-Chuen] · 1980

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

n.p. n.p. 1980. First edition. 2 sheets joined & folded. 37x51 inches. Insets: [map], Huangweiyu; Chiweiyu; Sketch [map] of Tiao-yu-T`ai Islets. Islands of contention between China, Taiwan, and Japan. In original oversized printed envelope. A near fine copy.

Archaeological Treasures Excavated in the People's Republic of China. Nitchu Kokko Seijoka Kinen, Chuka Jinmin Kyowakoku Shutsudo Bunbutsuten

Fujita, Kunio and Kuwabara, Sumio, eds · 1973

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Tokyo, Ashi, 1973. Paper wrappers. Unpaged [286 pp]. Illus. with 24 color plates and 212 b/w reproductions, 1 map. In Japanese and English. Catalogue of the exhibition. Tears to the joints at the head and heel else about very good, plates clean.

Chugoku Bijutsu [Chinese Art. Earliest Periods, Yin Chou, Han and Tang]

Yonezawa, Yoshio · 1963

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Tokyo, Kodansha, 1963. First edition. Cloth. 216 pp. Illus. with 11 (of 12) tipped-in color plates and 396 color and b/w reproductions, and 1 map. Folio (35 cm). Sekai bijutsu taikei 8. The first volume of what would eventually cover three volumes. Text in Japanese. Chronology...

Art Treasures from Japan. A Special Loan Exhibition in Commeroration of the Signing of the Peace Treaty in San Francisco September 1951

Heil, Walter, et al. · 1951

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1951. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. Unpaged (96 pp). Illus. with 2 color plates + b/w plates and photos. Sm. 4to. Catalogue of exhibition held jointly by the Cultural Properties Protection Commission of Japan and the M.H. ...

Byobu. Japanese Screens from New York Collections

Murase, Miyeko · 1971

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Asia Society, 1971. First edition. Cloth. 134 pp. Illus. with color plates and b/w photos & drawings. Obl. sm. 4to. A fine copy in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.

Kaikan Jugo-Shunen Kinen Ten Zuroku. 15th Anniversary Catalogue. Beauty and the Selfless Mind

Tanaka, Ichmitsu, ed. Idemitsu Bijutsukan · 1981

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Tokyo, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 1981. First edition. Linen stamped in gilt. 395, [54] p. 1204 illus. with 258 in color. 4to. Catalog of the collection of the Idemitsu Museum of Arts including Japanese Calligraphic works and painting, Japanese Ceramics and Crafts, and Chinese C...

International Graphic. Kokusai Shashin Joho

Kokusai Johosha · 1952

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Tokyo, Kokusai-Joho-Sha, 1952. First edition. String tied limp boards. Illus. with color plates and b/w photos, some folding. Folio. Nine issues, May to November 1951, Jan. and Feb. 1952. Coverage of science, art, theater, film, current events, with 38 large color plates (many...

The Art of the Japanese Screen

Grilli, Elise · 1970

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, Walker / Weatherhill, 1970. First edition. Silk brocade stamped in gilt, decorated endpapers. xi, 275 pp. Illus. with 42 tipped in color plates and 6 color and 111 b/w reproductions. Folio. History and aesthetic principles of Japanese screen art. Beautifully illustra...

Histoire Des Arts Du Japon. I. Des Origines a 1350

Buhot, Jean · 1949

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Paris, Vanoest, 1949. First edition. Cloth. 270 pp. + illus. Illus. with 88 b/w plates (over 400 reproductions), 7 maps, and 32 drawings. 4to. Annales du Musee Guimet Bibliotheque d'Art. Nouvelle Series: V. Henri Maspero, intro. All published. Includes glossary of characters. ...

Circular[S]: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Maine. 1881-1901

Maine Commandery · 1901

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

[Portland], [Commandery of the State of Maine ], 1901. First edition. Three quarter morocco over red boards, four raised bands ruled in gilt, gilt titles. 8vo. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, begun in Philadelphia in 1865, was modeled on the Societ...

The Tokugawa Collection. No Robes and Masks

Tokugawa, Yoshinobu; Okochi, Sadao · 1977

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Japan Society, 1977. First edition. Illustrated stiff paper wrappers. 277 pp. Illus. with 24 color plates and 145 b/w reproductions. Folio. Louise Allison Cort and Monica Bethe, trans. A catalogue of 145 items described and illustrated. Exhibition brochure and Japan ...

Circular[S]: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Massachusetts. 1879-1922 [Three Volumes]

Masachusetts Commandery · 1922

$900.00 (€816.54 | £681.12 | ¥143,736)

[Boston], [Commandery of the State of Masachusetts], 1922. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, begun in Philadelphia in 1865, was modeled on the Society of the Cincinnati, and formed to protect the republic amid rumors of a p...

Circular[S]: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Iowa. 1886-1922 [Three Volumes]

Iowa Commandery · 1922

$1,000.00 (€907.27 | £756.80 | ¥159,706)

[Des Moines], [Commandery of the State of Iowa], 1922. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, begun in Philadelphia in 1865, was modeled on the Society of the Cincinnati, and formed to protect the republic amid rumors of a plot ...

Circular[S]: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Wisconsin. 1880-1922 [Three Volumes]

Wisconsin Commandery · 1922

$1,000.00 (€907.27 | £756.80 | ¥159,706)

[Milwaukee], [Commandery of the State of Wisconsin], 1922. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, begun in Philadelphia in 1865, was modeled on the Society of the Cincinnati, and formed to protect the republic amid rumors of a p...