New York: Japan Society, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 35 (3) pages. 32 x 21 cm. 1000 copies printed for the Japan Society. Tipped in and full page plates in color, printed in red and black. An attempt to introduce No Plays to a Western audience. Very bright, fresh copy. More
Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1957. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 174 pages. Voluminously illustrated, mostly in black and white with five full-page color, and two-toned plates. Original German version printed by Urs-Graf Verlag; Bern, Switzerland. A survey and history of the Japanese color woodcut by a prominent, if now..... More
Tokio: Printed By The Shiuyei Sha & Published By Kelly and Walsh, 1899. Second edition. Hardcover. 142 text pages [Appendix VIII]. Half title, 72 black and white plates, 39 text illustrations, and 14 full page color lithographs with lettered tissue guards. With K. Ogawa he published Landscape Gardening In Japan..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 388 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Owner inscription. A bright, fresh copy. Slight spine fade. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. 341 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Book-label of Boston Bookseller. Publisher adverts at rear. BAL 7927. More
Tokyo: Togo Gensui Publishing Society, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 347 pages. 30.2 x 23 cm. Illustrated with 22 color plates with tissue guards and black and white illustrations. A tribute in the laudatory style of contemporary Japanese imperial culture; the encomiums for Togo who died in 1934 never cease. His..... More
New York: Praeger, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 180 pages. Voluminously illustrated with photographs. Biographicaldata on leading Japanese architects. A comprehensive review of Japanese architecture since 1945. More
Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. The seven century narrative from the 12th to the19th centuriey provides a history of samurai armor, weapons, fortifications, tactics and customs, illustrated with nearly 800 illustrations. More
New York: E. Weyhe, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. Eight plates in full color and forty-four in half tone, each with descriptive text. Limited edition, one of 400 copies. Harunobu flowered late in life, during the last six years he produced his most beautiful designs..... More
New York: Maecenas Press (Random House), 1970. Levine, Jack. First edition. Hardcover. Printed booklet of XXXII pages. 48 x 31 cm. One of 2500 copies. Folding box inside cover signed by James A. Michener and Jack Levine. Four full page color lithographs after Hokusai signed in stone by the artist..... More
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1974. First edition. More
Tokyo: Charles E.Tuttle, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 201 pages. Eleven color and 109 black and white plates. With a List of Plates, Bibliography and Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I557."An introduction to the major arts and the most highly developed crafts in Japan. Well-chosen illustrations." More
NP: NP, 1914. Original Wraps. 48 pages. 22 x 15 cm. The Bank of Japan Act. Promulgated by Imperial Ordinance No. 32 of June 27th in the Fifteenth Year of Meiji (1882). The Bank of Japan was founded in Meiji 15 (1882) after a Belgian model. This copy carries withdrawal..... More
New York, London & Yokahama: Mitchel Kennerly et al, 1911. First printing. Hardcover. vii, v18.5 x 12.5 cm. 177 pages. Six illustrations. Interior contents as new. More
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1972. Hardcover. 236, 229 pages. Folio, 36.5 x 27 cm. Two monumental works with a host of black and white, color and tipped-in plates. Chronology of Japanese Art until 1568 (Vol.I) and Chronology of Japanese Art from the Sixteenth Century. Supplementary Notes and Glossary in each volume. Interior..... More
New York: Japan Society of New York, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 72 pp. Ten full-page plates, a few in color. Bibliography. Printed in red and black in a Limited Edition, oneof 1000 copies by Peter Beilenson. Collotype reproductions by Arthur Jaffe. With detailed commentary on each plate by the author..... More
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1980. Hardcover. 483 pages. 26.5 x 19 cm. Illustrated in black and white with text figures and 18 Charts. Bibliography and Index. Two small spots to front cover/. More
Tokyo: Takum Craft Shop, 1972. Serizawa, Keisuke. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Folio, 37.2 x 28.6 cm. 12 single sheets, one for each month, these calendar sets are stenciled individually by hand on handmade untrimmed Japanese mulberry paper. They are usually contained in a thick cardboard (also mulberry paper) folding case..... More
Tokyo: Takum Craft Shop, 1974. Serizawa, Keisuke. First edition. Paper. Folio, 37.2 x 28.6 cm. Twelve single sheets, one for each month, these calendar sets are stenciled individually by hand on handmade untrimmed Japanese mulberry paper. All Serizawa calendars are unique. As a highly respected Japanese textile designer, inspired by..... More
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Tokyo: Manichi Newspapers, 1963-1967. First edition. Hardcover. 42 x 32 cm. 12 volumes in 6 cases covering -- The Protohistoric, Asuka, and Nara periods * Heian Period (8th to 11th centuries) * 11th & 12th centuries * Kamakura Period (12th to 14th centuries) * Late Kamakura Period (13th & 14th..... More