CHU^GAKU EDEHON Dai Roku
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1899. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. CHU^GAKU EDEHON Dai Roku. To^kyo^, Kinko^do^ Shoseki, Meiji 32 [1899]. 2nd printing (originally published in 1895). Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.2 x 25.5 cm. This sixth volume of the series A DRAWING MANUAL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL contain 8 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the... Read More
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Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Nishu^
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Nishu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of the day to create a series of such handbooks... Read More
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Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Yonshu^
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Yonshu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of the day to create a series of such handbooks... Read More
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JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Yonpen
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1903. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Yonpen. To^kyo^, Kinko^do^ Shoseki, Meiji 36 [1903]. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.6 x 26.5 cm. This fourth volume of the series A TEXTBOOK OF FREE SKETCHING contains 10 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of... Read More
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CHU^GAKU EDEHON Dai Go
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1899. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. CHU^GAKU EDEHON Dai Go. To^kyo^, Kinko^do^ Shoseki, Meiji 32 [1899]. 2nd printing (originally published in 1895). Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.2 x 25.5 cm. This fifth volume of the series A DRAWING MANUAL FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL contains 10 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the... Read More
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JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Roppen
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1903. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Roppen. To^kyo^, Kinko^do^ Shoseki, Meiji 36 [1903]. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.6 x 26.5 cm. This sixth volume of the series A TEXTBOOK OF FREE SKETCHING contains 6 sheets of color woodcut reproducing watercolor sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of... Read More
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CHU^GAKU SHU^GAJO
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1901. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. CHU^GAKU SHU^GAJO 7-kan Jo^ To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 34 [1901]. 4th printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.2 x 26.3 cm. PRACTICE ALBUM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, Volume Seven, Part One. Containing 5 sheets of color woodcut reproducing watercolor sketches from part one of volume seven and one odd sheet from part two is laid in. By Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for middle school students in their drawing classes. The Japanese... Read More
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Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Isshu^
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Isshu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of the day to create a series of such handbooks... Read More
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Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Sanshu^
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Sanshu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of the day to create a series of such handbooks... Read More
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Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Rokushu^
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Rokushu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of the day to create a series of such handbooks... Read More
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JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Gohen
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1903. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. JIZAIGA KYO^KASHO Dai Gohen. To^kyo^, Kinko^do^ Shoseki, Meiji 36 [1903]. 1st printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.6 x 26.5 cm. This fifth volume of the series A TEXTBOOK OF FREE SKETCHING contains 10 sheets of sumi woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of... Read More
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Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Hasshu^
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Hasshu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. A bit of departure from earlier volumes in the series, this eighth volume contains 6 sheets of color woodcut reproducing watercolor sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost... Read More
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Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Goshu^
by [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist
1906. [DRAWING TEXTBOOK] ASAI CHU^, artist. Chu^to^ ENPITSUGA TEHON Dai Goshu^. To^kyo^, Yoshikawa Ko^bunkan, Meiji 39 [1906]. 2nd printing. Oblong 8vo., wrappers. 18.4 x 26 cm. Containing 10 sheets of sumi-e woodcut reproducing pencil sketches by Asai Chu^ and meant to serve as a guide for secondary students in their drawing classes. The Japanese Education Ministry, the Monbusho^, had commissioned Asai Chu^, one of the foremost artists and educators of the day to create a series of such handbooks... Read More
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MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWTON
by DREW, ALLIS & CO
1883. DREW, ALLIS & CO. MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWTON. Worcester: Drew, Allis & Co., 1883. Full-color lithographed folding map. 16 3/4"x 16 3/4". Folds to 6 1/8"x 4 1/8". Brown cloth stamped in gilt to front. Prior ownership in pencil to front pastedown. Two-inch tear where map attaches to boards and to one seam. Slightly toned with a few small discolorations. Boards show minimal wear. Quite scarce. Only two in OCLC.
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COLLECTION CH. HAVILAND
by HOTEL DROUOT
1922. HOTEL DROUOT. COLLECTION CH. HAVILAND. Paris: 1922. A series of auction catalogs of the collections of Japanese Art, ceramics, illustration, and illustrated books including descriptions for the items as well as a total of 64 plates. The volumes comprise all Haviland auctions pertaining to Japanese Prints & books in a total of seven volumes. All catalogs are bound in paper covers, some with slight soiling or tears all with spine reapairs in binder's tape. Interiors and plates bright... Read More
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WORKS OF LUCIAN, TRANSLATED FROM GREEK BY FEVERAL EMINENT HANDS
by DRYDEN,JOHN. Lucian
1711. Lucian. THE WORKS OF LUCIAN, TRANSLATED FROM GREEK BY SEVERAL EMINENT HANDS. with The Life of Lucian, A Discourse on his Writings, and A Character of fome of the present Translators. Written by John Dryden, Esq. London, Printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1711. 4 vols. Nineteen century reback with new labels. Brown calf with red spine lables. Some light wear, mostly to edges and at hinges. Binding is tight and pages are nearly all free from foxing. Volume 1... Read More
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COLLECTION OF NINE EXHIBITION CATALOGUES ... BY THE ARTIST JOELLYN DUE
by DUESBERRY, Joellyn
19. DUESBERRY, Joellyn. A COLLECTION OF NINE EXHIBITION CATALOGUES, AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK, AND AN AUTOGRAPH NOTE, BY THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ARTIST JOELLYN DUESBERRY. Duesberry (b. 1945) is an award winning landscape artist who has exhibited widely and whose paintings of the northeastern and southwestern United States appear in many public collections, including the Denver Art Museum, the Hudson River Museum, the Smith College Art Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution, to name but a few. The exhibition catalogues offered here... Read More
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WAY THAT WATER ENTERS STONE
by DUFRESNE, John
1990. DUFRESNE, John. THE WAY THAT WATER ENTERS STONE. Stories. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1990). Advance uncorrected proof. 8vo., blue printed wrappers. Touch of soil and sun to wraps. Small photo of cover proof tipped into front wrap at verso. Near fine. The author's first book, in a scarce format.
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HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA
by DUNBAR, Seymour
1915. DUNBAR, Seymour. A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA. Being an Outline of the Development in Modes of Travel from Archaic Vehicles of Colonial Times to the Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. In four volumes. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1915). 1 of 225 numbered copies. 8vo., white cloth-backed paper-covered boards, with paper labels to spines, t.e.g., untrimmed edges. Color tipped-in and black and white illustrations. There is an extra label tipped in to the rear endpaper of each... Read More
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JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN ASHANTEE
by DUPUIS, Joseph
1824. DUPUIS, Joseph. JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE IN ASHANTEE. Comprising notes and researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the Interior of Western Africa; chiefly collected from Arabic MSS. and information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea: to which is prefixed an account of the origin and causes of the present war. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1824. First edition. Illustrated with a folding map and fifteen plates, of which three are folding and one a double-spread. [2],viii,xxxviii,[2],264,cxxxvi pp.... Read More
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COAL TAR COLOURS... AND THEIR APPLICATION IN DYEING COTTON, VOL. 1
by TEXTILES - DYEING
1907. (TEXTILES - DYEING). THE COAL TAR COLOURS OF MEISTER LUCIUS & BRUNING, HOECHST, LTD. AND THEIR APPLICATION IN DYEING COTTON AND OTHER VEGETABLE FIBRES. First Volume. New York: H. A. Metz & Co., 1907. Volume 1 only of 3. A trade catalog regarding the application of artificial colors to cotton and other vegetable fibres and containing many swatches of dyed cloths and yarn. Frontispiece shows the factory in Germany. Text is in English. 236 pp. 4to., brown cloth... Read More
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THIOGENE COLOURS... ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRY IN 1904
by TEXTILES - DYEING
1905. (TEXTILES - DYEING). THE THIOGENE COLOURS OF FARBWERKE VORM. MEISTER LUCIUS & BRUNING, HOECHST ON MAIN. ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRY IN 1904. New York: H. A. Metz & Co., (1905). Frontispiece of the factory complex in Germany, line illustrations of manufacturing apparatus in the text, and hundreds of swatches of dyed cloths, large and small, in a wide spectrum of colors and patterns. vi,162 pp. Text is in English. 4to., light green cloth sides, gilt... Read More
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BREASTED ANIENT HISTORY SERIES. B1, ANCIENT WORLD ... & B2, ANCIENT
by MAP - ANCIENT NEAR EAST
19. [MAP - ANCIENT NEAR EAST]. BREASTED ANIENT HISTORY SERIES. B1, ANCIENT WORLD RACE DISTRIBUTION ABOUT 250 BC. L. Philip Donoyer, Geographer. Compiled and Drawn by R. Baxter Blair. Chicago: DeNoyer-Geppert & Co., 1930. Revised edition. 31 x 44 inches. B2, ANCIENT ORIENT AND PALESTINE. Drawn by R. Baxter Blair. Chicago: DeNoyer-Geppert, 1923. Fifth edition. 30 x 44 inches. Two maps mounted on linen and attached to a roller at the top edge and to a wooden rod at... Read More
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COLLECTION OF OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM MACHU PICCHU
by EATON, George F.
1916. EATON, George F. THE COLLECTION OF OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM MACHU PICCHU (MEMOIRS OF THE CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, VOLUME V, MAY 1916). New Haven, CT: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1916. 96 pp. + 39 b/w plates, 3 folding charts. Ex-library with usual markings. 8vo., brown cloth, gilt leather spine label. Some rubbing to cloth and label. Original wrappers bound in. Interior in excellent condition. B/w photo reproductions and illustrations.
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GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE GERMAN
by EBERT, Frederic Adolphus
1837. EBERT, Frederic Adolphus. A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, FROM THE GERMAN OF FREDERICK AUGUSTUS EBERT, Librarian to the King of Saxony, In Four Volumes. Oxford: University Press, 1837. First edition. 8vo., black cloth boards. Ex-library (Boston Athenaeum) with markings. Boards, or the remnants thereof, which appear to have been library bindings, are separated from all but Vol. III. Preliminary leaves of Vol. I are partially loose. As is, needs rebinding.
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