PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN
by ANDERSON, WILLIAM
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1886 Folio. Each plate has a guard which is printed with a line illustration on one side and descriptive text on the reverse. Publisher's morocco spine and pebbled cloth. xx, 276 pages, 80 plates, 16 of which are chromolithographs, 146 additional illustrations... Read More
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PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN
by ANDERSON, WILLIAM
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, [n.d., circa 1890-1900]. 79 (of 80) plates, some in color, plus numerous text illustrations. Each plate has a guard which is printed with a line illustration on one side and descriptive text on the reverse. Text is in five parts, with continuous pagination throughout;... Read More
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PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN
by ANDERSON, WILLIAM
1886. ANDERSON, William. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Korean. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, [n.d., circa 1890-1900]. Complete: 80 of 80 plates, some in color, plus numerous text illustrations. Each plate has a guard which is printed with a line illustration on one side and descriptive text on the reverse. Text is in five parts, with continuous pagination... Read More
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VIEWS OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER
by PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER
1928. [PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER]. VIEWS OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER. New Haven: Yale University Press; Published for Phillips Academy Andover, 1928. First edition. 30 black and white photo views, printed on rectos only, with a brief caption printed below. [62] pp. Folio, tan cloth-backed blue paper boards, printed paper label to upper board. Binding is lightly sunned at spine, with a few spots of soiling and light rubbing to lower board. Paper is lightly toned, else clean and crisp within.... Read More
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TOBA-E SANGOKU-SHI
by [EHON] Anonymous
1793. [EHON]. TOBA-E SANGOKU-SHI. 3 Vols., Osaka, Kawachiya Kihei and Kawachiya Eisuke, Kansei 5 [1793]. 25.8 x 18.5 cm. Original dark blue covers, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro toji, with the pink printed paper title labels. A nice 18th century edition of this work in good impression. Originally published in the 1720's. Though the artist is unnamed, several candidates have been mentioned, including O^oka Shumboku. 18th century editions of Toba-e books are becoming increasingly uncommon. In a custom clasped chitsu... Read More
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The New Bath Guide
by ANSTEY, CHRISTOPHER
1807. (ANSTEY, CHRISTOPHER). The New Bath Guide: or, Memoirs of the B-n-r-d Family. In a Series of Poetical Epistles. A New Edition. London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1807. Octavo. viii,155pp. +8ff. Satirical anecdotes of British spa behavior, with eight fine wood-engraved plates on India paper. A fine copy, bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown calf, with triple gilt rules bordering textured, blind-stamped boards, and plain and scalloped rules to inner dentelles. Spine gilt in six compartments with floral and... Read More
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FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON
by ANTIN, Mary
1899. ANTIN, Mary. FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON. With a Foreword by Israel ZANGWILL. Boston: W. B. Clarke & Co., 1899. First edition. 80 pp. 8vo., light reddish brown wrappers printed in black. Extremities of wrappers chipped, darkened. An acceptable copy of a fragile item. Included in the Masterworks of Modern Jewish Writing Series in 1986. This is a first edition of Antin's first book, a record of her voyage from her native Plotzk, White Russia, to America. Mary[ashe] Antin... Read More
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NAFPLION
by ANTONAKATOU, Diana
1971. ANTONAKATOU, Diana. NAFPLION. Athens: [n.p.], (1971). 4to., tan cloth with dust jacket. Text in Greek, English and French. Illustrated in color and black and white. Near fine in a lightly soiled dust jacket.
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WILL OF SAMUEL APPLETON; WITH REMARKS OF ONE OF THE EXECUTORS
by APPLETON, Samuel
1853. APPLETON, Samuel. THE WILL OF SAMUEL APPLETON; WITH REMARKS OF ONE OF THE EXECUTORS [Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch]. Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son, 1853. Inscribed by Bowditch (son of the famed American navigator Nathaniel Bowditch), one of the will's executors, to Charles Sprague, banker and poet, on the second blank: "Charles Sprague Esq with regards of N. I. Bowditch." Slim octavo. [4],32,[4] pp. Flexible red cloth, blocked in blind on covers, gilt-stamped title to front. Disbound; covers... Read More
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DAI-ICHI GINKO^
by [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE]
1930. [PREWAR ARCHITECTURE]. DAI-ICHI GINKO. Tokyo: Showa 5 [1930]. Western-style binding in wrappers. Includes 9 tipped-in photos of the new Dai-Ichi Bank building in Tokyo. There are 17 plates as well, and text describing the history of the bank. In addition, there is a small wrappered pamphlet describing the new building, itself, with floor plans, etc. and a laid-in photo of the building. Some foxing and a few of the tipped in photos have edgewear. Overall good condition. ... Read More
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ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER
by ARCHITECTURE
1889. (ARCHITECTURE). ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER. Neue folge des Notizblattes. Herausgegeben von dem Vorstande des Vereins. Redigirt von Keck, Professor an der Technischen Hochshule zu Hannover. Volume 35, No. 1 - 8. Hannover: Schmorl & Von Seefeld, 1889. 4to., three-quarter crushed morroco with marbled boards. Spine is divided by gilt rule and leaf design into six compartments; lettered in gilt. Edges are rubbed with slight sun to spine. All 35 plates, (20 of which fold-out,) and... Read More
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ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER
by ARCHITECTURE
1880. (ARCHITECTURE). ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER. Neue folge des Notizblattes. Herausgegeben von dem Vorstande des Vereins. Redigirt von Keck, Professor an der Technischen Hochshule zu Hannover. Volume 26, No. 1 - 4. Hannover: Schmorl & Von Seefeld, 1880. 4to., three-quarter crushed morroco with marbled boards. Spine is divided by gilt rule and leaf design into six compartments; lettered in gilt. Corners are bumped, edges and spine are rubbed with slight sun to spine. There are two... Read More
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ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER
by ARCHITECTURE
1893. (ARCHITECTURE). ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER. Neue folge des Notizblattes. Herausgegeben von dem Vorstande des Vereins. Redigirt von Keck, Professor an der Technischen Hochshule zu Hannover. Volume 39, No. 1 - 6. Hannover: Schmorl & Von Seefeld, 1893. 4to., three-quarter crushed morroco with marbled boards. Spine is divided by gilt rule and leaf design into six compartments; lettered in gilt. Edges and spine are rubbed with slight sun to spine. All 16 plates (8 of which... Read More
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BUILDER'S MAGAZINE: OR MONTHLY COMPANION [BUILDER'S DICTIONARY, 2 VOLS
by A SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS
1774. A SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS. THE BUILDER'S MAGAZINE: OR MONTHLY COMPANION FOR ARCHITECTS, CARPENTERS, MASONS, BRICKLAYERS &C. ... [ALPHABETICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TERMS OF ART WHICH ARE USED IN BUILDING; FORMING ALSO A COMPLETE BUILDER'S DICTIONARY, 2 VOLS]. London: Printed for the Authors; and sold by F. Newbery, 1774. [4] + 338 pp./179 engraved plates + 96 text pages. 4to., speckled calf, rebacked but missing backstrips. Leather chipped at corners, worn. Owner's inkstamp to front flyleaves. Hinges reinforced with... Read More
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ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER
by ARCHITECTURE
1881. (ARCHITECTURE). ZEISCHRIFT DES ARCHITECTEN- UND INGENIEUR-VEREINS ZU HANNOVER. Neue folge des Notizblattes. Herausgegeben von dem Vorstande des Vereins. Redigirt von Keck, Professor an der Technischen Hochshule zu Hannover. Volume 27, No. 1 - 4. Hannover: Schmorl & Von Seefeld, 1881. 4to., three-quarter crushed morroco with marbled boards. Spine is divided by gilt rule and leaf design into six compartments; lettered in gilt. Corners are bumped, edges and spine are rubbed with slight sun to spine. There are two... Read More
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SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI Zen
by [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi (Artist)
1800. [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi, artist. SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI. Edo: Suwaraya Ichibei. Kansei 12 [1800]. 26.5 x 18.0 cm. 30 sheets. Printed floral pattern on the covers [probably not original, as the printed title on the inner front cover is not present in this copy]. 29 single page and 15 double page color illustrations. Ref. Brown p.124; Mitchell p.460,1; 93,4; Ryerson p.213; Hillier pp. 477,8, 480. This copy has a few stains and spots internally, and is a bit thumbed,... Read More
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KAKUDÔ GAFU
by EHON] SHIOJI YOSHIAKI [YABU KAKUDÔ] artist
1835. [EHON] SHIOJI YOSHIAKI [YABU KAKUDÔ] artist. KAKUDÔ GAFU. A lovely printing of this wonderful album of color woodblock images in the Maruyama-Shijô idiom. 25.7 x 18.6 cm. This is the 1835 edition (Tempô 6), as at Mitchell 330, but with only 7 of the original 25 double fold prints in delicate color woodblock. In the original covers, orihon folding album, in a clasped chitsu case. Very unusual. Possibly a [binder?]'s abridged copy made up of sheets at hand... Read More
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SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI Zen
by [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi (Artist)
1800. [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi [Artist] SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI. Edo: Suwaraya Ichibei. Kansei 12 [1800]. 26.1 x 18.1 cm. Faded, chipped and soiled original light blue covers. The original title label is present, but much faded and abraded. Complete in one volume. 29 single-page and 15 double-page color illustrations. Ref. Brown p.124; Mitchell p.460,1; 93,4; Ryerson p.213; Hillier pp. 477,8, 480. This copy is well handled and thumbed. The printing is good or better, and the color scheme leans to... Read More
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SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI Zen
by [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi (Artist)
1800. [EHON] Keisai Masayoshi [Artist] SANSUI RYAKUGA SHIKI. Edo: Suwaraya Ichibei. Kansei 12 [1800]. 26.5 x 18.1 cm. Faded, chipped and soiled original light blue covers. The original title label is present, but much faded and partly torn away. Complete in 1 volume. 29 single page and 15 double page color illustrations. Ref. Brown p.124; Mitchell p.460,1; 93,4; Ryerson p.213; Hillier pp. 477,8, 480. This copy is much handled and thumbed, with some waterstaining and slight worming, as well.... Read More
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SAM'S PICTURE BOOK 1893 [HANDPAINTED CLOTH PICTURE BOOK]
by UNNAMED ARTIST
1893. [UNNAMED ARTIST] SAM'S PICTURE BOOK 1893 [HANDPAINTED CLOTH PICTURE BOOK]. 4to. Handsewn cloth-covered boards, with handpainted covers, and twelve cloth pages with two full-page paintings sewn back-to-back to make each leaf. Blue polka dot and pink floral cloth wallpaper serves as endpapers. The pages have some thumbing, and a few pencil marks, but the images are fresh and the colors bright. The front cover is slightly faded where the text begins; a much-loved book. Most of the paintings... Read More
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JAPANESE PRINTS...IN THE COLLECTION OF LOUIS V. LEDOUX
by JAPANESE ART
1942. (JAPANESE ART). JAPANESE PRINTS...IN THE COLLECTION OF LOUIS V. LEDOUX. 4 vols., of 5 issued. Vols 1 and 3, The Primitives and Buncho to Utamaro; New York: E. Weyhe, 1942 and 1948. Vols. 4 and 5, Sharaku to Toyokuni and Hokusai and Hiroshige; Princeton University Press, 1950 and 1951. Lacking vol.2, Harunobo to Shunsho. Each vol. first edition, one of one thousand copies. Folio, decorated paper-covered boards backed in tan cloth, spine in gilt. Illustrated throughout with 64... Read More
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Mokugo Zuanshū 默語圖案集
by Asai Chū 淺井忠
1912. Asai Chū 淺井忠. Mokugo Zuanshū 默語圖案集. Kyōto : Unsōdō. Meiji 45 [1912]. 1st printing Meiji 42 [1909]. This is the third printing of Meiji 45 [1912]. Printed paper covers over boards, tassel-bound. In the original clasped chitsu with a paper label. This tall 4to sized volume (36.5 x 25cm is a wonderful deluxe compendium of Asai’s design work. Asai Chū 淺井忠 (1856-1907) is famous as one of the two most important western-style painters of the late 19th and... Read More
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MEMOIRS OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PART I VOL. XXXIX 1870-1871
by [PERIODICALS - ASTRONOMY]
1871. [PERIODICALS - ASTRONOMY]. MEMOIRS OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PART I VOL. XXXIX 1870-1871: ON THE GRAPHICAL CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE, BY PROF. [ARTHUR] CAYLEY. London: Published by the Society, 1871. 17 pp. + 1 two-color plate (a diagram). 4to., text side-sewn within printed paper wrappers. Wrappers are age-toned and split along spine, with a Small pencil initial to top of front wrapper. Text and plate clean and fresh. Very good.
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BROUGHAM AND HIS EARLY FRIENDS
by ATKINSON, R. H. M. Buddle and G. A. Jackson, eds
1908. BROUGHAM and Vaux, Henry, Baron. BROUGHAM AND HIS EARLY FRIENDS. Letters to James Loch, 1798-1809. Collected and arranged by R. H. M. Buddle Atkinson and G. A. Jackson. With notes and appendices. London: Privately Printed (by T. and A. Constable at Edinburgh), 1908. Three volumes. ex-library copy with only a cancelled library bookplate as marking. Volume 3 lists the publisher as Darling and Pead on the title-page. The quality and the format of these volumes, along with a... Read More
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ATLAS OF THE TOWNS OF REVERE AND WINTHROP, SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASS
by [ATLAS]
1906. [ATLAS]. ATLAS OF THE TOWNS OF REVERE AND WINTHROP, SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASS. Boston: Whitman & Howard, 1906. Folio. 22". Double page maps measure 32" by 22". All plans are drawn to a scale of 150 feet to one inch except index map. Includes street index, outline and index map and 25 double-page maps. Interiors are in good condition with some light staining throughout at head and spine, pencil or ink annotations to title page and plates 3, 4,... Read More
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