Tokyo: Togo Gensui, 1935. Foreword by Dr. Kazutoshi Uyeda. 18 full-page color plates, followed by 26 pages of black-and-white photographs. 358 pages. 4to, rebound in full black leather with gilt lettering, original covers bound in; very minor scuffing to covers. Tokyo: Togo Gensui, (1935). Revised and enlarged edition. A near fine copy. More
Frontispiece and other illustrations. 279pp. Small 4to, textured boards, Tokyo, 1941. A very good(+) copy. More
41pp. Slim 8vo, printed boards (lightly worn). UP Cincinnati, (1961). Very good. More
New York: Weatherhill, 1970. Introduction by Charles J. Dunn. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 222pp. 12mo, cloth, d.w. (some edge-wear) New York: Weatherhill, (1970). Very good(+) in very good d.w. More
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1952. 4 volumes (of 6 total): volumes 1, 3, 4, 5. Numerous dramatic photogravure plates. Small very slim folios, white boards, edge-worn d.w. (large chip on dust wrapper of volume 3 with boards discolored beneath). Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1952-53. Very good clean copies. Vol I: Archaic Period. Photographs by Manshichi Sakamoto. Vol. III: Hakuho Period. Photographs by Yonpachi Fujimoto. Vol. IV: Tempyo Period. Photographs by Taikichi Irie. Vol. V: Heian Period. Photographs by Domon Ken... More
Tokyo: Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai, 1960. Colored frontispiece, black & white illustrations. 201 pages. Tall slim 8vo, heavily textured brown silk cloth. Tokyo: Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai, 1960. Fine in very good dust wrapper. JAPANESE Classics Translation Committee. Volume III ONLY. More
New York: Kodansha, 1983. Profusely illustrated i color. Tall 4to, grey cloth, spine sunned; pictorial board slipcase, edgeworn and with some crinkling to lamination on rear panel. (New York): Kodansha, (1983). A very good(+) copy. More
240pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Hill and Wang, (1972). Very good(+) in very good dust wrapper. More
Illustrated with 49 full page plates, including 4 color plates mounted on heavy black stock. 124pp of German text. Small 4to, brown cloth, chipped d.w. (bookplate removed and front endpaper creased, else a very good+ copy). Munchen: Kurt Wolff, (1922). Study of Japanese woodcuts. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. 8vo cloth-backed boards, , d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). First American Edition. Fine. Adapted into Spielberg film. Signed by Ballard on the title page. More
340pp. 8vo, cloth. Japan; Sophia University Press, (1972). Spine slightly faded, else near fine. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. xii, 387, [8] pages. Thick 8vo, original dark green cloth with small pictorial image on cover stamped in gilt and black (cloth lightly worn at spine ends). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884. First edition. A very good(+) clean copy, surprisingly scarce. More
236pp., illus. in b/w. Short 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: E.P. Dutton, 1967. A very good(+) copy. More
Illustrated. 282pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. London: Macmillan, 1968. Near fine. More
New York: Weatherhill, 1983. 164 illustrations. Small 4to, brown silk cloth, d.w. New York: Weatherhill, (1983). First Edition. Near Fine. More
New York: Macmillan, 1930. 32 photographic illustrations. 8vo, black cloth. New York: Macmillan, 1930. First Edition. Fine. More
310pp 12mo, printed wrappers. Paris, 1926. A very good(+) copy, More
illus. 8vo, bds. d.w.; (head of spine slightly torn). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1960). More
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1996. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. Tall slim 4to, 223 pages, stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1996). Fine. More
New York: William Morrow, 1971. Illustrated. 1239pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: William Morrow, (1971). Very good. More
Munich: Prestel, 1980. 268 pages, 260 illustrations including 14 in color, small 4to, orange cloth, d.w. Munich: Prestel, (1980). Fine. More
Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1979. 40 tipped in color plates plus 100 black & white illsutrations. 276pp., folio, orange cloth, d.w. Fribourg: Office du Livre, (1973). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
San Francisco: Pomegranate, 1994. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 157 pages. 4to, red cloth, dust wrapper. San Francisco: Pomegranate, (1994). Fine. Part of the "Painters and Places" series. More
Corning: Kodansha International Ltd, 1973. 240 black & white photographic illustrations. Thick square 4to, blue silk (spine evenly faded). (Corning): Kodansha International Ltd & Corning Museum of Glass, (1973). First Edition. Very good (+). More
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