Masterpieces of Japanese Sculpture.
Tokyo: Bijutsu, 1961. Numerous black & white plates. Large thick 4to, tan linen.Tokyo/Rutland: Bijutsu Shuppam-shaCharles Tuttle. (1961). Very Good (+). More
Tokyo: Bijutsu, 1961. Numerous black & white plates. Large thick 4to, tan linen.Tokyo/Rutland: Bijutsu Shuppam-shaCharles Tuttle. (1961). Very Good (+). More
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1973. Illustrated in b/w with 155 historical prints. 261 pages. 8vo, black silk-backed patterned boards, d.w. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, (1973). A near fine copy with very slight sunning to upper edges of boards; very good(+) wrapper with sunning to spine and light scuffing to head/front panel. Scarce collection of Japanese tales of the supernatural, the grotesque and the freakish, from the feudal and early modern period of Japanese history. More
Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973. 63 fine color full page plates. 143 pages, tall folio, white cloth, cloth slipcase with pictorial paper cover. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper and slipcase. Ukiyo-e Masters Series. Text in Japanese. More
South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1966. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 178 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, dust wrapper, sunned and some small tears. South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes and Co., (1966). A very good(+) copy, inside clean, spine and top edges sunned, in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Tokyo: Fine Art Publishers, 1958. Illustrated throughout with finely printed gravures, protected with Japanese tissue, and some mounted color plates. Text is in Japanese, save for a 2 page "Brief Life History" in English at rear. 4to, white-lettered terra cotta cloth, board slipcase, partially broken. Tokyo: Fine Art Publishers?, 1958. First edition. A fine copy in a good slipcase. Scarce. More
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1954. Beautifully illustrated with 56 large photogravure plates by Dogon. Slim 4to, natural cloth, chipped d.w. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan- Sha, (1954). A near fine copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Fukuoka: Kitakyushu Museum, 1987. Illustrated throughout, mostly in color, of 80 works created between the 1940s and 1980s. 118 pages with all text in Japanese, though there are some English captions. Slim oblong 4to, glossy pictorial self-wrappers. Fukuoka: Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art in collaboration with Fuji Television Gallery Tokyo, 1987. First edition. A fine copy. Very scarce -- the first major retrospective of the artist's work. More
Nurnberg: GmbH, 1983. 26 color plates plus more than 150 illustrations. 172pp., 4to,, blue cloth; bottom corners lightly bumped. Nurnberg: GmbH, (1983). One of 2,000 copies. A very good (+) copy. Supplemental Volume 3A. Text in both German and English. More
New York: Harcourt, 1981. Illustrated. 482 pages. Thick 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, a bit bumped, d.w. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, (1981). First edition. Very good. More
New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 2002. 138 color illustrations. Small folio, blue cloth, d.w. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art,(2002). A fine copy. More
Peking: Lotus Court, 1937. Many illustrations, of which 17 are full page and in color. Printed on Chinese hand made paper, folded in the oriental manner. Oblong 4to, original cloth with vignette inlaid on upper cover, blue silk string. First, limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is #419 signed by the author. Printed by the Imprimerie des Lazaristes in Peking. The art of tray landscapes (bonkei). More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1961. Two 4to booklets of descriptive texts; one in English and one in Japanese. Illustrated with 178 plates, including some mounted color plates, printed on folio sheets, loose as issued. All laid into a massive tri-fold linen portfolio with bone clasps. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1961. First edition. A fine copy, as new in the original printed cardboard mailing box. Very scarce. A sequel to the original issued in 1933. More
New York: Kodansha, 1981. Illustrated with a b/w and color photos throughout. 44 pages. Slim folio, gray cloth. d.w. New York: Kodansha, (1981). A very good(+) copy with light discoloration in upper left corner of rear panel; wrapper is very good with minor edgewear. More
New York: Yeshiva Universiity, 1976. 644 pages, thick tall 8vo, blue simulated leather. New York: Yeshiva University Press, (1976). Second Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
8vo, cloth, d.w. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, (1974). More
New York: Knopf, 1962. Illustrated with 44 black-and-white photographs; six maps by Robert W. Galvin. 335 pages plus a bibliography, decorative red cloth with a gilt-stamped spine, dust wrapper (gently edge-worn). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, 1962. Illustrated with some black and white photographs. 128 pages. Slim 8vo, dark orange boards, lacking a dust wrapper. Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, (1962). A near fine copy, tiny stain on bottom corner of front board. More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1980. Translated by Philip Tudor Harries. 323. 12mo, light gray boards, dust wrapper. Stanford: Stanford University Press, (1980). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998. Illus. 8vo, red boards, d.w. (Stroud): Sutton Publishing, (1998). Very good. More
London: John Murray, 1893. Or, 3,800 Miles on a Pack Saddle in Yezo and a Cruise to the Kurile Islands. Illustrations by the author. Folding map backed in linen. First few and last few pages soiled, ex-lib stamps on title and verso. 8vo, rebound in 3/4 black calf, blue cloth. London: John Murray, 1893. First Edition. Scarce. More
Paris: Buchet/Chastel, 1970. Illustrate. 327pp., 8vo, printed wrappers. Paris: Buchet/Chastel, 1970. A very good copy. Collection de L'Institut International d'Etudes Comparatives de la Musique publiee sous le patronage du Conseil International de la Musique. More
New York: Putnam, 1978. Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e. Over 900 illustrations, many in color. 364pp. Square 4to, black cloth, d.w., board slipcase, New York: Putnam, (1978). First edition. A fine copy in a slightly worn dust wrapper. More
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1981. Well-illustrated throughout, some in color. 306 pages. 4to, natural cloth, d.w. (un-torn but faded unevenly). Tokyo: Kodansha, (1981). Third edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Vienna: Alfred Holder, 1878. 166 illustrations, 2 folding maps, one in full color. 2 volumes. 8vo, red cloth with elaborate gold and black spines and covers. Vienna: Alfred Holder, 1878. First Edition. Near fine, a beautiful pair. In the wake of the famous predecessor, the frigate "Novara", the trip went to the stations Suez, Aden, Singapore, Hong Kong, Amoy, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka, Manila, Bankok, San Francisco, Sierra Nevada, Valparaiso, Montevideo, Azores back to Pola... More
New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1994. 304 illustrations, including 232 in color. 320 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: Asia Society Galleries, (1994). A near fine copy. With a contribution by Sherman E. Lee. More
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