Ukiyo-e Art: Prints of the Taisho Era 1912-1926
Tokyo: The Japan Ukiyo-e Society, 1963. Number Four. Softcover. White illus. wraps; 1 color and numerous bw illus. includes advertisements; text in English and Japanese. More
Tokyo: The Japan Ukiyo-e Society, 1963. Number Four. Softcover. White illus. wraps; 1 color and numerous bw illus. includes advertisements; text in English and Japanese. More
Hong Kong: Shaanxi Tourism Publishing House, China, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Black wraps with color illustration, red characters and hand-written title sticker on spine. 192 pp. Profuse color illustrations. Text in English and Chinese. More
Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 1992. Softcover. Orange/white pictorial wraps; 408 pp. with occasional bw photo illustrations;. More
London / New York: John Lane The Bodley Head / John Lane Company, 1908. Hardcover. pink beveled boards w/ gilt stamped printing, illustration; gilt illustrated & printed spine. 451 pgs w/ bw illustrations; 16 color plates, including frontispiece. all edges gilt. Boards rattled. Textblock has numerous deep cracks and splits;..... More
London, England: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, 1928. Hardcover. Black gold-embossed cloth. 187 pp. 1 color, 213 bw plates. This beautiful book gives a short account of the history of netsuke and some explanation of the subjects portrayed on them. It's also a guide for collectors in determining the..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / The Asia Society, 2001. Paperback. Black & illustrated wraps. 352 pp. 214 color plates, 120 BW illustrations. Issued in conjunction with 2001-2002 exhibitions. "Stunning works in precious metals, glass, and stone -- many recently excavated and virtually unknown outside China -- shed new..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy black and photographic dust jacket with beige and white lettering. 352 pp.334 illustrations, 214 in full color. Stunning works in precious metals, glass, and stone--many recently excavated and virtually unknown outside China--shed new light on..... More
Bombay, India: Allahabad Museum / Allahabad Nagar Mahapalika, 1961. Softcover. tan wrappers w/ blue, tipped-in cover illustration dustjacket. tipped in color frontis. 12 pgs w/ 24 bw plates; 2 color tipped-in. Includes a foreward by Moti Chandra and a small introduction. Lists and describes plates. A nice copy. More
Allahabad: Municipal Museum, 1951. Hardcover. Blue cloth board with black lettering on spine. Tan dj with b/w illustration. 39 pages, approximately 50 leaves of plates. Includes bibliographical references (page 39). More
New York: Carlton Rochell Asian Art, 2015. Softcover. Color-illustrated softcover with white lettering. 103 pp. Color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition at Carlton Rochell Asian Art in New York from March 13-20, 2015. More
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with silver stamped spine lettering. Glossy pictorial dust jacket with white lettering. 180 pp. 248 illustrations, 90 in color. This text celebrates the powerful architecture and flourishing decorative tradition of the Swat valley, in a wide-ranging selection of contemporary and..... More
Tokyo / New York: Kodansha International, 1979. Hardcover. silver, black & red boards w/ black printing. 210 pgs w/ bw illustrations, select color. glossy portrait illustrated dustjacket. 141 illustrations. Text in English. A nice, bright copy. More
Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha, 2022. Softcover. square white & green illustrated wraps. textured, cream pictorial wraps; matching obi. Text in Japanese. Illustrated throughout. More
Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1992. Hardcover. White cloth with gilt lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket, black spine with red lettering. 107 pp. 113 color plates + additional illustrations. Photographs by Mizuno Katsuhiko. A beautiful book of vibrant photographs of Japanese gardens. More
Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1992. Hardcover. White cloth with gilt lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket, black spine with red lettering. 107 pp. 98 color plates + additional illustrations. Photographs by Mizuno Katsuhiko. The second in a series of 5 books on Japanese garden art. More
Tonyo, Japan: Kobunsha, 1935-1937. Softcover. 18 Sewn volumes of uniform size with blue paper covers and printed labels. 4 Portfolio volumes, folded in half or folded in thirds. 22 physical books, in all. An astounding set, perhaps missing a 23rd volume (as was the Ellsworth Library set that sold in..... More
Tokyo, Japan/ Palo Alto, CA: Kodansha International Ltd., 1967. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with black illustrations on front and back, red lettering on front,black lettering on spine, xxii, 187 pp, profusely illustrated wuth 47 color plates and 103 monochrome plates. Text in English, with captions in Japanese and English. More
Roppongi, Japan: National Art Center of Tokyo, 2009. Softcover. Grey illus. wraps; 423 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw and color figures and photos. Parallel text, English and Japanese; Includes calligraphic work by many artists, divided into the following categories: Great Masters of Contemporary Calligraphy, The Standard-bearer of Contemporary Calligraphy, Promising..... More
Zurich: University of Zurich, 2009. Hardbound. Gray with red stripe boards; black spine, 568pp, hundreds of color and BW illustrations. Text in German, Japanese and English. Volume 13/14. An extensive and exhaustive tome on the history of art. A periodical produced by the University of Zurich, contains the following articles..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973. Softcover. Olive and illustrated wraps. 334 pp. 80 bw & color plates. "This catalogue represents a collection of almost 900 separate woodcuts and drawings by artists of the Osaka school." (preface) Topics of essays include "The Social Setting of the Japanese Woodblock Print"..... More
Bombay: Marg Publications, 1991. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with white lettering. Glossy red and color-illustrated dust jacket with cream lettering. xvi, 128 pp. BW and color illustrations. "The Gupta age commenced in c. AD 320 under Chandragupta I. The expansion and rise to glory of the Guptas was during the..... More
Banaras, India: Bharat Kala Bhavan / Banaras Hindu University, 1971. Hardcover. ivory cloth w/ brown script & tipped-in grey & gold plate; back cover tipped-in color plate; brown spine printing. book x, 410 pgs w/ section of 592 bw illustrations; 26 tipped-in color plates. Ex-libris plate to cover endpaper. Pages..... More
New Delhi, India: MacMillan India, 1974. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ white spine printing. book ix, 99 pgs w/ 16 bw plates. red, illustrated dustjacket w/ yellow printing. The renowned art critic, lawyer and acclaimed art historian's examination of India's evolving artistic style. More
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha (and Harry N. Abrams, N.V., Amsterdam), 1964. Hardcover. bronze cloth boards w/ gilt lettering. 554 pp. with 311 bw illustrations. heavy plastic protective cover. Photo is of a previous copy from our collection, sunning to this copy is not as intense; spine is sunned a light olive-like..... More
Oxford, England: Oxford, 1973. Signed. Hardcover. black, purple & white boards. 526 pgs, profuse bw illustrations. Glossy pages remain bright. Author signature to title page. More