ART / Asian Books

Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1936 55pp., 19 tipped in plates. A few pages have minimal underlining from previous owner who was a Japanese curator.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ... more information

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London: Fine Art Society 3rd edition. 371 pp. Chipped edges, corners worn through, wear to spine head and tail and side hinges. Front hinge starting. Previous owners dedication on front fep. Some underlining in pencil on some pages. teg, gilt title on cover and spine, mountain and Japanese men on front and back red cloth cover. 2 pounds.. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company. Hardcover. #8768. Very good (former owner's bookplate and name on inside front cover) in very good dust jacket. Illustrated with hundreds of color photos and reproductions. 1st edition / 1st printing. Hard Cover. 295pp. 23 x 32cm. . Very Good. 1964. 1st Edition / 1st Printing.. ... more information

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New York: Japan Society. 1927. Very good. No dust jacket. Fraying to corners, spine ends.. Very good. No dust jacket. Fraying to corners, spine ends. Hard cover Decorated cover, 84 p. Frontis (tipped-in). ... more information

Offered by Alex Chis Books (California, United States) +/-

Singapore: Page One Publishing. 1993. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Appears unread, as new.. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Appears unread, as new. Trade paperback 79 p., 9"x11.75". Profusely illustrated. English, French and German text. ... more information

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Tokyo: Kodansha. 1971. Very good. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name stamp.. First edition. Very good. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name stamp. Hard cover White faux leather with gilt titles, 184 p., 10.5"x14.5". Profusely illustrated. ... more information

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New York: Grove Press, 1952. VERY GOOD book condition/NO dust jacket as issued. Orange, black & white paperback with minor edge, corner & spine end rub. Evergreen publication E-97. Previous owner bookplate, name & 1958 on ffep. Otherwise pages are unmarked. Light sun tanning to edges. "This charming book, illustrated with 92 half-tone plates, opens such doors of understanding on Japanese art, artists and traditions that H.G. Henderson, in the New York Times, called it "practically a 'must' for an... more information

Offered by Denney Book Shelf (Kansas, United States) +/-

New York: Penguin Books. Very Good 1985. Later Printing edition. Paperback. Date on copyright page, some spine wear and some cover rubbing. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 524 pages. . ... more information

Offered by YANKEE PEDDLER, VOLUME II, ABAA, ILAB (New York, United States) +/-

Assouline, 2002. Hardback. Book condition is VERY GOOD; book is tight and crisp; boards and manuscript pages are bright; no markings in text. DJ condition is VERY GOOD; bright and crisp few signs of shelfwear. ... more information

Offered by Be Bop Bookshop (Tennessee, United States) +/-

Harvard University Press, Cambridge: 1952. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Good condition. Based on lectures delivered by the author before the Lowell Institute in Boston in 1950 and the Honolulu Academy Academy of Arts in 1951, and now supplemented by illustrations. Also includes a chapter on Shinto that appeared in the Art Bulletin for December 1948. ... more information

Offered by Ad Infinitum Books (New York, United States) +/-

Tokyo: JICC / Japan Publications, 1986. First printing. Fine in Near Fine DJ As new, in price-clipped dust jacket. 80 pp. Approx. 8.5 x 11in. In extraordinary four-color photographs, <i>Hanabi </i>introduves the splendor of Japan's fireworks. The book shows how Japanese fireworks are manufactured and othe tricks of the trade, presents firework makers and firework lore, and includes a section of ukiyo-e prints dating back to the 18th. century that depict memorable firework displays. Modern ... more information

Offered by Julian Brogi, Bookseller (Oregon, United States) +/-

New York: Grove Press , 1958. Later printing. Very good Covers rubbed. Contents crisp, clean. 113 pp. plus 92 plates. ... more information

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Tuttle Pub, 1957. Very Good Crisp copy. Fading to spine. ... more information

Offered by Julian Brogi, Bookseller (Oregon, United States) +/-

1984 . Stanley-Baker, Joan. JAPANESE ART. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1984. Reprinted. 216pp, bibliography, list of illustrations, index, 8vo, As new trade paperback, $8.00. ... more information

Offered by Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (Missouri, United States) +/-

New York, NY: Weatherhill, 1978. HB w/DJ + sleeve, 178pp, 0.8 x 7.5 x 9.5 inches, 1.5 lb; [G/G; ex lib; sleeve taped in place]. Vol. 2 from the 'Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art'.. 2nd Pr. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. ... more information

Offered by LEAVES (Massachusetts, United States) +/-

Tokyo: Japan Nippon Bunka Chuo Renmei, 1940 In VG original bone clasp box (with both clasps) Original wraps; complete set of 10 pamphlets ; B&W Illustrations. SIX PAMPHLETS HAVE A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT DEPICTING A FLOWER ARANGEMENT( two show bijin arranging flowers) and are string bound Japanese style. The phamplets are history, Ikenobo, Moribana, Nage-Ire, Kansui-Ike, Ikebana. All are English language. The four aditional pamphlets/courses are bound western style: For beginners, garden club memb... more information

Offered by J.L. O'Rourke, Ltd. (Washington, United States) +/-

Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts, 1978 Exhibition of part of the Georges Clemenceau Kogo collection. English and Japanese language. 243 pages. Beige and white silk soft-cover. Water stain to back cover and waviness to back pages. slight fraying starting to edges of covers.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Exibition Catalogue. ... more information

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Boston, 1904 viii, 288p., index,very good, bibliography, 6 color, 16 b.w. photos. An outline of Japanese art history, its leading phases and characteristics, to show its gradual growth from the archaic period to our modern time. One corner bumped, corner tips have some wear, slight fading to cover, seven small dark marks to back cover, light shelf wear to head and tail of spine. previous owners name on front pdep. 1.5 pounds. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾&q... more information

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London: Spring Books. Hardcover. #1069. Good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket : several short tears along upper edge, minor wear around edges of spine. Illustrated with 48 color photos of Japanese Art including several pages of swords and sword guards. 1st edition / 1st printing. Hard Cover. 88pp. 24 x 27cm. . Good. 1961. 1st Edition / 1st Printing. ... more information

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London: Spring Books. Hardcover. #13836. 1st edition / 3rd printing. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book : slight discoloration on front & rear endpapers. 24 x 27.5cm. hard cover. 88pp. . Very Good. 1964. 1st Edition / 3rd Printing.. ... more information

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