Catalogue Of The Loan Collection Of English Water-Colour Drawings. Held At The Institute Of Art Research, Ueno, Tokyo, October 10-24th, 1929. -

Debrett's Peerage Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Debrett's Peerage Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Debrett's Peerage Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London : [Printed by Cassell & Company, Limited], 1928. 115 pp., Paperback, spine worn at head and tail, sticker on spine, else text clean and tight, good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

London: Sunday Times, 1934 60pp+ Prints and ads. Tips are bumped and rubbed. Spine ends are bumped and heavily rubbed. Spine and edges of wraps are heavily sunned. Edges of text block has light dust staining and some light foxing. Top edge of text block has light damp staining at spine head. Front wrap has a few damp stains and some light foxing. Top tip of front wrap is creased and missing a small piece. Front wrap has a tiny dent near spine. Top tip of rear wrap is missing a tiny piece. Lower tip of rear wrap is creased and missing a small piece. Edges of rear wrap have a few tiny tears. Rear wrap has a long diagonal crease from spine head to foredge. Spine ends are missing small pieces. Tips of many pages have tiny creases. Front endpaper and title page have some very light foxing. Pages have light toning. Text is unmarked. . First Edition. Paperback. Poor.

Lakeside Press Galleries. Very Good-. 1932. Paperback. Some cover wear. ; 79 pages .

Chicago: The Lakeside Press Galleries, 1932. library cloth. Rosenwald, Lessing J.. small 4to. library cloth. 80 pages. Illustrated. Covers age darkened along edges and spine. Minor spotting to covers. Interior in fine condition. Exlibris with card on rear pastedown. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.

Nabu Press, 2010-04-01. Paperback. Good.

Oxford, United Kingdom: Clarendon Press : Oxford University Press, 1906. Lightly sun faded hardcover with gilt lettering on black spine has very slight signs of corner wear and some discolorations of boards, otherwise hardcover is sound. Noticeable age spotting on endpapers and some pages, otherwise contents in very good condition. Library plate on front inside cover. Library sticker on FEP. Gilt top of page block. T. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Ex-Library.

Nabu Press, 2011-09-30. Paperback. Good.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Small Quarto (9 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 240 x 210 mm), 116 pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). Catalogue for a U.S. traveling exhibition of 46 Japanese artists. Short bios of each artist, along with black-and-white illustrations of their works. The catalogue also features 13 color illustrations at the beginning of the book. Introduction by the curator, William S. Lieberman. CONDITION: Light edge wear and soiling to wrappers, toning to page edges. Very Good.

NY: Braziller, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Braziller, 1988, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with 91 full color plates. Fine in near fine. price clipped dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

N. Nomura & Co., Ltd., 1986. Book. Like New. Boxed Set. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A hardcover book and a softcover book in a cloth-covered box, all in like-new condition. Clamshell box is covered in natural-covered linen with brown lettering to spine and brown facsimile signature on top. Hardcover with three-quarter charcoal-gray cloth with blue marbled (faux) boards; no text other than a tipped-in plate with title, etc. in English; pages are facsimile reproductions of the sketched art--b&w and color of Leda and Swan; no title on binding. Softcover is staplebound with blue cardstock cover with title etc. in English on front; approx. 27 pages; b&w photo frontispiece of artist; 7 plates of art; text in Japanese. Books are about 9-1/2" by 6-1/4". Box is 10-1/2" by 6-3/4"..

New York: Asia Society Museum / Harry N. Abrams: 2010. First edition / First printing. Illustrated laminated boards in die-cut illustrated slipcase. Very fine in a very fine slipcase.

Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Minor shelf and handling wear to DJ. Else Fine. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.

Kodansha, 2009. Paperback with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Book is in Japanese. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Very light scuffing along to top edges of the dust jacket. Small tear on the top right corner of the bottom black banner on the front cover. No markings on the inside of the book.Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Both the book and dj are in 'as new' condition. It has . 10 unpaginated pages followed by 362 numbered pages. It was published to coincide with the exibition of the same name. A beautiful book with well over 100 color illustrations and even more in b&w. The book includes a series of essays on the historic, economic, and cultural environment of Edo period Japan and the collections focus on early Kabuki actor prints, including many by the artists Toyokuni and Kuniyoshi).

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* Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new. * Jacket like new. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this… Read More

The Saint Louis Art Museum / The Japan Foundation, 1995. Good condition. Spine is creased and has minor soiling. Covers show shelf and handling wear with abrasion, light soiling, small creases, and worn corners. Interior pages show faint age-related toning around edges and two small black marks at the top of pgs 180-181. A solid copy. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

Rosemary Bandini, London, 1999, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 174 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting "netsuke" of animals and mythical beings.