Woodblock Kuchi-E Prints: Reflections Of Meiji Culture by Helen Merritt And Nanako Yamada - 2000

Dauphin Publishing Limited, London in co-operation with Spink & Son Ltd., 1991 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and Japanese text; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket) with carton box; 23.5 x 30 cm; 1.750 Kg; 220 pages with colour illustrations. Includes fold outs of some of the pieces.; May show signs of long time storage and handling, namely the card box.; Satsuma is probably one of the best know names in the complex field of Japanese ceramics: yet surprisingly little has been published on this subject either in Japan or the West. This innovative book traces the origins of Satsuma pottery from its simple beginnings in the 17th century to the exotically wares of the 19th and 20th century. There are over 200 colour photographs of examples drawn from important private and public collections around the world. This unique combination of descriptive text and superb illustrations guides the Satsuma collector or enthusiast through the maze of pottery shapes, decoration and usage. Included in the… Read More

Cabinet photo of Indian Child
Purchased Rodger Bassett
P.O. Box 536
Fullerton, NE 68638
308-536-2377
Cabinet photo
Size: 3.5 X 5.5
Condition: Good

. Collie Drawn Sleigh and Girl
Original photo 10x8, Photographer, date, and location unknown. Excellent condition. Purchased on line.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 12mo., 95pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Bound in black cloth with titles on paper label both on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of rubbing to bottom front edge and light bumping to spine ends. Equally attractive, scare unclipped jacket, ($1.50), has some spotting on front and back panels but is still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectabe copy and quite uncommon with a dust-jacket in such high-grade condition.

London: W.C. Such, Printer and Publisher. Very good. Broadside. Undated, ca. 1922. 25 x 19 cm (ca. 9.75" x 7.5"), on newsprint or similar stock. Old folding creased, closed tear with archival repair on verso; very good. Although this song--a lament for England's poor and unemployed--may have been written as early as the 1890s, this edition, with its plea to "Please buy a copy from an unemployed ex-service man," was printed in the aftermath of World War I. Unemployment in England became a significant problem around 1920, as the country's economy slowed, trade decreased, and debts incurred by the war loomed large. Reincorporating the demobilized troops into the civilian workforce and providing sufficient resources for those disabled during the war proved particularly challenging. We locate copies of this song sheet at the British Library, Bodleian (Ballad-Roud # V20673), and the University of Warwick.

Elgin, Ill: Willson Press, 1915. Hardcover. Good. First edition; 8 x 5; pp. [11], 8-156, [8]; light-blue oilcloth over boards, with dark-blue decorations; thin cracks to cloth along spine; hinges reinforced with thin strips of linen; scattered spots, mostly to margins of several pages; corners and tips of spine rubbed; illustrated with a photograph frontis and advertisements; several manuscript recipes to last few leaves; overall in good or better condition.The Larkin Children's Home's history can be traced back to 1892, when Ms. Mary Peabody of Elgin, Ill. was asked to care for 3-day old twins, whose mother had died of pneumonia. Hearing of her generous spirit, soon several more children were handed off to her. In 1894 and 1895, her home would be known as "The Miss Mary Peabody Home for Babies." In 1896, The Elgin Children's Home Association was formed to "...care for and to provide for the wants of destitute, abused or neglected children under 14 years old..."… Read More

S.l., 1910. Good. 168 x 115 mm, photograph bowed and slightly crinkled. Lovely, romantic photograph of a young woman wearing a white shirt and broach, holding a long branch which she dangles into the water; her gaze is drawn to the other side of the river, her expression seemingly wistful. We have been unable to identify the subject of this remarkable vintage photograph. From the Dorothy Sloan collection of Women in the West.

signed by first ownerTai-Pan is a 1966 novel written by James Clavell about European and American traders who move into Hong Kong in 1842 following the end of the First Opium .It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler…Tai-Pan!

AS NEW SIGNED LIMITED IN DUST JACKET AND SLIPCASEAS NEW FIRST EDITION IN DJ. HARRY CREWS NEW ONE OF 150 COPIES SIGNED LIMITED LEATHER SPINE IN DJ AND SLIPCASE

The Perishable Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Wraps. Very Good. One of 111 copies, this being #33 letterpress printed on a cream handmade mould made paper, and handsewn into a green handmade paper wraps. Inscribed by Rosmarie Waldrop to Eleanor and Bob Bender (Open Places editor) on the half title. Light wear and soiling to the wraps, top corner slightly bumped, else a Very Good copy.