Asiana

Japan: Shueisha Co.,, 1971. Book. Illus. by Hiroshige. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.ed. 1971 ,Hardcover with folding box wrap with ties and bone locks, book is tan cloth and the box is gray cloth with orange Japanese letters.With 74 pages of text in Japanese and English and 49 tipped in full page prints all in color with a tissue cover over each ,some fold out prints as in panel work.This is one of the finest work on Hiroshige (1797-1858) that I have seen in prints , a well done edition and one you will have a hard time finding in North America.Condition of the book is Very Fine with very light edge rubs from the folding box case light bump at each corner, and three of the blank pages in the back of the book with small one inch crease on them at the corner bottom.Ex owner inscribed. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Constable and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. One volume only (lacking the portfolio volume) . Xvii, (1) , 469 pages + frontis + 25 plates with printed tissue guards + 5 double plates + 2 colour plates. Green cloth covers with blind-stamped border on front board. 3/8" chip in spine cloth. Water fleck damage to cloth surface of spine and rear board, with patchy loss of spine colour. Cloth rubbed at edges of spine and boards. Binding shaky. Gutters cracked internally. Hinges loose. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally pages clean and white. Light foxing to half title page and title page. No signatures. ; 4to .

Amsterdam, Adold M. Hakkert, 1971. Hardcover. .. Two volumes bound in one. Royal octavo. Pp. v, 474; iv, 424. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. In fine condition. Excellent copy, crisp interior. ~ Reprint of the edition Oxford, 1832. G-4 IN

Yokohama, Yokohama Archives of History, 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Four volumes. Crown quarto. Pp. vi, 92, xxxiv; iii, 93-226; iii, 227-304; iii, 305-415, iii (errata). Each volume includes a suite of plates. Set in double columns. Uniformly bound in the original publisher's decorative stiff wrappers. In new condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. The Paul C. Blum (1898-1981) Collection at the Yokohama Archives of History Library contains some 7,000 items, including foreign books and magazines about Japan dating back to the 16th century, old European maps of Japan and Asia, and Japanese woodblock prints. The Yokohama Archives of History contain over 250,000 Yokohama-related materials from the Edo period to the Taisho-early Showa era. Initially planned to comprise 3 volumes only, the catalogue eventually was published in 4 volumes and is including a Supplement and an Index. Z-5 OUT

Lyon, Secrétariat de la Société de Géographie, 1877. 1st Edition . Soft cover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. x, 201. Bound in the original printed wrappers, slightly soiled, vague dampmark at blank bottom of first few leaves. In fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused, still entirely unopened. ~ FIRST EDITION. Mémoire couronné par la Société de Géographie de Lyon. Rare. Z-5 OUT

London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1885. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. ix, 333, (6) publisher's catalogue. Half-title present. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full brown cloth, upper cover and spine lettered and decorated in gilt and black, some stray spots on back cover, floral endpapers, trimmed rough, spine ends very lightly bumped, inner hinges about starting. In fine condition. Excellent copy, bright and fresh, beautifully preserved interior. ~ FIRST EDITION. Sir Henry Knollys (1840-1930) served as a major in the Royal Artillery, later became private secretary to King Edward's daughter Maud, queen of Norway. He was a descendant to a distinguished British family. Sir Francis Knollys (1514-1596) was an English statesman, became a member of parliament in 1542 and was knighted in 1547. His father, Robert Knollys, a courtier in the service of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Sir Francis's three sons were all courtiers and served Queen Mary in parliament or in the… Read More

An accordian style book with wood covers. Front side appears to have some water damage. Twenty cases each has a hand colored illustration, two per page. Appears to be water color and colored pencil on silk with a silk background.
Outside dimensions 8 1/4" X 6. Upon opening there is a tear at the top and a knotch size hole at the inseam. The previous owner told me it is in Cantonese and it is also in English. It looks like the author's name is along the inside of the board but I can't read Cantonese. Ships with delivery confirmation where available.

London.: Church of England Zenana Missionary Society.. No date. (circa1900).. Nine printed sheets each printed with people or items and showing the cut lines. Original chromolithograph card box repaired with acid free archival tape along folds. Some occasional light foxing on sheets, card covers browned and worn in places, a few other minor signs of wear but generally very good. 43 x 24cm. The first two sheets show Chinese people in clothes appropriate to their age, occupation etc. Those illustrated include The Opium Smoker, School-master, The General Shopkeeper, Native Biblewoman etc. Other sheets show furniture and fittings, a coloured illustration of the street, a black and white image of the city gate and a much larger sheet (50 x 87.5cm) which is an illustration of the street and onto which the other cut-outs when coloured and cut out are placed. .

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1940. Two volumes in original dustjackets. Both volumes are Fine, Vol.I dustjacket Very Good, 1 1/2" triangular chip bottom edge at spine, tears at spine folds and 2 tears horizontally at spine, Vol. II jacket Near Fine, small chips bottom edge of spine. List of donors laid in. One folding plate (map index), 15 folding maps at rear Vol. II. Numerous black and white photographs in text. A classic scholarly text, ''In the spring of 1906 I received orders from the Russian General Staff to undertake a journey from Russian Turkestan through Chinese Turkestan and Western China and the provinces of Kan Su, Shensi and Shansi to Peiping as the final goal. The object of this expedition was to study the conditions in the interior of Northern China, collect statistical materials and perform various tasks of a military nature'' (Preface). Mannerheim also collected archaeological and ethnographic materials, and manuscripts, and studied… Read More

1696 Japanese Woodblock Chinese History Tsuzoku kanso gundan Qing Han War CHINA
A 17th century Sino-Japanese woodblock print history of the Chu-Han Contention between the Qing and Han Dynasty bound in the fukurotoji style. The Tsuzoku kanso gundan is the tale of the conflict between the chu and han after the Qing Dynasty before Liu Bang united China in 202 BC as the emperor of the Han Dynasty. It was translated into Japanese and in turn helped shape Japanese literature away from the stylized Chinese verse of scholarly attention and began considering the more mundane, as literature as well. This was done by entertaining and educating the natives of Japan about the world, specifically China, who were banned from leaving the mainland during that time period. Pastreich writes,
"Such Chinese historical novels may have appealed to Japanese readers because they covered the details of Chinese history in a lively and accessible manner, going beyond the digested and sanitized description of history to the… Read More

1766 Japanese Chinese Dictionary Wakan Onshake Shogenjiko Setsuyoshu JAPAN
A rare, 18th century woodblock print dictionary bound in the "fukurotoji (variously translated as "bound-pocket," or "pouch" binding)" style (Keio). Setsuyoshu was a true Japanese language dictionary and entered vocabulary current during its prime in the muromachi period. Each entry gives the kanji (Chinese characters), Japanese pronunciation in katakana on the right, and occasionally adds etymologies and comments on the bottom.

This rare, 1766 dictionary is an early inui (乾) edition which are usually printed in movable type and have more entries and corrections and is comprised of 10 volumes!

Item number: #7229
Price: $499
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和漢音釋書言字考節用集 /
Wakan onshaku shogenjikō setsuyōshū.
Japan: Meiwa 3 [1766]

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 10 volumes
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References: Keio University, Japanese culture through rare books.
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Language: Japanese
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Simon and Schuster, NY, 1954. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ pages clean and Unmarked.twenty sixth printing

Chart Details:
black and white engraving, navigation lights marked with red and yellow, blue backed
Blue ink stamp next to title block: "Imray & Son London 1878"
Publisher's original paper label glued to back of chart
condition: as found rolled, top left corner approx. 2" piece missing that includes some of perimeter printed border of chart, overall a clean chart with some spotting on edges, some spotting in vicinity of title block, paper toned along right vertical edge chart, edges overall in good condition, this chart was used to plot several voyages and has manuscript pencil notes with dates

1858 Japanese Samurai Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tokugawa Osaka Castle Illustrated

A rare, 19th century Japanese woodblock print of "Taikouki". Taikouki is a biography describing the life of Taihe Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a Japanese samurai and daimyo (lord) considered the second "Great Unifier" of Japan following Nobunaga and preceding the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hideyoshi left a legacy including Osaka Castle, the Tokugawa class systems, the restriction of weapons, and the construction and restoration of many temples some of which are still visible in Kyoto. This book is a classic Edo era picture book describing and illustrating Toyotomi Hideyoshi's life illustrated by Utagawa Kuniyoshi! The woodblock prints began being made in 1855 and were completed in 1884. The images and text focus primarily on the military with detailed accuracy on armor, weapons, interiors, and more!
This rare, biography is written in a column handwritten format with furigana for easier reading and includes illustrations of samurai duels,… Read More

Small quarto (11 1/2 X 8 inches) Japan: Getumeikai, 1959. First Edition. (5) 59 + (6) pages printed in Japanese and English on hand made Japanese vellum, with 26 individual fabric samples (25 are tipped in, the 26th sample is the cover material for the hardcover binding), plus a wood block print illustrating a woman in Japanese wardrobe working at a hand loom. Number 180 of a limited edition of 200. Housed in an ink blue stiff folder with bone ties. At the bottom of each page is a description of the sample, its pattern, its weave, and its dye; in addition to a small woodblock illustration of the plant from which the fabric is derived. Very good condition.

"In selecting the sample fabrics for this little collection, I renewed afresh my pledge, which I hope is not merely a nostalgia for lost things, but a positive creation of the 'new' through a dedicated study of the old."