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(Beardsley, Aubrey) AUBREY BEARDSLEY: A CENTENARY TRIBUTE.
N.P. (Nissha Printing Co. 1998) 4to stiff paper wrappers, illustrated 255+(1) pages
Text in Japanese and English. Exhibition at three museums in Japan commemorating the centenary of Beardsley's death. Acknowledgments. Introduction by Simon Wilson; essay "Beardsley and Japanese Pictorial Design" by Linda Gertner Zatlin. Catalogue divided into 12 sections featuring Japonesques, Le Morte D'Arthur, Salome, The Savoy, The Rape of the Lock and others. Commentary on works and outline biography. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers bent at bottom edge. Top corners of pages 180-198 bent at top fore-edge.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 108976

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Binyon, Laurence A CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE & CHINESE WOODCUTS PRESERVED IN THE SUB-DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Mansfield Centre, CT Martino Publishing 2009 4to. paper covered boards. lii, 606 pages.
Reprint of the 1916 first edition published by the British Museum (Artnzen and Rainwater; N148). Still one of the most useful works on Japanese prints from the earliest examples to 1868. In fullness of information this book was considered the first detailed and descriptive catalogue of a public collection of Japanese prints ever published. It also marked an advance over every other book about Japanese Prints previous to its publication. Binyon provides a compact historical survey of the art of wood-engraving as practiced in the Far East. Binyon also provides short biographies for each artist as well as a description of each work, including medium, dimensions and often a short annotation. Also provided are: Table of artists, arranged according to schools; notes on the dating of Japanese woodcuts; States, variations, reprints, forgeries; Pigments; sales catalogues; exhibition catalogues, signature of artists and more. Well over a thousand prints are described. A standard work. Some of the illustrations are in color.
Price: $ 110.00 other currencies Order nr. 106361

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(Bird & Bull Press) Tindale, Thomas Keith and Harriett Ramsey Tindale THE HANDMADE PAPER OF JAPAN.
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2001 4to. single sheet , folded once
Four page prospectus for this book.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 92851

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(Bookbinding) Denninger, J.E. VARIATES OP EEN JAPONSE BOEKBINDWIJZE.
Heukelum, Netherlands Antiquariaat "In de Bokkeschuur" n.d. (circa 1986) oblong 8vo. limp cloth boards in decorated paper and cloth folding slipcase unpaginated
Text in Dutch. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Presentation copy. Techniques of Japanese bookbinding methods. Printed on specimens of Japanese paper.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 109746

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(Bookbinding) Ikegami, Kokiro JAPANESE BOOKBINDING, INSTRUCTIONS FROM A MASTER CRAFTSMAN.
New York John Weatherhill, Inc. (1988) tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xx, 127 pages.
Later printing of first edition. Contains instructions on making different styles of Japanese bindings and traditional book cases (the custom-made folding boxes that give protection to fine books). There are also eight pages of color photos of examples of Japanese bookbinding styles.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 23436

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(Bookselling) SHEPPARD'S BOOK DEALERS IN JAPAN, A DIRECTORY OF DEALERS IN ANTIQUARIAN AND SECONDHAND BOOKS, PERIODICALS AND PRINTS.
Farnham Richard Joseph Publishers 1994 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 200 pages.
First edition.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 41209

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Boxer, C.R. JAN COMPAGNIE IN JAPAN 1600-1817
Tokyo Oxford University Press 1968 8vo. cloth, dust wrapper viii, 198 pages
An account of the Dutch East India Company in Japan during the Tokugawa regime. Color frontispiece, thirteen black-and-white and three color plates. Appendices, glossary of Japanese words, bibliography and an index. Corners are bumped. Dust wrapper is slightly soiled with some small tears to the top edge.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 104358

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BUCHKUNST.
Leipzig Institut für Buchgestaltung (1963) 4to. cloth. 236, (6) pages.
Volume IV of this journal devoted to book design and book illustration. Includes several chapters devoted to Japan, China, and Korea, and an article by Diego Rivera. Well-illustrated with many plates in color.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 45530

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(Center for Book Arts) Holmberg, Ryan GARO MANGA: THE FIRST DECADE, 1964-1973
New York Center for Book Arts 2010 6 x 9 inches paperback 50 pages
Garo is synonymous for many with alternative Japanese comics. With the first issue appearing in 1964, Garo was a monthly magazine published for 38 years, and the foundation for many artists on the verge of manga practice. The visual imagery of this exhibition is a reaction to traditional Japanese aesthetics. It provides a commentary on political and social norms of Japanese society in the 1960s and 1970s. It also compliments the Center for Book Arts' educational offerings of Japanese woodblock, reductive woodcut, and Japanese bookbinding.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 105201

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Chiba, Reiko (editor) HIROSHIGE'S TOKAIDO IN PRINTS AND POETRY.
Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan Charles E. Tuttle Company (1959) oblong 12mo. Japanese binding with beige patterned cloth-covered boards, red paper label, pictorial slipcase unpaginated double leaves
Later printing. 55 miniature color prints reproducing Hiroshige's "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido," which he created in 1832 to illustrate the traditional stopping points along the road between Kyoto and Tokyo. Accompanying each print is a related Japanese poem in translation. Thin bamboo endpapers.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 74557

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(Christmas Books) Zabriskie, George A. PERRY'S EXPEDITION TO JAPAN 1853-1854
Ormond Beach, FL The Doldrums 1951 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 26+(1) pages
Limited to 750 copies. With several black-and-white plates throughout. A short historical account. Presentation page completed in pen.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 101121

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Dahlgren, E.W. LES DÉBUTS DE LA CARTOGRAPHIE DU JAPON.
Amsterdam Meridian Publishing Company 1977 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 65 pages
Text in French. Reprint of the 1911 edition. With eight black-and-white map plates.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 104634

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DECORATIONS OF JAPAN
N.P. Decoration Bureau 1965 folio cloth, cardboard slipcase. 16, (2), 92 pages.
With illustrations, in color, full page prints of Japanese decorations; Japanese and English text; book sections titles include: The History of Special Decorations and Awards in Japan; Orders, Medals of Honor and Silver or Wooden Cups, Rules For Wearing; Description of Illustrations, List of Recipients. Spine ends bumped.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 107172

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DIAGRAPHICS
JAPAN CREATORS' ASSOCIATION PRESENTS THE MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION OF CREATIVE DIAGRAMS EVER ASSEMBLED (Kanagawa) (Japan Creators' Association) (1986) 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket (xxxiv), 304, (12) pages
An introduction to what was once considered impossible: precise and effective diagrams presented in an aesthetically pleasing and imaginative manner. A collection of graphs, charts, tables and other visual renderings from the world of diagramatic graphics, revealing the inventive skill and uninhibited imagination utilized by the participating creators who, working with dull and indifferent data regardless of the subject matter, transform the mundane information into vibrant and attention-getting forms of communication. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 99681

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DIFFERENT LANDS/SHARED EXPERIENCES: THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES
(St. Louis) Shibusawa Memorial Museum and St. Louis Mercantile Library 2004 4to stiff paper wrappers, cloth folding case with paper cover label, ivory clasps. 86 pages
Text in English and Japanese. Exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of US-Japanese relations. Chronological tables of relevant developments in both the USA and Japan. Exhibition handlist and bibliography included. Color and black and white illustrations throughout.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 107005

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(Gamblin, Noriko) METAMORPHOSES: THE TRANSFORMATIVE VISION JUNKO CHODOS
(Malibu, CA) Long Beach Museum of Art (2001) large 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 195+(1) pages.
First edition published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art, California, from 26 September 2001 to 6 January 2002. Includes 82 pages of color plates of the work of Junko Chodos, excerpts from the artist's sketchbook and an interview with the artist. Surveys the life of Chodos to mid-career, including her childhood in war-torn Japan of the 1940s and how this experience has played a central role in her work.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 70485

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(Griffin, Gillett G.) Mueller, Laura J. BEAUTY & BRAVADO IN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GILLETT G. GRIFFIN COLLECTION.
Princeton, NJ Princeton University Library 2009 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers 46, (2) pages
An exhibition in the Leonard L. Milberg Gallery for Graphic Arts, Firestone Library, Princeton University, January-June 2009. Introductory essay by Laura J. Mueller. Foreword by Julie Melby, Curator of Graphic Arts. Griffin was Curator of Graphic Arts at the Firestone Library from 1952 to 1966. Color illustrations throughout with exhibition checklist. Reception invitation laid in.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 114664

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(Grolier Club) CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE PRINTS
New York The Grolier Club 1896 12mo. original paper wrappers. 23 pages.
Asaf Handlist 30. History and check-list. No illustrations. Back wrapper soiled.
Price: $ 14.00 other currencies Order nr. 6445

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Hajek, Lubor UTAMARO, DAS PORTRAT IM JAPANISCHEN HOLZSCHNITT.
Reproductions by Werner Forman. Hanau Werner Dausien (1958) small 4to. stiff pictorial wrappers bound in Japanese manner with wrap-around cloth folding case. 57 pages.
Historical text followed by full color reproductions. Very fine condition.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 59862

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Hajek, Lubor UTAMARO, PORTRAITS IN THE JAPANESE WOODCUT.
Reproductions by Werner Forman. London Spring Books n.d. small 4to. stiff pictorial wrappers bound in Japanese manner with wrap-around cloth folding case and cardboard mailer. 57 pages.
Historical text followed by full color reproductions. Very fine condition.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 43632

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Hearn, Lafcadio KOTTO, BEING JAPANESE CURIOS, WITH SUNDRY COBWEBS.
New York Macmillan 1902 small 8vo. publisher’s highly decorated cloth, top edge gilt (viii), 251,(3) pages
First edition, first state with the title page illustration printed upside down (BAL 7938, Perkins pgs 45-46). Illustrated by Genjiro Yeto. Each story is preceded by a full-page illustration in red with a small tailpiece.
Hearn (1850-1904) born on a Greek island to an Anglo-Irish father and Greek mother, grew up primarily in Dublin. At 19 he moved to the United States and became a newspaper reporter in Cincinnati. Hearn is most often associated with New Orleans , in the United States, and with Japan where he lived and wrote after 1889. Hearn became a Japanese citizen and married a Japanese, taking the name Yakumo Koizumi.
Small stain at the lower edge of pages, not affecting text. Lacks dust jacket. Worn at extremities, spine lettering and device faded.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 93762

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Hench, John B BOOKS AS WEAPONS. PROPAGANDA, PUBLISHING, AND THE BATTLE FOR GLOBAL MARKETS IN THE ERA OF WORLD WAR II
Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 2010 8vo quarter cloth, paper covered boards, dust jacket 320 pages
Winner, 2011 George A. and Jean S. DeLong Book History Book Award (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing)

Twelve illustrations. Only weeks after the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, a surprising cargocrates of booksjoined the flood of troop reinforcements, weapons and ammunition, food, and medicine onto Normandy beaches. The books were destined for French bookshops, to be followed by millions more American books (in translation but also in English) ultimately distributed throughout Europe and the rest of the world. The British were doing similar work, which was uneasily coordinated with that of the Americans within the Psychological Warfare Division of General Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, under General Eisenhower's command.

Books As Weapons tells the little-known story of the vital partnership between American book publishers and the U.S. government to put carefully selected recent books highlighting American history and values into the hands of civilians liberated from Axis forces. The government desired to use books to help "disintoxicate" the minds of these people from the Nazi and Japanese propaganda and censorship machines and to win their friendship. This objective dovetailed perfectly with U.S. publishers' ambitions to find new profits in international markets, which had been dominated by Britain, France, and Germany before their book trades were devastated by the war. Key figures on both the trade and government sides of the program considered books "the most enduring propaganda of all" and thus effective "weapons in the war of ideas," both during the war and afterward, when the Soviet Union flexed its military might and demonstrated its propaganda savvy. Seldom have books been charged with greater responsibility or imbued with more significance.

John B. Hench leavens this fully international account of the programs with fascinating vignettes set in the war rooms of Washington and London, publishers' offices throughout the world, and the jeeps in which information officers drove over bomb-rutted roads to bring the books to people who were hungering for them. Books as Weapons provides context for continuing debates about the relationship between government and private enterprise and the image of the United States abroad.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 109166

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Herring, Ann CHIYOGAMI, HAND-PRINTED PATTERNED PAPERS OF JAPAN.
New York Kodansha International (1992) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 96 pages
First paperback edition. These brightly colored, ezquisitely patterned papers are used to wrap presents, dress dolls, and decorate festive objects. With 80 color and 70 black and white images.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 63137

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(Hyde Collection) THE DONALD AND MARY HYDE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS.
Sold for the benefit of the Pierpont Morgan Library, Friday, Oct. 7, 1988. New York Christie's 1988 large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 216, (8) pages.
Catalogue of 160 lots for sale of Japanese books and manuscripts dated from the 8th century to about the mid-19th century. Contains over 200 illustrations with about 35 in color. Sale was held to help the Morgan Library pay for property which it had purchased for expansion.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 53725

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(Incunabula) Yukishima, Koichi INCUNABULA IN JAPANESE LIBRARIES (IJL2) SECOND EDITION OF UNION CATALOGUE OF INCUNABULA IN JAPANESE LIBRARIES.
Tokyo Yushodo Press Co., Ltd. 2004 6.5 x 9 inches Hardcover, cardboard slipcase. 224 pages.
Second edition. Describes 383 different items. Has a thorough index, including locations in English and Japanese-English, places of printing and printers, and provenances. Describes statistics on places and periods of printing. Also contains an extensive list of Concordances. Distributed for Yushodo Press Co., Ltd. by Oak Knoll Press. SALES RIGHTS: Worldwide except Japan; available in Japan from Yushodo Press Co., Ltd.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 79446

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