[Japan]. No date. Late Meiji. Period. Volume II only. Black and white illustrations, one folding, 13 x 8.8cm, 144 double-folded leaves, four-hole string binding. A little browning inside upper cover and first leaf, title label missing from upper cover otherwise a sound clean copy. This Japanese military textbook on handling..... More

[Tokyo]. 陸軍省 [Rikugunsho]. Meiji 17 [ 1884]. Four folding black and white illustrations, 28 full-page black and white illustrations, 15 x 11cm, 37 double-folded leaves of text, occasional handwritten notes in text, paper covered boards worn with considerable loss at corners of upper cover. Contents generally clean and sound. This..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 東京日日新聞. [Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbun]. Meiji 39 [ 1906]. Black and white photographic illustrations, 39.5 x 54.3cm, light creasing where it has been folded, very good. This collection of photographic portraits was published by Tokyo Nichinichi Newspaper on 1 January 1906 to commemorate the victory over Russia in the..... More

京都. [Kyoto]. 村上勘兵衛. [Murakami Kanbei]. Meiji 5 [ 1873?]. Black and white woodblock maps and city plan, 22 x 15.3cm, 17 double-folded leaves, 4 hole string binding. Covers worn and soiled, chop on upper cover. This guide to Kyoto and its surroundings includes two double-page and twelve single-page pictorial maps..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 光村印刷. [Kōmura Insatsu]. Meiji 43 [ 1910]. Black and white foldout map with red lines indicating the course of the voyage, black and white photographic illustrations, 26.5 x 37.5cm, 13 + [6] + [92] + 7pp, green cloth cover illustrated and lettered in silver and gilt feature Mt..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 領布所忠魂奉紀会. [Ryofujo Chukon Hokikai]. Meiji 44 [ 1911]. Black and white photographic illustration with decorative border on card, 39.2 x 54.5cm, occasional very light browning. Very good. This photographic illustration, taken in 1911 towards the end of the Meiji era, shows Yasukuni Shrine. The trees are still relatively..... More

大阪. [Osaka]. 大阪朝日新聞社. [Osaka Asahi Shinbunsha]. Taisho 12 [ 1923]. Japanese magazine special edition devoted to the Kanto earthquake, sepia-print photographs and illustrations throughout, 31 numbered pages, 38 x 26.5cm, covers loosening, 4 punched holes to the inner margin (presumably from being bound), washi repairs to spine, paper age-toned with..... More

[Japan]. Neat manuscript copy. Double page black and white map with routes marked in red, lovely full page colour watercolour illustration of the region with Tori gates dotting the path to the mountain summit. 25.5 x 19.5cm, 39 double folded leaves, four hole string binding, very neat handwritten Japanese text..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 博文館. [Hakubunkan]. Taisho 14 [ 1925]. Colour folding sugoroku game sheet, 53.5 x 78cm. One panel marked on reverse, a few small holes at folds neatly strengthened with washi. Very good. This colourful and entertaining sugoroku game sheet was issued as a supplement to the January 1925 issue..... More

Japan. (Circa 1920). Two commercial photographic albums containing 52 black and white photographs laid down in identical accordian style albums (9 x 14cm), photographs (8 x 11.2cm) with a few captioned on the plate. Some photographs are a little faded but most in good to very good condition. These 2..... More

(Late Meiji?). This collection of Japanese copperplate engravings comprises over 325 neatly trimmed and mounted prints meticulously arranged in two Japanese scrapbooks. These engravings are copies of 19th-century Western images, recreated by a Japanese artist/s, as evidenced by the occasional East Asian aesthetic influence on the landscapes. Most plates are..... More

Japan. 水路庁 [Suirochō]. Meiji 38 [ 1905]. Chart printed using black and red ink, 37.7 x 53cm, captions and charts in Japanese and English. A little minor creasing, very good. This chart of the Yokohama offing records the positioning of warships during the fleet review held on 23 October 1905..... More

[Hawaii]: Meiji 39 [ 1906]. 17pp, 15 x 11cm, paper wrappers with hand-written title and illustration, paper ties, soiling and occasional marks throughout. Wrappers worn, chipped at corners and soiled. Rare. This intriguing and culturally significant booklet contains the transcript of a public oral performance delivered by Sen Ryūsai, who..... More