[Japan]. 須原茂兵衛. [Suhara Mohei]. c 1876. Reprint. 2 volumes only. Both black and white woodblock printed with illustrations. Volume 2: 22 double folded leaves, thread broken but the binding is still firm; Volume 5: 27 double folded leaves, 14 x 22 cm, covers slightly worn and marked, title labels on..... More
Philadelphia. Lippincott. 1857. 29 full page black and white engravings, including Bathing Scene in Japan and an engraved title page, 507pp, title page little creased and soiled, upper hinge starting, occasional light spotting, professionally rebound in modern maroon cloth. The author Lieutenant A.W. Habersham of the US Navy was an..... More
![Stock ID #172458 人相千百年眼. [Ninsō senhyaku nengan]. [A 1100 Year Perspective on...](/pictures/thumb/172458.jpg?v=1674971182)
名古屋. [Nagoya]. 文光堂. [Bunkōdō]. 明治 24 [ 1891]. Complete in 5 volumes. Black and white line woodblock illustrations. Volume 1: 24 double leaves. Volume 2: 21 double leaves. Volume 3: 21 double leaves. Volume 4: 28 double leaves. Volume 5: 26 double leaves. Bound in Japanese 4 hole stab bindings..... More
![Stock ID #177391 永代年代記大成. [Eitai nendaiki taisei]. [Encylopedia of History and...](/pictures/thumb/177391.jpg?v=1669353358)
江戸. [Edo]. 和泉屋市兵衛. [Izumiya Ichibei]. Koka 3 [ 1846]. Black and white woodblock Japanese book with stab binding, illustrated with a double page full color woodblock map of the world and three black and white city maps. 18 x 13 cm, 53 double folded leaves. Covers and paper title label..... More
London. The Illustrated London News. Saturday, October 26, 1861. Single issue (lacks the separately published Supplement), four full-page engravings, several half-page, 24 pp (pp 415-438) , disbound from a larger compilation, original stab holes, light foxing, very good condition. Includes news of the return of the British consul George Staunton..... More
Tokyo: Yushodo. 1977. Number 124 of a limited edition of 300 copies. Two volumes. Title pages in red and black. 36 x 22.6cm. Volume I: 4 double page maps (2 folding), 18 engravings, [7], lii, 391, [1]pp and 4 page explanation of plates. Volume II: 45 maps and plates, [2]..... More
![Stock ID #171438 羇旅漫録一名馬琴道中記. [Kiryo manroku ichimei Bakin dochuki]....](/pictures/thumb/171438.jpg?v=1672900292)
東京. [Tokyo]. 須原鉄二. [Suhara, Tetsuji]. 明治 16 [ 1883]. Black and white illustrations, 204 + 2pp, hardback, 18.5 x 13cm, prior owner's signature on end paper. Some light foxing endpapers and very occasionally in text, pictorial paper covered boards and plain blue cloth spine showing some wear and marking. Still..... More
3 manuscript volumes neatly written in black and red ink. Original wrappers with later(?) string ties. Wrappers damaged with a little loss in places. Some worming. Still overall very good. 19 x 13.5cm. These three volumes are a collection of manuscripts written in the late Edo period (probably the 1860s)..... More
![Stock ID #160727 [天保壬寅元暦].[Tenpō jin'in genreki]. [Japanese Lunisolar Calendar...](/pictures/thumb/160727.jpg?v=1672900271)
伊勢)度会郡山田. 文久元[ 1861]. Black and white woodblock printed, accordion style binding, decorative paper wrappers. A Japanese lunisolar calendar 文久二年 (1862) published in 文久元年 (1861). Covers insect damaged and stained in places, a little loss along blank upper margin first and last leaf, light browning, otherwise very good. Text in Japanese..... More
![Stock ID #157025 雜書鈔錄 [Zasho shōroku]. Abstracts from Various Books. MURAKAMI GOZAN...](/pictures/thumb/157025.jpg?v=1658209544)
[19th century]. Black and white ink sketches, 120 folded leaves, paper covers titled in ink, stab binding. Edges and corners creased on a number of leaves, covers a little soiled, occasional browning but generally very good. 24.5 x 17cm. A collection of manuscript abstracts from various books. The upper cover..... More
![Stock ID #176608 殿居囊. [Tonoibukuro]. [Handbook for Edo Samurai]. OONO HIROKI,...](/pictures/thumb/176608.jpg?v=1667220352)
[Japan]. Late Edo. 3 volumes complete. Seven pages of hand coloured illustrations in the third volume illustrate the colours and designs of lanterns, flags, and uniform jackets. 26.5 x 20 cm, Volume I: 39 double folded leaves, Volume II: 40 double folded leaves; Volume III: 36 double folded leaves, four..... More
![Stock ID #175475 やしなひ草. 2篇集5. 3-4. [Yashinigusa. 2-hen, Shu-5, 3-4]. [Moral...](/pictures/thumb/175475.jpg?v=1674971203)
No publisher. Circa [ 1785?]. Second edition. 2 volumes only. Black and white wood block print illustrations in each volume. Volume 3: 28 double folded leaves; Volume 4: 26 double folded leaves, 24.5 x 17.8 cm, paper covered covers bound Japanese style 4 hole stab binding. Covers worn and soiled..... More
![Stock ID #177180 商売往来絵字引. [Shōbai Ōrai ejibiki]. Illustrated Dictionary of...](/pictures/thumb/177180.jpg?v=1674971233)
[Tokyo]. 大和屋喜兵衛. [Yamatoya Kihei]. Early Meiji [circa 1880]. Reprint. Two double page colour woodblocks, one half page, and many small colour images throughout, 18 x 12cm, 4 hole stab Japanese binding, 62 double folded leaves, title label on cover, insect damage on first 4 leaves affecting the first double page..... More
![Stock ID #154076 米利幹新誌 巻之５. [Meriken shinshi Makino Go]. [New Account of...](/pictures/thumb/154076.jpg?v=1658209542)
Edo. 1855. Volume 5 only. 4 double page black and white woodblocks from copper engravings, 18 folded leaves, some worming throughout, original wrappers considerably worn and wormed with a little loss. A reading copy only of the 5th and last volume of 米利幹新誌 巻之５ [New Account of America]. 1853 the..... More