![Stock ID #177787 [戊辰戦争スケッチ. Boshin sensō sukecchi]. [Boshin War Sketches]....](/pictures/thumb/177787.jpg?v=1679074329)
[Japan]. (circa 1869). Three attractive watercolour paintings of the Boshin War on three leaves, 14 x 18.5cm. A little light browning at edges, a little occasional insect damage. A fascinating little group. Three delicately hand-painted original ink and watercolour depictions of scenes before and around the Boshin War (1868-1869), the..... More
Liverpool: Printed for Private Circulation. 1895. Small chromolithograph laid down on one sheet, 3 black and white photographic plates, many black and white illustrations throughout, xii + 90pp. Paper covered boards, cloth spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Inscribed "University Club/With the Writer's Compliments" front free endpaper, bookplate of..... More
![Stock ID #175682 英政如何. [Eisei ikan]. [Japanese Translation of How We Are Governed: A...](/pictures/thumb/175682.jpg?v=1674971209)
No Information. 九潜館. [Kyūsenkan]. Keio 4 [ 1868]. Translated by Suzuki Tadakazu. Complete in three volumes. Woodblock printed. Volume I: 53 double folded feaves; Volume II: 41 double folded leaves; Volume III: 47 double folded leaves, 24.5 x 17.6 cm, four hole stab binding. Lacks title labels on upper covers..... More
![Stock ID #162007 外國小包郵便料金表. [Postage Rates for Foreign Postal Parcels]....](/pictures/thumb/162007.jpg?v=1637827276)
[Tokyo]. 遞信省通信局.[Teishinshō Tsūshinkyoku]. (circa 大正十 1921). 87pp, occasional foxing and soiling on covers, otherwise very good in wrappers. Text in Japanese. 22.4 x 15. Early 20th century Japanese postage rates for foreign parcels. Published as Notice number 2431 issued by the 遞信省 "Ministry of Communications" in December 大正十年 (1921) to..... More
Tokyo. 遞信省通信局.[Teishinshō Tsūshinkyoku]. 明治三十九 1906. Bilingual (English and Japanese) early 20th century postal regulations as agreed between the Minister of State for Communications of Empire of Japan, 山縣 伊三郎 [Yamagata Isaburō], and the Postmaster General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Austin Chapman. 18 + 11pp, in wrappers, including 16 articles..... More
Tokyo. Japan Advertiser. 1928. Special edition of the Japanese Advertiser 1928. With the striking original woodblock colour print of Himeji Castle, by Hiroshi Yoshida tipped in and with numerous black and white full page and text images. xvi + 179pp. Japanese traditional style binding with multi-coloured ribbon ties, attractive pictorial..... More
London. Richard Bentley. 1861. First edition, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and black and white text illustrations, [i]-xxxii + 350pp with a final advertisment leaf of Bentley's Standard Novels, 19.4 x 13cm, original blind-stamped blue cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine (dulled) and gilt vignette of a ship with pennants a flutter to the..... More
Tokyo. Japan Year Book Office. Sixteenth Annual Publication. ( 1928). Folding colour map, and 2 folding plans and black & white sketch maps in the text, xxxiv (advertisements at front and back) + 698pp plus 200pp supplement includes business directory and index to advertisers, legal, medical, shopping, and gastronomical information..... More
![Stock ID #180360 乃木宗. [Nogishu]. [Nogi Sect Monthly Magazine]. NAGAE TAMEMASA,...](/pictures/thumb/180360.jpg?v=1677212953)
大阪. [Osaka]. 大阪乃木会. [Osaka Nogikai]. January - December, 1923. 12 issues (January to December) for the year of 1923. Black and white photographic and line illustrations, 26 x 19.5cm, various pagination, total of just under 300 pages. First issue complete with wrappers, other issues lack wrappers. Lower free endpaper removed..... More
![Stock ID #169999 漫画すご六. [Manga sugoroku]. [Manga Sugoroku Game]. OKAMOTO IPPEI,...](/pictures/thumb/169999.jpg?v=1643695259)
東京. [Tokyo]. 主婦の友社. [Shufunotomo sha]. 昭和4 [ 1929]. Colour illustrated sugoroku game sheet, folded as issued, 62.5 x 93cm. Some minor creasing and light browning, edges show some wear, overall very good. This colourful sugoroku game with vibrant illustrations was created and illustrated by Okamoto Ippei, a very popular manga..... More
![Stock ID #159023 聯邦志略 [Renpō shiryaku]. Summary on the United States. PI ZHIWEN...](/pictures/thumb/159023.jpg?v=1679074245)
Tokyo: Kōsa Rōsōkan 江左老皂館 [Yorozuya Hyōshirō 萬屋兵四郎], 明治辛未 [ 1871]. Complete in 2 volumes. Volume I: 5 coloured woodblock maps, including one double page coloured map of the world, a map showing the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, another showing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and a map of the United..... More
![Stock ID #177615 樺太写真帖. [Karafuto shashinchō]. [Photographic Album on Sakhalin]....](/pictures/thumb/177615.jpg?v=1675313187)
東京. [Tokyo]. 博文館. [Hakubunkan]. Meiji 37 [ 1904]. Folding colour map, one colour folding plate, one page foldout black and white photographic illustrations, photographic illustrations in blue and black and white (unpaginated, 48pp), 26 x 18.5cm, 48 + 9 + 64pp. Occasional light foxing, upper corners bumped causing creasing to..... More
Tokyo. Hakubunkan. 1908. Second edition. 107pp + 13 page appendix in English, 85 + [14]pp in Japanese, endpapers foxed, lower edge of lower cover damaged with small loss, text very good and clean. Original green cloth titled in gilt both covers (in English and Japanese respectively). Bilingual account of the..... More
![Stock ID #164423 報知家庭暦. [Hōchi kateireki]. Hochi Publishing's Household Almanac....](/pictures/thumb/164423.jpg?v=1641944784)
Hōchisha]*. 報知社, Taisho 6 [ 1917]. Black line Illustrations within the text. Illustration on front cover and setting sun over the ocean coloured advertisement for Kao soap on the rear stiffened paper cover, with coloured advertisements on the inside covers. Covers showing some mildew spots but a very good copy..... More
![Stock ID #164278 國民禁酒の研究. [Kokumin kinshu no kenkyū]. [Research on Teetotalism...](/pictures/thumb/164278.jpg?v=1679074259)
Fujin Shinpōsha].* 婦人新報社, Taisho 13 [ 1924]. 440pp, browned throughout with a little staining at foot of some pages, some pencilling, lower board stained, cloth spine browned. 10.7 cm x 19 cm This book was based on a series of lectures held in commemoration of the enforcement of the Underage..... More
Horikiri Tamakura].* 堀切玉蔵, Meiji 37 [ 1904]. Colour woodblock showing 30 examples of military service equipment, 24.3 cm x 35 cm Woodblock print showing the equipment used by the Japanese army and navy. Floats are called Ukifukuro and you can see the difference from the present day. It is an..... More
Bunkyu-do. Circa Meiji 11.5 ( 1878). 2 volumes of a 4 volume atlas of Japan. Volume I: [4pp] district list, 22 double page copper engraved maps of Kinai (Kyoto-Osaka region) and Tokaido (Tokyo-Kanto region), 2 double page in colour, 19 double page in black and white and one double page..... More