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Imprint: 1901 [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, designer. KOROMOGAE 2 vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 34 [1901]. Oblong, 19 x 26 cm, tassel-bound volume of Sekka's kimono designs. One of the scarcest of all Sekka's works, delicately printed in bokashi colors and metallic inks. Very good overall in excellent impression. Almost unknown outside Japan and scarcely within., Very Good Stock number: 88670.
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[DESIGN] MANUSCRIPT ALBUM OF KIMONO DESIGNS [N.p., n.d. - Kyoto? c. 1880s] Album of 60 (numbered) full page hand-drawn and colored kimono patterns. The hand calligraphed title (unread) refers to the kimono shop which employed this wonderful sample book as a sales tool. It has been folded in half, but the images are beautifully detailed, the colors calm and lovely, the brushwork superb. The patterns point to the last quarter of the 19th century. As described, good to very good overall (only one or two plates have some slight foxing) and with a centerfold. These kimono manuscripts have become increasingly hard to find, particularly such lovely examples. The numbering is contiguous and appears to be complete., Very Good Stock number: 84627.
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Imprint: 1908 [DESIGN] Sugiura HISUI, designer. MITSUKOSHI; MITSUKOSHI TIMES; O^SAKA MITSUKOSHI To^kyo^ & O^saka, 1908-1923. Western-style magazines, 24.9 x 18.4 cm, decorated wrappers. Lovely covers, most by Sugiura Hisui [1876- 1965] or designed under his supervision. Hisui is the most important figure in the development of Japanese commercial art in the 20th century, the progenitor of "Taisho^ Chic" and a force to be reckoned with as a practical designer at Mitsukoshi and an educator at the Japan School of Art, the Imperial School of Fine Art and the Tama Imperial School of Art which he co-founded. He even spent two years in Europe in the early 20s, researching design. He created many portfolios of design examples for professionals, wrote treatises on the principles of design and was a tireless creator of posters and magazine covers. He began work at Mitsukoshi in 1908 as a design consultant in charge of cover art for the house organ, MITSUKOSHI TIMES. When MITSUKOSHI magazine began in 1912, he had already been promoted to head of design for the company a year earlier and stayed in that position for decades. His artwork graced the covers of many magazines over the years, but it was his work for MITSUKOSHI and MITSUKOSHI TIMES and O^SAKA MITSUKOSHI that began his design career. We are offering here a group of issues of those magazines, most with his brilliant cover art. The magazines, as a form of trade catalog and guide to fashion for the well-heeled clientele of Mitsukoshi department store, were intrinsically ephemeral. They are hefty magazines, a vade mecum for the bon ton, with pictures of summer frocks, kimono fabrics, morning coats, shoes - with instructions on how they should be cleaned, stored, worn. With pictures and prices and order sheets. Useful and used, then thrown away, they are seldom found today. A gathering of this size is quite unusual, especially as it begins with issues of MITSUKOSHI TIMES from 1908 - the year that Hisui took over design reponsibilities for the house organ. The issues: MITSUKOSHI TIMES 11 issues from 1908-13 (Oct & Nov, Meiji 41 {1908}; V.8, #s 4 & 6; V.10, #s 9 & 11; V.11, #s 4, 7, 11 & 14 V.12, #3). MITSUKOSHI 31 issues from 1912-1923 (V.2, #4; V.4 #s 5, 6, 7 & 8; V.5 #s 4, 5, 7 & 8; V.6 #s 2 & 11; V.7 #s 6, 7 & 8; V.8, #s 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7; V.9 #s 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 12; V.10 #s 4, 6 & 12; V.11 #11`; V.12 #3; V.13 #6). O^SAKA MITSUKOSHI 2 issues, V.4, Fine Stock number: 88457.
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Imprint: 1900 [DESIGN]. MIYAKO SOMENISHIKI Tsurukame. N.P., N.D. [Kyoto?, c. 1900] 23.5 x 16 cm. Printed title on the cover. String-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. One of several different works with the same title from the turn of the century, this collection of 60 kimono designs is extremely well-printed. The "Tsurukame" volume here presented does not have a colophon but appears to be complete. Other designers from the series include Furuya Ko^rin, but these designs may not be his as they appear more delicate than his usual bold designs in vivid colors. The covers are a bit worn, but the impressions and colors are excellent. A lovely, if a bit mysterious, example of the genre. Stock number: 84845.
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Imprint: 1904 [DESIGN] Mizuta Seiko, artist. MIZU NO NAGARE. Kyoto: Honda Unkindo, Meiji 37 [1904]. Oblong folio, ribbon-bound printed wrappers, 25.5 x 36.8 cm. An interesting Neo-Rimpa design book in large format comprised of 11 color woodcuts, well conceived and extremely well printed. The overall condition is very good, as are the impressions. Very unusual work. In a custom clasped chitsu case., Very Good Stock number: 85272.
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Imprint: 1987 [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto, Unsodo, Showa 62 [1987]. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. 3 volumes. Doubtless one of the finest design books of all time, this exquisite suite of 60 double page color printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using opaque and metallic inks to produce a sumptuous surface. This is the most recent re-strike from the original blocks, done by the original printer, Unsodo. The condition is like new. In the publisher's original shipping box, brocade-covered clasped chitsu with printed paper title label and dustwrappers on each volume. Obviously, only a pale reflection of the original work, nonetheless modern Unsodo's still considerable skills have succeeded in creating a work that has considerable merit in its own right and captures the design genius of Sekka in his original medium of artistic expression, the color woodcut. Three volumes, complete:, Fine Stock number: 87881.
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Imprint: 1909 [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA, artist. MOMOYOGUSA. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 42-43 [1909-10]. 30.1 X 22.5 cm. 3 volumes. Most consider it the finest Japanese design book of all time, this exquisite suite of 60 double page color printed woodblocks is printed and overprinted using opaque and metallic inks to produce a sumptuous surface. This is from an early printing, before cracks had widened in the printing blocks. The condition is very good, with only a bit of the gutter fading and metallic ink transfer common to this work. Definitely one of the cleaner copies internally that we have seen. The exteriors have been restored and show the signs of old chipping away of the overlay paper but the original title labels are still present. The paper overlays are very fragile and so they almost always have at least some problems of condition. In a contemporary supplied clasped chitsu box. A beautiful copy of this cornerstone of 20th century design. Complete., Very Good Stock number: 87951.
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Imprint: 1935 [DESIGN] Kawarasaki Koto. Monyo HANA NO SHIORI. Kyoto, Uchida Bijutsu, Showa 9, 10 [1934,5]. 3 vols., 36.5 x 24.5 cm, orihon folding album in printed paper over board covers, printed paper title labels. Each volume profusely illustrated in lovely, delicately printed color woodblocks, 2 designs per page. Each volume has 25 pages of prints, 75 all together, thus 150 designs. Very good impressions, printed in subtle color. A few tissue guards and a few designs have faint pencil drawings for design modifications, else internally clean and good. The book covers are a bit soiled, stained and rubbed. All are housed in the original, worn, publisher's clasped chitsu case. An appealing copy, complete, and in good condition overall., Good Stock number: 87847.
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Imprint: 1901 [DESIGN] YOSHII Seisen, designer. NATORI-GUSA Ichi, Ni. Kyoto: Honda Unkindo, Meiji 36 [1901]. 25.5 x 18 cm., string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, printed title on printed covers. The first 60 images from a series of kimono designs by Seisen, published by the important design house, Unkindo. HANAKURABE by Seisen was shown in the design book exhibition, done at Stanford, catalogued in ZUANCHO IN KYOTO. The Unkindo catalog from 1902 indicates that, though this work was slated to run to three volumes, only one had been published by then. The 1915 Unsodo catalog does not include the title so it is unclear whether volume three was ever finished. With beautifully printed color woodblock prints. Very good condition, some cover wear. fine impressions and colors., Fine Stock number: 88351.
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Imprint: 1906 [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. NIHON JOSO 7 vols. Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 39 [1906]. 26.3 x 18.7 cm. String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title labels. An interesting visual history of women's fashion in traditional Japan. The b+w woodblock prints were supervised by the master himself, Kamisaka Sekka. A good impression, some cover soiling, in very good condition overall. Complete., Very Good Stock number: 87918.
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Imprint: 1738 [DESIGN] ONNA SHOREISHU^, Vols. 1-5. {Genbun 3 [1738]}. 27.5 x 19.3cm O^bon, String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji. Original covers, remains of original title slips on three of the volumes. The Genbun edition originally consisted of seven volumes in six books, so here the sixth book is missing. Compares identically to the Boston MFA copy of the Genbun edition. The set is a very important guide to feminine roles and responsibilities. There are place settings, banquet layouts, travel customs, etc., etc. Everything the high-born lady would need to know. The 14 page section of images of kimono designs in volume one represented the first such design publication in Japan when it first appeared in Manji 3 [1660]. The illustrations have sometimes been attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu but there is no convincing proof of that save the style, which is reminiscent of his work. Our copy has worn covers, but the interior is quite good, in good impression. An important and very scarce work, usually only fragments are found, a volume here or there. In a custom clasped chitsu case., Good Stock number: 88695.
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Imprint: 1915 [DESIGN] Saikasha. SAIKA. Tokyo 1924-9. 30 issues bound into 10 volumes (out of 36 issues bound in 12 volumes). Significant run of the SAIKA series which captured Japanese and Asian design in all its manifestations - objects, utensils. fabrics, rugs, architectural elements, lacquerware, cloisonnee etc., etc. There is a total of approximately 500 plates, of which about 100 are color woodblock printed and another dozen or so are color collotypes and color lithographs. The remainder are collotypes and offset. An interesting series, from the reference library of the Mitsukoshi Department Store. Two of the volumes are disbound with a few plates missing, but they have the original covers. Sold with all faults, and priced accordingly. Unusual set. Stock number: 85761.
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Imprint: 1960 [DESIGN]. SAIKOKYU MIRAAKOOTO-KAMI TOPPAN-ZURI OODAMATCHI MIHONCHO NP, ND [Japan, 1960s?]. 16.3 X 24.5 cm. Leatheroid covers, 23 pages of 5.5 x 8 cm designs for matchbox covers, done in a "mirrorcoat" process of relief printing. One sample clipped for color matching. The back covers is loosening. Overall, a good copy of this very scarce and ephemeral catalogue., Good Stock number: 86884.
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Imprint: 1939 [PRINT ALBUM] Takeuchi SEIHO. SEIHO IPPINSHU. Kyoto & Tokyo, Unsodo, Showa 12 - 14 [1937 - 9]. 53.2 cm x 42.7 cm. The first series, complete with all 31 prints which were issued in two formats: (1) ten paper fascicules and also (2) tassel-bound by the publisher in brocade covers in book form. Our copy in the latter book form retains the original printed title label ["SEIHO'S MASTERWORKS"], with new brocade covers. In his catalogue of the recent NYPL ehon exhibition, Roger Keyes devotes quite a bit of attention to this work, which he quotes Jack Hillier as naming "one of the most magnificent printing achievements of the twentieth century." Most sets were destroyed, as were the blocks, when the printer's studio in Tokyo burned during the war, making the IPPINSHU very nearly a lost masterpiece complete. Given the circumstances of its creation and destruction, it is assumed that there was but one printing. There are 18 woodcuts, double oban in size, as well as 13 other prints done in collotype, lithography and experimental combinations - all the most advanced techniques of the time are lovingly employed to capture Seiho's art. Though the interleaved tissue is occasionally browned and stained, the prints themselves are for the most part bright and clean, without the foxing usually found with this work. A very important collection and a rarity, complete. All enclosed in a custom clasped chitsu case. Stock number: 88440.
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Imprint: 1904 [DESIGN] Shimomura Tamahiro, designer. SEKAI SARASA 2 vols. Kyoto, Unkindo^, 22.3 x 31.3 cm., Meiji 37 [1904]. 2 vols., Tassel-bound in decorated paper covers, fukuro-toji. 27 full page color woodcut plates of cotton chintz designs from around the world. Nicely printed, very good condition., Very Good Stock number: 84625.
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Imprint: 1907 [DESIGN] Kondo Ryuko. SEKAI SARASA 2 vols. Kyoto, Unkindo, 22.3 x 31.3 cm., Meiji 40 [1907]. 2 vols., Tassel-bound in decorated paper covers, fukuro-toji. 27 full page color woodcut plates of cotton chintz designs from around the world. Covers show light wear at edges. Nicely printed, very good condition. Pencil ownership, an ink stamp, and a library pocket on inside front cover of each volume. Appears to be identical in every respect to the set of the same title published 3 years earlier, which credits the important designer Shimomura Tamahiro. Could Ryuko and Tamahiro be the same person? There must be a story here. In any event a lovely book published by the important Unkindo., Very Good Stock number: 87181.
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Imprint: 1903 [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. Senshoku Zuan KAIRO (ONE HUNDRED PATTERNS OF WAVES). Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 36 [1903]. 36.4 x 24.7 cm. It appears that the 2 pages of prefatory material of the original edition of 1902 have here been replaced in the orihon folding album version by two more pages of color woodblock designs, making 35 pages of design in all. Woodblock- printed designs after waves, conceived by Sekka when he was on board ship on his way back from Europe. The printed covers are quite worn and a bit "skinned" and the paper internally a bit browned but overall a good copy of this scarce classic by Sekka., Good Stock number: 87699.
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Imprint: 1903 [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. Senshoku Zuan KAIRO (ONE HUNDRED PATTERNS OF WAVES). Kyoto, Unsodo, Meiji 36 [1903]. 36.4 x 24.7 cm. It appears that the 2 pages of prefatory material of the original edition of 1902 have here been replaced in the orihon folding album version by two more pages of color woodblock designs, making 35 pages of design in all. Woodblock- printed designs after waves, conceived by Sekka when he was on board ship on his way back from Europe. The printed covers are quite worn and a bit "skinned" and the paper internally very slightly browned but overall a good copy of this scarce classic by Sekka., Good Stock number: 87763.
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Imprint: 1914 [DESIGN] TSUJI Sho^kyo^, editor. SENSHOKU TAIKAN Some no Bu 1-3. Kyoto, Taisho 3 [1914]. 9 7/8" X 7 1/8". "Encyclopedia of Dyeing and Weaving, Dyeing Section" 3 volumes. Illustrated designs in color wooblock prints, by the premium art publisher of the 20th century in Japan. A beautiful set in very good impression and colors, The covers are rubbed, else good condition., Good Stock number: 87845.
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Imprint: 1901 [DESIGN BOOK] Kamisaka SEKKA [Yoshitaka]. SHIKISHI. Kyoto: Tanaka jihei, Meiji 34 [1901]. 2 folios, each 31.2 x 21.5 cm. Volume one has 2 color prints and 30 b+w sumi prints, volume two has 30 b+w sumi prints. An interesting design book of subtlety. The covers are quite worn and stained and there is some internal wear and spotting as well. But overall a good early printing. Cord-bound fukuro-toji Japanese style with the title printed on the covers. Complete., Good Stock number: 84030.
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Imprint: 1934 [DESIGN] TANI Chiyuki, designer. Shinshu KATTO ZUANSHU. Matsuki Shoten, Tokyo, Showa 9 [1934]. Large 8vo. in decorated paper over boards binding, 78 pp. of Deco b+w "cuts" as used in advertising at the time. Very good condition throughout., Very Good Stock number: 88522.
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Imprint: 1815 [DESIGN] Matsuoka Tokikata; Honma Hyakuri. SHOKUMON ZUE. 7 vols., privately published by Hyakuri, apparently from 1815-25, as a completion of work begun by Tokikata in the late 18th, very early 19th century. 19.3 x 26.9 cm, string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji with printed paper title labels - all bindings match. Hundreds of beautiful color textile designs, reproduced in color woodcut. Nobleman, Ladies, Ceremonial dress, Brocades, Imperial costumes, all are covered. Important and quite scarce, as few sets were produced. Some worming, otherwise the overall condition is very good., Very Good Stock number: 83256.
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Imprint: 1933 [DESIGN] FUJII Tatsukichi, designer. SOSAKU SENSHOKU ZUANSHU. [A Collection of Designs for Dyework] Tokyo & Osaka: Bungado, Showa 8 [1933]. Large portfolio, 41 x 31 cm., decorative cloth covered clasped chitsu case with a printed decorative label, all enclosed in the publisher's folding cardboard outer box. A 4 page fascicle of preliminaries and a table of contents. With the chitsu design, the cover design, 3 preliminary page designs and 61 designs on the 50 content fascicles. The designs are primarily in color woodcut, printed on both paper and, occasionally, cloth. A beautiful production, fine overall, though the outer box is worn.. Fujii Tatsukichi (1881-1964) was one of the most important reformers of the traditional arts in Japan. His creativity touched nearly every area: lacquer, pottery, papermaking, dyeing - his influence was enormous. This scarce and lovely portfolio of his original designs helps to illustrate why he was so important. This deluxe production cost 25 yen in 1933 - a princely sum during the depths of the Depression in Japan. Complete., Fine Stock number: 88037.
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Imprint: 1933 [DESIGN] NAITO Ryoji. SOSHOKU KATTO GASHU. Tokyo, Sosaku Zuan Kankokai, Showa 8 [1933]. Western bound in incised leatheroid over boards. 26.8 x 19.5 cm. 78 b+w images, mostly full page of "Decorative Cuts" drawing on the female form - flappers, vamps and decadent androgynous beauties in many roles, pirates, a cowgirl, a nun, etc., etc. Ero-guro meets Beardsley. Very good condition in the original publisher's slipcase. Very unusual, showing a different side of the decorative impulse in the Japanese 1930s., Very Good Stock number: 87769.
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Imprint: 1925 [DESIGN] Shimomura TAMAHIRO. TAMAHIRO GASHU. Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo, Taisho 14 [1925]. Single sheets cord-bound into illustrated boards with a printed paper title label. 36.2 X 25.3 cm. There are 16 pages of color woodblock printed designs and 30 pages of b+w collotypes. One of the hybrid design books that Unsodo created in the 20s and 30s. Very clean and bright in the original publisher's slipcase. A very unusual and late effort by Tamahiro [1878-1926], an important Unsodo designer who began his work for them at the turn of the century. Even more unusual in such lovely original condition. Complete. Stock number: 87751.
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Imprint: 1937 [DESIGN MAGAZINE]. TEIKOKU KOGEI Vol.11, #12. Tokyo, Showa 12 [1937]. 25.7 x 19 cm. Decorated wrappers. Interesting articles on contenporary art and design.... furniture, fashion, kitchenware, graphics, etc., etc. The dominant sensibility is Deco throughout. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. Very good., Very Good Stock number: 87225.
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Imprint: 1965 [DESIGN]. TOPPAN 65. NP [Japan, 1964]. 18.7 X 27.5 cm. 2p + 44pp. Very interesting salesman's sample book of designs for matchbox labels. Stiff wrappers. Relief printed designs for washi papers. Over 200 designs for 8.5 x 5.5 and 3.7 x 5.5 cm sizes. 8 paper samples. Overall, a good copy with a torn cover of this very scarce and ephemeral catalogue., Good Stock number: 86879.
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Imprint: 1902 [DESIGN] Furuya Korin, designer. UNKA SHU. Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, Meiji 35 [1902]. 2 vols. [Jo,Ge]. Each volume, 24.2 x 16.4 cm, string-bound Japanese style, fukuro-toji. Design-printed paper covers. Korin was a neo- Rimpa designer of considerable importance who did a lot of work for Unsodo. Each of the two volumes of cloud designs includes ten pages of color printed abstract cloud images and 30 pages of black & white woodcuts. Good impressions throughout, the volumes are internally in very good condition, though the covers are soiled. The set:, Very Good Stock number: 87842.
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Imprint: 1934 [DESIGN] Kamisaka SEKKA. UTA-E Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo, Showa 9 [1934]. 1 volume, 31 x 22 cm, cloth, ribbon bound covers, paper label. 25 color full page images after designs by Sekka. As Sekka's last work, it crowns his remarkable career with a lovely evocation of Koetsu's Saga-bon. (For more on this important work, see Hillier's description on p.976 of the second volume of his ART OF THE JAPANESE BOOK.) The condition is a bit better than average, with relatively little of the offsetting from the prints to the poems that is usual in this book. Slight foxing and slight edgewear. The printing is very good, the colors lovely. It is a very good copy overall. Housed in the original, professionally repaired, chitsu case with title label that shows general soiling all over and is lacking its clasps. One volume (complete):, Very Good Stock number: 84906.
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Imprint: 1902 [DESIGN] KADOKAWA Keishu^, designer. YACHIGUSA Maki no Shichi. Suso Moyo^ no Bu. Kyoto, Honda Unkindo^. Meiji 35 [1902]. 25 x 17.8 cm., string- bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, title label printed directly on the patterned covers. Part 7 of a series of kimono designs, published by the important design house, Unkindo^. This one is done for the "skirt design" section. For more on this genre of design volumes, see the recent catalogue of the design book exhibition, done at Stanford, ZUANCHO^ IN KYOTO. With 30 beautifully printed color woodblock prints. Very good condition, fine impressions and colors., Fine Stock number: 84691.
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Imprint: 1902 [DESIGN] UENO Seiko, designer. YACHIGUSA Maki no Kyu. Kyoto, Honda Unkindo. Meiji 35 [1902]. 25 x 17.8 cm., string-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji, printed paper title label, printed covers. Part 9 of the 15 volume series of kimono designs by Seiko, published by the important design house, Unkindo. For more on these volumes, see the recent catalogue of the design book exhibition, done at Stanford, ZUANCHO IN KYOTO [pp. 26 & 34]. With 30 beautifully printed color woodblock prints. Good condition, fine impressions and colors., Fine Stock number: 86412.
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Imprint: 1918 [DESIGN] ODA Kazuma, artist and designer. O^YO^ ZUAN Gekkan Dai-ichi- go. Tokyo, Papiyon Zuansha, Taisho^ 7 [1918]. Folio-sized wrappers, 34.5 x 24.2 cm. This "Practical Design" monthly features the work of Oda Kazuma (1882-1956) in this, its first issue. This issue features articles on the use of electric lights at night for advertising with a note at the end on some recent advertising posters that have appeared. Obviously a periodical by professionals for professionals in the design and advertising world. Not a world one usually thinks of Oda Kazuma belonging to, but here he turns his talents at lithographic printmaking to more practical ends, with sevarl examples of advertising designs and commercial art. Very good condition throughout. Very unusual., Very Good Stock number: 86937.
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Imprint: 1935 [DESIGN] Hishita Matabei. YUSHIKIFU MONYO, 3 vols. Kyoto, Uchida Bijutsu Showa 10 [1935]. Orihon, folding album, printed paper over boards, printed paper title labels. 31.4 x 22.2 cm., Delicate color woodblock printed designs throughout. Paper a bit browned, else very good in the original publisher's clasped chitsu case (w/o clasps). Complete., Very Good Stock number: 88602.
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[DESIGN] FOUR LARGE MANUSCRIPT AND STENCIL ALBUMS OF DESIGN. ZUAN-CHO. 26.5 X 37.8 cm. n.p., n.d. [c. Late Meiji - early Showa era; 1895-1935] This is a working collection of designs, bound into double-sided orihon folding albums in cloth covered board covers, two of which have the remains of hand-brushed titles - "Zuan-cho", one being "nanashu", that is, volume 7. So we know that this is only part of a larger reference library of designs, probably from a textile house, probably from Kyoto. The designs span at least a few decades of stylistic evolution. All told, there are some 888 hand-drawn and/or hand-stenciled patterns mounted on some 413 pages. The designs are individually labeled and numbered in the margins. An astonishingly rich and beautiful compendium of original design art, it is a remarkable resource. Some covers are detached, and a couple of bookblocks are split. The designs are skillfully done, though some show a bit of wear and some occasional soiling, and are in quite good condition overall., Good Stock number: 87684.
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Imprint: 1908 [DESIGN] Nishimura Kichiemon Shoten. ZUAN BUNKO, Dai-ikkan, Dai-chigo. Kyoto, [Meiji 41 {1908}]. Illustrated western-style wrappers, 25.1 x 18.3 cm. 12 full page plates. Two in color woodblock, six in color reproduction (litho?, collotype?), three in grey scale (collotype?) and one photo reproduction. Along with a bit of text, this volume one, number one of a design periodical ("DESIGN LIBRARY") was put out by the Nishimura textile concern at the corner of Sanjo and Teramachi streets. One of a number of ephemeral productions which inscribed the heyday of design development in early 20th century Kyoto. A bit edgeworn with a bent cover corner but overall in very good condition. Fragile and very unusual., Very Good Stock number: 88101.
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Imprint: 1901 [DESIGN] Tsuda SEIFU. ZUANSHU 5 vols. Kyoto: Honda Ichijiro, Meiji 33-4 [1900-1]. 5 [of 8] volumes: We offer volume nos. 1, 4, 5, 6, & 7. Tassel- bound printed paper covers. 25 x 17.7 cm. A series of designs by the young Tsuda Seifu [1880-1978], who became one of the foremost Japanese artists of the 20th century. Each volume has 10 lavishly printed and overprinted designs in color and metallic inks, for a total of 50 images. Superb early impressions of remarkable rarity. About fine save for some slight edgewear., Fine Stock number: 88601.
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Imprint: 1901 [DESIGN] Tsuda SEIFU. ZUANSHU Roku. Kyoto: Honda Ichijiro, Meiji 34 [1901]. Volume 6 of a total of 8 printed. Tassel-bound printed paper covers. 25 x 17.7 cm. A series of designs by the young Tsuda Seifu [1880- 1978], who became one of the foremost Japanese artists of the 20th century. 10 lavishly printed and overprinted designs in color and metallic inks. Any volume is a remarkable rarity. Superb designs by the young Seifu^. Fine save for some slight edgewear., Fine Stock number: 88742.
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[DESIGNS FOR SATSUMA WARE] KINKOZAN. 206 ORIGINAL PAINTINGS. A large portfolio of manuscript images, some 205 approximately 29 x 19.5 cm., and one large folded image about twice that size that is stamped with the seal of the important Kyoto ceramic house Kinkozan. Skillfully done throughout in opaque watercolor, white gofun, metallic and mineral pigments, the drawings capture the complex and intricate patterns of 19th century Kyoto Satsuma ware as designed by perhaps its finest interpreter. Kinkozan Sobei VII (1868-1927) and his studio of some 250 potters, who were the largest producers of Satsuma style wares in Meiji Japan, and among the most skilled. This wonderful group of images illustrates the three dimensional quality of the designs where necessary as they wrap around the pot. They are as lavishly and meticulously achieved as the pots themselves. Many of the drawings have(stock?) numbers as well. This group of drawings could form the basis of an important work of exploration of Kinkozan and the Kyoto potters in the late 19th century. Are there examples of these wonderful designs existing in museums and collections around the world? Were these simply a record of designs as they were produced or were they a "sample book" for orders? In very good condition, the drawings are enclosed in a folding clasped chitsu case., Very Good Stock number: 87366.
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Imprint: 1950 DESPRES, Emile and Milton Friedman, Albert G. Hart, Paul A. Samuelson, Donald H. Wallace. THE PROBLEM OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. Reprinted from American Economic Review, Vol. XL, No. 4, September, 1950. 36 pp.; numbered [2], 506-538. 8vo. Pamphlet format, red paper wrappers, wire saddle stitch. Some underlining and a marginal note in pencil; light soil to wrappers. This is a very good copy. This report, about the problem of economic instability in peacetime in the United States, was prepared by a subcommittee of the Committee on Public Issues of the American Economic Association., Very Good Stock number: 61715.
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Imprint: 1903 DESSAUER, Friedrich & B. Wiesner, hrsg. LEITFADEN DES RONTGENVERFAHRENS. Unter Mitarbeit von Prof. Dr. Hildebrand [et al.] Berlin: Vogel & Kreienbrink, 1903. Illustrated in text with photos, diagrams and figures. Octavo. 303 pp. Original brown cloth sides, skillfully rebacked, with original spine laid-down; original endpapers and replacement fly-leaves. closed edgetear Contemporary ink ownership (N. Hulst 20-12-03) on ffep. The first two text leaves are lightly dust-soiled and have a short closed edgetear; and there are a few pen markings on pp. 72 and 80. The ffep. is trimmed 1/4 in. short at the fore-edge. Nonetheless, it is a solid, mostly clean, and very good copy of this early guide to Rontgen procedures. It contains physical and technical data on different diagnostic procedures and chapters on medical application, including radio- therapy. Dessauer, a physicist, was one of the founders of deep therapy and the first to put it on a scientific basis. The other contributors to this volume are Prof. Dr. A. Hoffa, Prof. Dr. A. Hoffmann, Dr. Guido Holzknecht, Dr. Heinrich Kraft, Dr. H. Metzner, Dr. Carl Mohilla, Dr. Streb., Good Stock number: 77786.
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Imprint: 1936 (DETMOLD, E.J.). FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS Retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' Translation of Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques" by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell. Illustrated by E.J. Detmold. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, (1936). Fourth printing. 4to, green cloth stamped in gilt. With 12 beautiful tipped-in color plates. The spine is somewhat faded, else a lovely copy. Stock number: 79597.
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Imprint: 1938 DEUCHER, Sybil & WHEELER, Opal. GIOTTO TENDED THE SHEEP. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1938). First edition. Illustrated by Dorothy Bayley. 96 pp. 4to., red cloth printed in blue to upper board and spine. Very light foxing to end pages and sunning to bottom edge of upper board, else fine in lightly foxed dust jacket., Fine Stock number: 57216.
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Imprint: 1919 DEUTSCH, Babette. BANNERS. New York: George H. Doran Co., (1919.) First edition of the author's first book, signed by Deutsch. 8vo., white paper- backed with white paper labels. Some fraying on top and bottom of spine. Denting of spine. Some soiling and sunning at extremes. This copy of the authors first book is just good in a soiled white dj chipped at the spine., Good Stock number: 39918.
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Imprint: 1926 DEUTSCH, Babette. A BRITTLE HEAVEN. New York: Greenberg, Publisher, (1926). First edition. Octavo. [viii],326 pp. Blue textured cloth, title printed in white top spine and upper board, with author's facsimile signature to upper board. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown, but no other marks. A fine copy except for negligible wear to cloth at heel, crown, and corners, in a good-plus dust jacket, with an illustration by Tishler on the top panel. It is genarlly soiled and edgeworn, with a large chip at heel. Nonetheles, it is a scarce title with dust jacket. Laid-in at the front is a contemporary review, by Dorothy Van Doren, clipped from the New York Herald Tribune., Good Stock number: 75369.
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Imprint: 1952 DEUTSCH, Babette. POETRY IN OUR TIME. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1952). First edition. Inscribed presentation by the author along with three short, typed letters and replies. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt. Ink ownership. Near fine, in a dj sunned at spine, nicked at edges, with one chip at top of spine., Fine Stock number: 39920.
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Imprint: 1953 (DEUTSCH, Babette, et al). VARIED HARVESTS. A Miscellany of Writings by Barnard College Women. Edited by Amy Loveman, Frederica Barach and Marjorie M. Mayer. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1953). Contributor Helen Puner's copy, with ink ownerhsip and material from author laid in. First edition. 8vo., blue cloth. Slight soiling at boards. Else, near fine, in worn, price-clipped dust jacket. With contributions from Babette Deutsch, Margeret Mead, Helen Gahagan Douglas and Winnifred Welles, among others., Fine Stock number: 42060.
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(FASHION, MEN'S - 19TH CENTURY). DEVERE, Louis and James H. Chappell, eds. THE GENTLEMAN'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF FASHION, AND COSTUMES DE PARIS. Philadelphia: James H. Chappell, December, 1852 (- October, 1861). An incomplete run, 53 issues spanning eight years. Beautifully illustrated with a total of 111 hand-colored men's fashion plates, including 4 double fold-out plates and 13 triple fold-out plates, and another 122 pattern plates, which are printed in line on thin paper. The issues are incomplete and spotty, and partially disbound - lacking backstips, with boards detached - in two quarto volumes. Vol. 1 is a little uneven and some plates have notations on the reverse. Vol. 2 is internally quite clean and attractive. The effort expended to save and organize these issues when they were originally bound, probably around the time of publication, is still justified; they offer an interesting and varied survey of mid nineteenth-century men's costume, with practical information on their manufacture. Nineteenth Century publications devoted to men's fashion are rare. Stock number: 85580.
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Binding: Paperback DEVIGNE, Roger. LE LEGENDAIRE DES PROVINCES FRANCAISES. Paris: Horizon de France [n.d.]. Large 8vo., wrappers, illustrated, untrimmed. Sun to wraps; a very good copy else., Very Good Stock number: 71523.
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Imprint: 1980 DEVINE DESIGN. (ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING SOLUTIONS). Kansas City/Montreal: Devine Design [n.d. c. 1980s]. 4to., boards, illustrated. Slightly rubbed and bumped; very good. Product catalogue., Very Good Stock number: 70164.
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Imprint: 1936 Stock number: 47034.
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