Paris: Libraire Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 1926. Folio: 77, [6], 60 plates. Poor. Bound in original tan paper wraps with gilt titling to spine. Wraps age-toned with minor damp staining to spine, splits at head and tail of spine, and bumping to edges and corners. An ex-library copy with usual markings, including call number label to tail of spine, stamps to front free endpaper. Text block uncut, lightly age-toned and moderately foxed, complete but nearly detached from spine. Text block edges bumped. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Paris: Ecole Francis D'Extreme-Orient, 1959. Publications de l'École Française d'Extrême-Orient, Volume XLI. Text volume only. Quarto: xi, 329 pages + 9 figures, 3 folding maps, and 15 folding figures. Very good. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; light shelf wear. Original paper wraps bound in. Ex-library copy with usual markings: call number label to tail of spine, library bookplate to front paste-down, and call number in pencil to verso of title page; Text block age-toned. SH consignment. More

Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1915. Quarto, xv, 174, 36 pages. In Very Good condition. Rebound in quarter leather with gilt titling and ornamentation to spine and rust-colored cloth boards. Light wear and fraying to corners of boards. Text block moderately age-toned with scattered foxing. Numerous black and white illustrations. SH Consignment. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Calcutta; Simla: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1912-1931. Folios. Eight volumes of the Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India, covering the years 1908-9 (vi, 231, iv), 1912-1913 ([2], vi, [2], 181, iii, [1]), 1913-1914 ([2], vi, [5], 311, iii, [1]), 1921-1922 ([4], iii, [1], iii, [1], 241, XL numbered plates), 1923-1924 ([2], x, 238, XLIII numbered plates), 1925-1926 ([2], xv, 306, LXIX numbered plates), 1926-1927 ([2], xiii, 249, XLVIII numbered plates), and 1927-1928 ([2], xiii, 206, LVII numbered plates). Good to poor. Bound in contemporary blue cloth with gold titling and ornamentation to spines and front boards. 1908-1909 and 1912-1913 volumes in Good condition, with moderate sunning and shelf wear to bindings, age-toning and foxing to text blocks. Later volumes with more significant flaws, including significant insect damage, detached (but present) signatures, significant loss to spines, yellowed adhesive, and detached front board (1927-1928 volume). Please see images for additional details of condition. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Los Angeles: UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1985. Quarto, 204, [4] pages. Very good+. Bound in black cloth with silver titling to front board and spine. Light marking to lower edge of front board; Light marking to boards; Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs; color photographs through first 32 pages. Text block very slightly age-toned. SH consignment. More

London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1928. First Edition. Octavo, 291 pages + 4 pages of advertisements. Good. Bound in contemporary grey cloth with black lettering to spine and gilt ornamentation to front board. Spine sunned; Original gold lettering to spine has been traced in black felt-tipped pen; Moderate fraying to edges and corners of binding; Boards marked; Corners bumped; Inscription to title page; Upper fore-edge corner of text block bumped; Several small closed tears to fore-edge margin of List of Illustrations; Text block age-toned; 15 pages of black and white illustrations and folding map. SH consignment. More

Taipei: Ch'ing-wen Publishing, 1966. Later (1977) printing of 1966 reissue of the original work published between 1914 and 1938. XIII volumes in five books. Small octavos: xxi, 320, [3] pages; xxv, 321-736, [1], pages + folding plate; xxxiv, 716, [3] pages; xx, 178, [1] pages; viii, iv, 261, [2] pages; all volumes profusely illustrated with black and white plates. Very good. Bound in contemporary full green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Spines slightly tuned and shelf-worn; Bindings lightly marked and bumped; text blocks somewhat age-toned and slightly foxed with occasional light bumping to text block edges. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1923. Limited edition: #19/585. Folios, Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Quarter bound in contemporary brown calf with green cloth-covered boards and gilt titling to spines and front boards. Heads and tails of spines and joints somewhat rubbed and chipped. Edges and corners of boards are bumped and fraying. Text block moderately age toned. Bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Text block edges gilt. Text in French. Vol. I. (511 pages, [1] plus plates I-XXXVI, color frontispiece, and one additional color plate) – Vol. II. (509, [3], 138 pages plus plates XXXVII-LXX, color frontispiece, and one additional color plate, as well as 4-page booklet of corrections present but not bound in). SH Consignment. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Tokyo: The Kokka Publishing Company, 1909 [Meiji 42]. Folio, [14], 16 pages + 73 plates (one color, remainder black and white). Very good-/Fair. Housed in white cloth-covered case with plain edges and paper label pasted to front board. Cloth worn and discolored with large tear to front lower right corner; Fraying to head of spine and to closures. Stab binding with paper wraps; Light bumping to edges and corners; Text block somewhat age-toned. Text in Japanese and English. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Cleveland and New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art and Yale University Press, 1923. Limited edition. One of 300 copies. Folio, 80 pages + 145 black and white plates. Good+. Quarter bound in contemporary brown cloth with paper label pasted to head of spine and paper-covered boards. Moderate fraying and fading to head and tail of spine; Boards rubbed and chipped; Corners bumped; Paper covering boards age-toned. Text block age-toned with small tears and chips to front free endpapers. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Kyoto: Hozokan, 1958. Monumenta Serindica Volume I. Quarto, [10], 87 + [280] pages, including 8 black and white plates. Very good. Bound in contemporary full grey cloth with silver lettering to spine; Edges and corners of boards, head and tail of spine lightly rubbed and frayed; Text block with light+ age-toning. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Bruxelles: Musée Royal d' Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 1933. Large quarto, 222 pages + 181 black and white in-text illustrations and 91 black and white photographic plates with tissue guards. Very good. Bound in full red cloth with black painted label bearing gilt text; Spine somewhat sunned; Light marking and staining to boards; light bumping to edges and corners of boards; Original paper wraps bound in; Ink inscription to title page; Text block age-toned; Tissue guards age-toned and somewhat foxed. Introductory volume only of a four-volume set published between 1933 and 1939. Text in French. SH consignment. This is an oversized item and may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Publishing, 1965. First edition. Folio, [16], 110 numbered color plates, 101 pages of text.Very good/Good-. White dust jacket with black lettering on spine. Dust jacket with large open tear along lower rear edge, along with general shelf wear and rubbing to edges and corners; corner cut. Edges of text pages age-toned. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Weltevreden: Java-Instituut & G. Kolff & Co., 1926. Quarto, vii, [1], 172 pages. Good. Recent white cloth spine over tan paper covered boards. Head and tail of spine chipped; Edges of boards rubbed; Boards age-toned, foxed, and marked; Endpapers age-toned and foxed; Text block pages slightly age-toned; Binding significantly shaken; Errata slip tipped in. Previous owner's name (B Altena?) on title page. SH consignment. More

London: Lund Humphries, 1970. First edition. Two volumes: "Genre and Ukiyo-e school (excluding Hokusai and his school and Hiroshige)" and "Hokusai and his school and Hiroshige". Quartos, xi, [1], 184 pages; vi, [185]-363 pages. Very good+. Bound in brown cloth with gilt text to spines. Housed in matching brown cloth slip case with light+ bumping and fraying to corners. Both volumes with very light bumping at corners of boards, heads and tails of spines; Text block edges gilt; Profusely illustrated in black and white with laid-in color plates. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

Tokyo and Palo Alto: Kodansha International, 1968. First edition. Folio, 308 pages. Very good/Very good-; Pictorial dust jacket with black background and red lettering (faded on spine). With cardboard slipcase bearing orange printed label, somewhat sunned at left edge, with moderate bumping to corners. Dust jacket with light+ shelf wear, including general light scuffing; fading to spine, bumping to head and tail of spine and lower corners of boards. Boards bumped at lower corners; Text block with light creasing to corners and light age-toning. Copiously illustrated, mostly in black and white with some color illustrations. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More

New York: Japan Society Gallery, 1981. Folio, 122, 44 pages. Very good+/Good+. Pictorial dust jacket with grey spine and black lettering; Housed in grey paper slip case with minor shelf wear. Jacket with 3.5-inch closed tear to head of spine, general light shelf wear, and a few small stains; Copiously illustrated. SH consignment. This is an oversized item which may require additional postage; please inquire for rates. More