TAKEDA, Narajiro. Misebaya. 12 leaves showing 24 plates. Folio, 355 x 245 mm., publisher's decorated fabric binding in cloth chitsu case. Kyoto: Daimaru Gohukuten, 1911.
A spectacular album of kimono designs, and also a perfect example of the unrivalled quality of Japanese woodblock printing.
OCLC lists only the National Diet Library.
Item nr. 171835
Price: $2,850.00
GOTO, Hakuzan. Jidai Shokubutsu Somegire Kagami. 4 volumes, with 127 mounted fabric samples. Small folio, 286 x 213 mm., publisher's cloth. N.p.: [ca. 1956-1957].
The mounted fabric samples are notable for the delicacy of the colours which are almost all in pastel shades. Presumably produced in a small quantity. In fine.....
Item nr. 171834
Price: $1,500.00
INOKUMA, Asamaro. Yusoku Genji Kagami. 2 volumes containing a total of 54 colour woodcuts. Oblong folio, 265 x 350 mm., in publisher's boards and a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Kondo Happodo, 1931.
These two volumes comprise an extraordinary collection of exquisite design plates, which are also masterpieces of the printmaker's art.....
Item nr. 171814
Price: $4,750.00
KIMONO DESIGNS. Gofuku Komon Mihon cho. 836 mounted designs. Folio, 315 x 120 mm., contemporary wrappers, in a new chitsu case. N.p.: [ca. 1870-1890].
A stunning collection of original designs for kimonos with a manuscript title-page. Contrary to the usual collections of kimono designs which tend to dazzle with their opulent.....
Item nr. 171812
Price: $15,000.00
GYOKURIN, Hiratsuka. Hiratsukaha yamatomoyo. 2 volumes, each with 5 woodblock plates. Folio, 369 x 255 mm., publisher's decorated wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Miyata Toyamado, 1899.
A truly spectacular collection of kimono designs, which once again demonstrate the incredible artistic creativity involved in the craft, and also the unparalleled.....
Item nr. 171808
Price: $2,500.00
NAKAMURA, Gyokushu. Miyama no shiori. 2 volumes. Each with 26 plates. 8vo, 251 x 160 mm., publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Honda Unkindo, 1901.
A truly stunning collection of design plates, distinguished by a distinct modernist sensibility.
Extremely rare with OCLC listing only the Wolfsonian and National Diet Library.....
Item nr. 171803
Price: $4,750.00
NAKAMURA, Gyokushu. Moyo Bijutsu Binran. 50 plates on 25 leaves. 8vo, 178 x 110 mm., publisher's wrappers in a new chitsu case. Mie: Yamanaka, Heisuke, 1889.
A charming little book, in which the bottom third of each of the 50 plates depicts a kimono, and the top third is divided in.....
Item nr. 171794
Price: $2,250.00
KOSEN, Yamashita. Hanagata. 4 volumes, each with 20 double-sided plates. Folio, 365 x 232 mm., publisher's wrappers. Kyoto: Miyata Toyamado, 1899-1900.
A complete set of this spectacular collection of kimono designs, many with a modernist sensibility. Slight wear to the wrappers, but internally immaculate.
OCLC lists Columbia, Stanford, Yale, LC, Harvard, Virginia.....
Item nr. 171793
Price: $8,500.00
KORIN, Furuya. Korin moyo. 2 volumes. With 13 and 12 double-page woodcut plates. 8vo, 250 x 180 mm., publisher's wrappers in a recent chitsu case. Kyoto-shi : Unsodo, 1907.
A truly spectacular collection of design plates by this important Rimpa artist. The work was primarily intended for inspiration in the manufacture.....
Item nr. 171784
Price: $3,750.00
JAPANESE TEXTILES. A collection of 521 original designs for Japanese textiles. Various sizes, laid on sheets in a folio album, 297 x 190 mm., in a modern silk chitsu case. N.p.: n.d.
An extraordinary collection of original designs exhibiting the highest quality of draughtsmanship and a truly remarkable artistic sensibility. The.....
Item nr. 171782
Price: $15,000.00
SEKKA, Kamisaka. Betsugonomi kyozome miyako no omokage. 27 double-side leaves of plates. 8vo, 239 x 155 mm., original wrappers in a new chitsu case. Kyoto-shi : Tanaka Jihe : Bunkyudo zohan, 1890.
An early work from Sekka, who was truly an exceptional master of design. The first two plates each show.....
Item nr. 171781
Price: $1,500.00
GYOKKO, Shimomura. Genroku furyu Meiji-buri. 2 volumes, each with 16 double page plates. Folio, 328 x 225 mm., original boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Honda Ichijiro, 1905.
A stunningly beautiful collection of plates depicting artfully displayed kimonos.
OCLC lists FIT, Stanford, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Item nr. 171779
Price: $4,750.00
KIMURA, Gyokusen. Saisho shitsu. 48 plates, of which 24 are kimonos and 24 are designs. 300 x 218 mm. N.p.: Happodo, n.d.
A stunning collection of designs by Gyokusen Kimura. The 24 plates showing the kimonos are spectacular. The silk covering of the boards is worn, but the book is internally.....
Item nr. 171778
Price: $2,850.00
Tokyo. Teishitsu Hakabutsukan [Imperial Museum]. Shokumon Ruisan. [Historical textiles compiled by the Imperial Museum]. 10 volume corpus with 1,034 superb color woodblock plates with tissue guards, some printed in metallic inks. 4tos, 253 x 182 mm., wrappers laid into two chitsu cases. Tokyo: Yorindo, 1892.
A splendid set of this monumental.....
Item nr. 171764
Price: $25,000.00
JAPANESE DESIGN. Juraku Cho. 3 volumes, illustrated with a total of 90 colour and monochrome woodblock plates. Oblong folio, 270 x 390 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1934.
A spectacular series of designs with superb colour woodblock plates, with each volume devoted.....
Item nr. 165341
Price: $3,750.00
AMMOSOV, M.V. O Zheleznodorozhnom Transporte SSSR. 154 pp., profusely illustrated with photographs, photomontages and maps. Oblong folio, publisher's cloth with silver spine, and original slipcase. Moscow: Transzheldorizdat, 1935.
One of the finest Russian Constructivist photobooks. Designed by Nikolai Troshin it is a brilliant combination of photomontage and clever use of photography.....
Item nr. 171771
Price: $12,500.00
CHERNIKHOV, Yakov. Osnovy sovremennoj architektury: eksperimental'no-issledovatel'skie raboty / J.G. Tchernikhov - Les bases de l'architecture contemporaine: essai de recherches expérimentales / J.G.Tschérnikhow - Die Grundlagen der modernen Architektur: erfahrungsmässige - experimentelle Forschungen / J.G. Tschernichow. 96 pp., illustrated with 46 photographically reproduced colour plates and numerous black and white designs.....
Item nr. 171756
Price: $7,500.00
FRIML, Jiri and Karel TEIGE. Sovetske hospodarstvi. 45 Numbers, all published. 8vo, loose as issued in the publisher's cloth binders, in a new cloth folding box. Prague: Prokopova, 1934-1938.
A complete set of these monographs on the Soviet economy designed by Jiri Friml and Karel Teige and with some particularly attractive.....
Item nr. 171743
Price: $8,500.00
LIDDELL, Mary. Little Machinery. 62 pp., including 31 colour plates. 238 x 208 mm., publisher's lithographed cloth backed boards, in new cloth folding box. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926.
A fine copy of this strange and spectacular children's book about a child robot, with remarkable illustrations in.....
Item nr. 171738
Price: $7,500.00
BURSAK, Ivan. Kino. 102, [2] pp., illustrated throughout. Oblong 4to, 215 x 295 mm. In original photomontage boards, with a new spine, in a new cloth folding box. Moscow: Proletkino, 1925.
A striking piece of avant-garde book design in this work on Soviet cinema by Ivan Bursak, a revolutionary who was.....
Item nr. 171734
Price: $3,850.00
NEZVAL, Vitezslav. Abeceda. 57, [3] pp., illustrated throughout. 300 x 230 mm., publisher's illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. [Prague]: Nakladem J. Otto, 1926.
An important landmark of the Czech avant garde and at the same time one of the most celebrated of all photobooks. Karel Paspa photographed the.....
Item nr. 171711
Price: $7,500.00
BLANDIN, André. ABCD. 27 pp., including 27 colored lithographs. 260 x 222 mm., publisher's illustrated cloth-backed boards. Brussels: Imprimerie scientifique Charles Bulens, Editeur, 1913.
A delightful cubist alphabet whose fame has been eclipsed by the Cubies' ABC, which was published in the same year, but which directly satirized the contemporary art.....
Item nr. 171673
Price: $4,750.00
LORA-TOTINO, Arrigo. A Ferro e a Fuoco. Nova Litoolatta. Large Folio. 12 pages in different metals bound with metal ring. 330 x 400 mm., printed on metal sheets and bound in metal, in a new cloth folding box. Naples: Edizioni Morra, 1989.
A splendid modern take on the legendary Italian Futurist.....
Item nr. 171670
Price: $4,750.00
SOVIET PROPAGANDA. L'novodstvo, khlopkovodstvo i sakharnaya svekla: Tsvetnye tablitsy. [Cultivation of Flax, Cotton, and Sugar Beet: Colorful Tables.] 4, 25, 34 ills. Oblong folio, 335 x 240 mm., in original cloth portfolio. N.p.: Izd. Narkomzema (1940).
A handsome piece of unintentional book illustration. While the illustrations are largely botanical in nature.....
Item nr. 171596
Price: $2,850.00
![Item nr. 171595 L’novodsto v SSSR [i.e. Flax Growing in the USSR]. SOVIET PROPAGANDA](https://ursusbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/171595_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1701145437)
SOVIET PROPAGANDA. L'novodsto v SSSR. [Flax Growing in the USSR.] 88 pp., 39 ills., diagrams. Oblong folio, 255 x 355 mm., in original full cloth with colored lettering and blind debossed image of sheaves of flax. Moscow: Izd. Narkomsema SSSR, 1940.
A surreal example of Soviet book making, the subject matter.....
Item nr. 171595
Price: $3,500.00