Eshi Zoshi [The Story of a Painter]

Eshi Zōshi ["The Story of a Painter"]

[Creator unidentified].

Edo [Tōkyō]: Nakaya Tokubē [distributed by], [ca. Kaei period (1849)?].

Hana Yujo Suikoden [A Suikoden of Beautiful and Brave Women]

Hana Yūjo Suikoden [A Suikoden of Beautiful and Brave Women]

Ōju [Toyohara], Kunichika [illustrated by].

Ningyochō, [Edo]: Gusokuya [Kahei], [1869].

Tokaido Gojusantsugi Hachiyama-zue [Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido as Potted Mountains]

Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi Hachiyama-zue ["Pictures of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Mountains"]

Kimura, Tōsen [produced by]; Nan'yūtei [Utagawa, Yoshishige] [illustrated by].

Tōto [Edo]: Yoshida Kinbē, Kaei Gannen [1848] [but probably a Meiji era printing].

Takagi Oriemon Buyu Suirikuden [Tales of Valour on Land and Sea]

Takagi Oriemon Buyū Suirikuden [Tales of Valour on Land and Sea]

Goryūtei, Tokushō [text by]; Utagawa, Yasuhide [Kuniyasu] [illustrated by].

Edo [Tōkyō]: Moriya Jihē, Bunsei 14 [1831].

Musha Juroku Musashi [A Juroku Musashi Game of Warriors]

Musha Jūroku Musashi ["A Jūroku Musashi Game of Warriors"]

Ōsai [Utagawa], Fusatane [illustrated by].

Bakurochō, [Tōkyō]: Higuchi Gintarō, [ca. Meiji period (1880-90s?)].

Kyoka Momochidori [A Flock of Kyoka Poems]

[Kyōka Momochidori ("A Flock of Kyōka Poems")]

[Yanagawa, Shigenobu (illustrated by)]; Shakuyakutei, [Nagane] [preface by].

[Japan: publisher unidentified, ca. 1830s?].

Nouvelles Compositions Decoratives, Premiere Serie [New Decorative Compositions, First Series]

Nouvelles Compositions Décoratives, 1re Série [New Decorative Compositions, First Series]

Gladky, Serge [illustrated by]; Rémon, Georges [introduction by].

Paris: Éditions d'Art Charles Moreau, [ca. 1928–1930?].

Kagoshima Onna Suikoden [A Suikoden of Kagoshima Women]

Kagoshima Onna Suikoden [A Suikōden of Kagoshima Women]

Toyohara, Kunichika [illustrated by].

Umamichi, [Tōkyō]: Kodama Yashichi, Meiji 10 [1877].

Sochu Kakifu [Illustrated Manual of Flowers and Insects]

Sōchū Kakifu [Illustrated Manual of Flowers and Insects]

Wang, Shi, Wang, Gai, Wang, Nie [illustrated by].

Kyōto: Hishiya Magobē/Gosharō, [ca. late Edo period (1810s-1850s?)].

Compositions, Couleurs, Idées

Delaunay, Sonia [illustrated by].

Paris: Editions d'art Charles Moreau, [1930?].

Gaikoku Zoshohyo: Kan [Foreign Bookplates: Complete]

Gaikoku Zōshohyō: Kan [Foreign Bookplates: Complete]

Kitamura, M. [compiled by?].

[Japan, ca. 1920s].

[Untitled album of hand-painted postcards]

[Asaka], Tairin [hand-painted by].

[Japan, ca. 1910-11]. In manuscript.

[Gyofu (Fisherman)]

[Yamamoto], Kanae [illustrated by]; [Hashimoto, Okiie (printed by)].

[Japan: Hashimoto Okiie, 1960].

Sumiyoshi Monogatari (The Tale of Sumiyoshi)

[Sumiyoshi Monogatari (The Tale of Sumiyoshi)]

[Scribe and illustrator unidentified].

[Japan, ca. early Edo period (1600-1750s?)]. In manuscript.

Untitled set of albums depicting military figures from Chinese history

[Untitled set of albums depicting military figures from Chinese history]

[Creator unidentified].

[Japan, ca. late Edo period (1800-1850s?)]. In manuscript.

Kuang Shi Tu Shuo (An Illustrated Explanation of Ore)

Kuang Shi Tu Shuo ["An Illustrated Explanation of Ore"]

Fu, Lanya [Fryer, John] [text by].

[China: publisher unidentified], Guāngxù 10 [1884].

[Untitled painting of a woman daydreaming]

Hatori, Kozan [painted by].

[Japan, ca. Taishō to early Shōwa period (1910-30s)?]. In manuscript.

New Arrivals

Yusai Gafu [Yusai's Painting Album]
A scarce edition of Yūsai Gafu, Kōka 3 [1846].

Nouvelles Compositions Decoratives, Premiere Serie [New Decorative Compositions, First Series]
Abstraction enters the decorative arts, [ca. 1928–1930?].

Showa Bijo Sugata Kurabe: Benisomezuki, Shusho [Competing Beauties of the Showa Era: The Eighth Month, Lingering Heat]
An early Shōwa period beauty, by Watanabe Ikuharu, ca. early Shōwa period [1927-1930?].

Natsukusa [Summer Grasses]
An early work by one of Japan's great zuan artists, Meiji 37 [1904].

Setsuyoshu [Collection for Practical Use]
A foundational work of Japanese lexicography, postscript dated Keichō 2 [1597].

Manifesto of the Communist Party
The first authorised English translation of the Communist Manifesto, [1927].

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