Japan from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: Dover Publications, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format, quarto size prefect bound paperback. Xxvii + 100 pages. With 600 traditional designs depicted in 100 full page color plates. First edition. This title first "published by Dover Publications, 2010, is a reprint of… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Privately Printed, 2006. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, quarto size volume perfect bound in pictorial card covers with French Flaps. Housed in original plastic slipcase. 184 pages. Foreword by Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado. Profusely illustrated with color photographs by Susan Einstein. … Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Art Media Resources Ltd, 1997. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, perfect bound quarto size volume bound in stiff pictorial covers. 175 pages. Includes numerous appendices, bibliography and index. Foreword by author, with an introduction by David Hyatt King. Illustrated throughout with color… Read more about this item

Art Media Resources Ltd, 2003. Book. New. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brand new copy in publisher's shrink wrap. Large format quarto size hardcover in dust-jacket. Glossary and Index. With over 1,000 illustrations, chiefly in color, and map. 535 artists' signatures. New in new dust-jacket and shrink wrap. Priority and International… Read more about this item

Alnwick, UK: Harehope Publications, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, quarto size volume bound in black cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's black dust-jacket. 368 pages. Edited by Joe Earle. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. First edition. The first reliable guide… Read more about this item

West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1992. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, tan cloth lettered in black, in blue pictorial dust-jacket. 280 pages. Bibliography, Index, Value Guide. Illustrated with over 830 color photographs and 130 different manufacturer's marks. First edition. A useful and… Read more about this item

9780399121937, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large hardcover, blue cloth boldly lettered in white on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped color pictorial dust-jacket and housed in original utilitarian slipcase. 364 pages. Bibliography and Index. With an illustrated dictionary of Ukiyo-E. First edition, first printing with no other… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1912. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, green cloth lettered in gold. 259 pages. Light blue pictorial end-papers. Illustrated with 12 tipped in collotype plates [mounted on heavy black stock with printed captions]; 16 full page engravings [after G. Bigot] and 37 duo tones. … Read more about this item

Munich and New York: Prestel , 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover, orange boards in colorful publisher's dust-jacket. 255 pages. Glossary and Select Bibliography. With essays by Suzuki Juzo and Henry D. Smith II. Illustrated with 162 reproductions and maps, 142 in full color. Published… Read more about this item

St. Petersburg, Florida: Broughton International Publications, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio sized volume bound in burgundy cloth and in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 384 pages. Contains Concordances; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Profusely illustrated with over 550 pictures in full color. First edition. This work… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1953. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, bound in dijon colored stiff wraps. 207 pages. Includes a preface and introduction to the history of Japanese art. Illustrated with 91 monochrome reproductions of paintings and sculptures and 6 full page color… Read more about this item

New York: Christie's [New York], 1997. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, perfect bound. 135 pages. Auction Catalog for Christie's New York sale (Japanese Lacquer); date Wednesday, 19 March, 1997. Sale code 8602. 239 lots including: various types of boxes, a dinnerware set, small furniture, even… Read more about this item

London: Christie's [South Kensington], 1995. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format staple bound auction catalog in colored pictorial stiff card covers. Catalog for Christie's South Kensington Tuesday 21 November 1995 sale, COR-7044. 50 pages containing 228 lots, illustrated with monochrome and color photographs, as well as 116 vignette monochrome photographs of… Read more about this item

London: Christie's [South Kensington], 1992. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format staple bound auction catalog in colored pictorial stiff card covers. Catalog for Christie's South Kensington Tuesday, 17 November, 1992 sale, COR-4830. 30 pages containing 107 lots, illustrated with monochrome and color photographs, as well as 91 vignette monochrome photographs… Read more about this item

London: Christie's [South Kensington], 1993. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format staple bound auction catalog in colored pictorial stiff card covers. Catalog for Christie's South Kensington Tuesday, 15 June, 1993 sale, COR-6141. 54 pages containing 140 lots, illustrated with monochrome and color photographs, as well as 104 vignette monochrome photographs… Read more about this item

New York: Christie's [New York], 1997. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, perfect bound. 156 pages. Auction Catalog for Christie's New York sale 8782 (Japanese Prints, Paintings and Screens); date: Monday, 24 November, 1997. 297 lots of fine Japanese graphic art. Each lot is described… Read more about this item

Chicago: Art Media Resources Ltd, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback. 175 pages. Introduction by David Hyatt King. Bibliography, Index. Copiously illustrated with color photographs and nearly 200 vignette black and white pictures. First edition. No previous ownership marks. No spine… Read more about this item

New York: Christie's [New York], 1997. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, perfect bound. 123 pages. Auction Catalog for Christie's New York sale 8814 (Important Japanese Drawings The Nisshin Joma (Daily Exorcisms) of Katsushika Hokusai); Christie's New York, Monday 3 November, 1997. 88 lots. … Read more about this item

London: Christie's [South Kensington], 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format staple bound auction catalog in colored pictorial stiff card covers. Catalog for Christie's South Kensington Tuesday, 23 November, 1993 sale, COR-6309. 59 pages containing 161 lots, illustrated with monochrome and color photographs, as well as 125 vignette monochrome photographs of… Read more about this item

New York: Sotheby's [New York], 1997. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, perfect bound. 45 pages. Catalog for Sotheby's sale 5LN 7223 (Japanese Swords and Tsuba...); date Monday 10 April, 1997, London. Illustrated throughout with monochrome and color photographs. Each lot described in text and with auction estimate… Read more about this item