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![Item #2336 Aesthetic Eyes of Aoyama Jiro [complete in 2 volumes] [FIRST EDITION]. AOYAMA Jiro](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2336.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1632605522)
Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Shinchosha, 2006. First Edition. Wraps. In Japanese and English. 8vo. Illustrated wraps in paper slipcase. Full color. 93 pp./213 pp. This is an uncommon exhibition catalog of the ceramic art of Aoyama Jiro. One volume contains the images while the other volume contains the text in both..... More
![Item #2333 Letters from Basil Hall Chamberlain to Lafcadio Hearn [FIRST EDITION]. B. H....](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2333.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1632605522)
Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1936. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Slipcase. Publisher's cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and cover. Gilt top edge. Deckle edge. Frontispiece and 11 illustrations. 158 pp. Minor rubbing to slipcase edges and one corner bumped. Two cards from publisher taped in. This is a limited first edition collection..... More
Tokyo: 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. In Japanese. Quarter cloth over cream boards. Dust jacket. Photographs and illustrations throughout. 206 pp. Minor wear to jacket. 1/2" closed hole through front hinge. Otherwise excellent. This is an uncommon history of phallic art in Japan. Title on cover is in English, but text..... More
Paris: Gustave Barba, 1843 / 1853 / 1858. Leather bound. In French. 3 books bound together. 4to. Quarter leather. 6-paneled spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Many illustrations by Bertall throughout. 96 pp.; 96 pp.; 80 pp. Front board detached. Minor wear to edges and a closed tear to leather..... More
![Item #2340 Catalogue of Special Books on Christian Missions [single volume edition]. M. TAKAHASHI](https://unchartedbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2340.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1633218824)
Tenri: Tenri Central Library, 1973. First Thus. Cloth. 8vo. Navy buckram with leather panel with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket. Facsimile pages throughout. 7, 227, iv, 313 pp. This is a bibliography of primary sources regarding Christian missions to Japan. This is the single volume edition collecting facsimiles of..... More
[London]: Printed for the author, 1788. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary quarter leather binding with marbled boards and speckled edges. Vol. 1: xvi, [8], 326. Vol. 2: [10], 326. Contemporary bookplate inside both covers from Cholmondeley Library which has left shadow on facing pages. Vol. 2 bears the inscription..... More
Paris: J. Hetzel, [1866]. First Edition. Cloth. In French. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth with extensive gilt-tooled decorations on spine and cover. All edges gilt. 259 illustrations by Riou and de Montaut (though title page states 150 Riou illustrations). 467 pp. Minor scuffing to edges and sunning to spine. Corners bumped..... More