A three-volume work on Japanese café and bar architecture and interior design, each volume with between 48 and 50 photographic plates. Octavo (7 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches). Spiral-bound printed cardstock wrappers, with original stapled cardboard slipcases with titles to spines. Tokyo: Koyosha, 1933. Each volume of this three-volume set..... More

50 leaves, including two double-page plates, comprising a few sheets of text scattered between mostly illustrated plates of architectural designs, published as part of a large illustrated series of publications about architecture. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches). Printed publisher's cardstock portfolio, contents loose as issued. Light soiling and..... More

18 issues bound together, comprising the presumed second volume of the extremely scarce Japanese architectural magazine, various paginations, table of contents, profusely illustrated throughout from drawings and photographs. Quarto (9 7/8 x 7 inches). Maroon boards, gold-stamped title to spine. Some very light soiling and wear to covers, some scattered..... More

Three small volumes of the Shochiku-za movie theater program booklets, 4, 4, and 6 pp. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches). Original wrappers illustrated with eye-catching and colorful modernist compositions. Light scattered foxing, small scattered perforations, light toning, overall very good. Osaka: Dotonbori Shochikuza, circa 1930. Shochikuza News was..... More

One volume containing 6 months of 25 double-sided color-printed informational posters published by the United States War Department, each poster folded once. Folio (18 x 15 7/8 inches, posters open to 18 x 23 1/2 inches). Cloth with gold-stamped title to front cover, posters mounted along left edge on paper..... More

296 pp. leftist theatrical work from a noted Japanese author, activist, and Esperantist, not illustrated except for decorative title page. Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches). Original boards printed with an abstract modernist design. Light soiling to volume especially along spine, light scattered browning to boards, spine slightly shaken..... More

181 pp. survey of Constructivist and other modernist developments in Central and Western Europe, meant to act as an introduction of Western avant-garde trends to the Japanese public, illustrated. Octavo (7 1/2 x 6 inches). Original publisher's burlap-covered boards with a striking Constructivist design to front cover, including two mounted..... More

Exhibition catalogue comprised of 46 pp. of text, 184 full-page black-and-white plates, and 16 full-color plates. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches). Original colorful hardcover with design by Satomi and applied gold decoration, with original accompanying cardstock slipcase. Very minor wear and some light discoloration to slipcase, some very..... More

116 pp. profusely illustrated volume of residential home design, construction, and interior design including fixtures, construction materials, and color palettes. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches). Light orange publisher's boards with original photo-illustrated dust jacket. Very light toning and dust-staining, overall excellent. Tokyo: Shufu No Tomosha, 1954. Takeshi Nishikawa..... More

316 pp. volume on Japanese residential home design, illustrated. Octavo (8 x 6 inches). Original embossed publisher's boards, with original stapled cardboard slipcase with cover design mounted to front. Light wear and scuffing to boards, scattered foxing to interior, some wear and abrasions to slipcase. Tokyo: Arusu, Showa 4 (1949)..... More

Three Serizawa kataezome calendar folios, for the years 1957, 1958, and 1959, each calendar with a separate sheet for each month. Folio. Individual calendar leaves measure 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Calendar pages printed on handmade mulberry paper, housed in original mulberry paper sleeves with illustrated title block affixed..... More

Unpaginated auction catalogue, edited by Gyoho Naito and Sukeharu Ario, of some 250 works of traditional Japanese art and craftsmanship, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, calligraphy, decorative objects, and other items, from the fine collection put together by Baron Denzaburo Fujita in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, each..... More