Washington: National Museum of African Art, 1994. [24p.] 9x8 inches oblong, illustrated with color plates, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. catalogue of a show of African beaded artworks. More
Cat.No: 149463
Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, 1959. [26p], wraps, Japanese text. B&W photos of items from an arts and crafts exhibition held at Mitsukoshi Department Store. From the library of Laurence Sickman; his initials on cover. More
Cat.No: 142371
Paris: Maison Murat, 1925. 60p. plus firm's add-ons; the profuse illustrations are printed in sepia on cream tint-blocks with a terminal section showing certain paraphernalia (cigaret cases, cigar scissors, pocket knives, sewing kits) in blue on the same tint. Softbound, a 9.5x12.5 inch oblong folder fastened with a decorative cord..... More
Cat.No: 250845
Kyoto: the museum, 1986. Paperback. 414p., profuse exhibit photography, exclusively in color, each image extensively captioned and facing a verso page of further text. Softbound, a substantial catalogue on coated alkaline paperstock. Externally mildly edgeworn with subtle signs of handling, but quite sound and presentable; internally we see only one..... More
Cat.No: 235637
San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 1995. 127p., profuse color exhibit photography with extensive captioning, 11x8.5 inch openweave cloth boards gilt in glossy color dj; a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 168791
Washington: The George Washington University, 1997. 12p., 10x7.5 inches oblong, preface, introduction, bibliography, map, illustrated with color photos, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 113785
Tokyo: Nihon Dento Kogeikai, 1961. [32p], wraps, Japanese text; with 10-page English catalog tipped in. B&W photos of items from the exhibition held at Mitsukoshi Department Store. English version not found in OCLC. More
Cat.No: 142370
Santa Rosa: National Association of Miniature Autographs, 1981. unpaginated 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with photos, maps, drawings, patterns, plans, ads, very good in brad-bound gilt-illustrated covers. Convention program. More
Cat.No: 157723
Detroit: General Motors Corporation, 1943. Pamphlet. 51p., each page illustrated with sepia vignettes, staplebound pamphlet in 8x5 inch decorated wraps; the blank back cover is a little dust-soiled, else clean and entirely sound, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 227810
Paris: Etablissements A. Claverie, no date, circa 1920. 28p., matte paperstock, alkaline, illustrated with four fullpage color plates each tissue-guarded, each of a type of prosthetic leg, plus diagrams and stats, plus idealized sketches of maimed persons happily at work, plus numerous sepia vignettes in altered photography showing interiors of..... More
Cat.No: 250601
San Diego: San Diego High School, 1918. Paperback. 59p., 6.25x9.25 inches, a fold-out "course of study" is bound in, very good softbound in printed green wraps. Lists courses with descriptions and requirements, faculty, etc. More
Cat.No: 88133
Jackson, MS: Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, 2001. pp. 65-160, wraps, TOC page has rejection stamp from Tozzer Library at Harvard. Includes substantial articles on the relocation of the Back Bay Biloxi shipwreck and the discovery of the wreck of the coastal steamer Josephine, as well as an overview..... More
Cat.No: 160726
Owerri: Pascaleen Art Co., no date. 17p., 7.75x10.5 inches, foreword, illustrated with b&w and color plates, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 113812
Colorado Springs: Taylor Museum for Southwestern Studies, [1990?]. 24p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w vintage photos in text and 10 color plates, very good exhibition catalogue in stapled glossy color pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 93417
Huanggang, Guangdong: Huanggang gongyi she, [197-?]. 4.4x5.9 inch printed folder containing eight different smaller papercuts, each preserved between sheets of tissue paper, all still bright crimson red. The folder is mildly foxed. The title of this group, stamped on the back, is "Xiao wushu." More
Cat.No: 249483
[China]: n.pub. n.d. 7.25x5.25 inch printed folder containing ten different smaller papercuts, each preserved between sheets of tissue paper, all still brightly colored. Each depicts a child doing some hygeine-related task, such as sweeping, doing the wash, or combing her hair. More
Cat.No: 249587
Yangzhou: n.pub. n.d. 7.25x5.25 inch printed folder containing ten different smaller papercuts, each preserved between sheets of tissue paper, all still brightly colored. Each depicts a child doing some athletic activity, such as jumping rope or playing ping pong. Yangzhou was one of China's main centers for papercut crafts. More
Cat.No: 249588
Los Angeles: Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1978. Paperback. 65p., coated paperstock throughout with color and b&w exhibit photography, site and period images; first edition 9x8 inch color wraps, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 179367
Brescia: "La Scuola" Editrice, 1941 [-xix]. 162p., many b&w drawings and woodengravings scattered in text with (appended) 21 color plates (colorized b&w) on coated paper. Paperbound in 7.5x5 inch buff wraps printed in two colors with overlapping edges; cover quite foxed with a bit of dust- and handling soil, overlaps..... More
Cat.No: 227253
San Diego CA: TrizecHahn Development Corporation / City of Pasadena, 2000. Hardcover. 67p., profuse captioned color photography on high-gloss paperstock with scattered blocks of text; hardbound in 9.5 inch-square "debossed" linen boards and dust jacket (f.y.i., "debossing" googles, appears to mean crushing openweave texture to apply titling inks). The book..... More
Cat.No: 229937
South San Francisco: Heian International Publishing Co., 1978. Paperback. 140p., pronunciation guide, preface, index, illustrations, very good first edition, first printing stated trade paperback in white pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 40224
Berkeley: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1993. [35p] 7x8.5 inches, photo-illustrated with a doublespread line map very good booklet in stapled decorated wraps. Staples are rusting with migration, otherwise unmarked with mildest signs of handling. More
Cat.No: 186006
Washington: NEA, 1996. 63p., 8.5x11 inches, appendixes, illustrations, photos, maps, charts, very good in pictorial copyshop wraps. NEA report. More
Cat.No: 118883
San Francisco: San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1993. 32p., 9x12.5 inches, illustrated with b&w and color photos, very good in stapled cardboard covers with half-dj as designed. More
Cat.No: 159584
New Delhi: S. Chand & Company Ltd, 1978. 171p., xx b&w plates on inserted stock, frontispiece and two dj images are reproduced in colorized photography, hardbound in bright red openweave cloth boards gilt, in dust jacket. Top margin of dj looks a little edgeworn, probably from careless storage not handling;..... More
Cat.No: 231900
