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The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy.

DANTE ALIGHIERI ., NASH (John Henry) [Printer] & BEST ANDERSON (Melville) [Translator]

The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly… 1929.

PRINTED IN SAN FRANCSICO

Hypoxia

PETERS (Heather) & SOCIETY OF HERMITS

Hypoxia, 2021.

A breathing book

The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds.

GOSSE (Edmund), editor.

The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1884.

Chinese Export Painting of Youchao, the inventor of architecture.

UNKNOWN CHINESE ARTIST.

Chinese Export Painting of Youchao, the inventor of… 1820.

THE GOD OF ARCHITECTURE

Chinese Export Painting of a Celestial Guardian, possibly Dian Nü.

UNKNOWN CHINESE ARTIST.

Chinese Export Painting of a Celestial Guardian, possibly… 1820.

Chinese Export Painting of a Celestial Guardian known as Marshal Wang.

UNKNOWN CHINESE ARTIST.

Chinese Export Painting of a Celestial Guardian known… 1820.

Watercolour of a Bush Cherry.

HAN SHAN - CHINESE ARTIST.

Watercolour of a Bush Cherry, 1820.

Watercolour of a Wild Climbing Rose.

HAN SHAN - CHINESE ARTIST.

Watercolour of a Wild Climbing Rose, 1820.

Watercolour of flowering Wild Pear Tree.

HAN SHAN - CHINESE ARTIST.

Watercolour of flowering Wild Pear Tree, 1820.

The Waggoner [original illuminated manuscript]

BLUNDEN (Edmund) & MANN (Edward H)

The Waggoner [original illuminated manuscript], 1927.

A charming 20th century illuminated manuscript

Manchoukuo - A Comprehensive Pictorial Presentation.

MATSUNO (Shikio) editor.

Manchoukuo - A Comprehensive Pictorial Presentation, 1940.

Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome egoyomi [Stencil-dyed calendar for the year of the tiger]

KAMISAKI (Sunao).

Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome… 1986.

BLENDING EAST AND WEST IN TWELVE MONTHS

Toki seou [Bearing the Weight of Time].

KAMISAKI (Sunao).

Toki seou [Bearing the Weight of Time], 1987.

TIME: IN FOURTEEN INFLUENTIAL THINKERS

Akka buraku [Akka Village].

ISHIDA (Hirokazu).

Akka buraku [Akka Village], 1973.

Éclairage Public [Public Lighting]. Société A. Durenne et du Val d'Osne.

SOCIETE A DURENNE & DU VAL D'OSNE.

Éclairage Public [Public Lighting]. Société A. Durenne et… 1931.

[Calligraphic illuminated manuscript on vellum] A sonnet addressed by King James to his son Prince Henry

ROBINSON (Mary Heath)

[Calligraphic illuminated manuscript on vellum] A sonnet addressed… 1925.

A fine illuminated manuscript by Mary Heath Robinson

Tybee Lighthouse.

[AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] & [UNION ARMY, ANON.]

Tybee Lighthouse, 1862.

THE WAR IN GEORGIA

Nippon 28.

DOMON (Ken) photographer., KAMEKURA (Yusaku), designer. & NATORI (Yonosuke) editor.

Nippon 28, 1941.

Sanrizuka toride no kodomotachi [The children of Fortress Sanrizuka].

KASE (Tsutomu) editor.

Sanrizuka toride no kodomotachi [The children of Fortress… 1971.

Kyoto minka fu [Record of Kyoto's Minka Houses].

IWAI (Taketoshi)., KATO (Minoo). & KAWAI (Kanjiro). design

Kyoto minka fu [Record of Kyoto's Minka Houses], 1934.

Recording the craftsmanship of minka architecture

Gekko Zuihitsu [Gekko’s Miscellaneous Jottings].

Gekko Zuihitsu [Gekko’s Miscellaneous Jottings], 1896.

A complete album of Ogata Gekko's masterpiece

Ten Spiritual Designs Enlarged from Proofs of the Originals on Copper, Wood and Stone MDCCCXXVII - MDCCCXXXI

CALVERT (Edward)

Ten Spiritual Designs Enlarged from Proofs of the… 1913.

Grongar Hill

Grongar Hill, 1982.

'Quite clearly the Promised Land'

Calligraphic manuscript of verse taken from William Morris' Earthly Paradise

BENNETT (Miss M. G.)

Calligraphic manuscript of verse taken from William Morris'… 1929.

Guanzhong ba jing [Eight Sights of Guanzhong].

FAN (Dong-xing) engraver. & WU (Ting-gui). artist.

Guanzhong ba jing [Eight Sights of Guanzhong], 1940.

Boutiques de la Foire

BOUCHER (Lucien) & MAC ORLAN (Pierre)

Boutiques de la Foire, 2023.

Boutiques.

BOUCHER (Lucien) & MAC ORLAN (Pierre)

Boutiques, 2023.

Ooshu fuzoku taikan - The Collection of European Manners.

YAMAGUCHI (Seitaro).

Ooshu fuzoku taikan - The Collection of European… 1929.

Études de Nu.

KRULL (Germaine)

Études de Nu, 1930.

'Why make nudes? because it has always been beautiful and I liked it one summer morning'

Koga to Shinko Shashin - The Koga Magazine and New Photography: Koga and Japanese Modernism.

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE

Koga to Shinko Shashin - The Koga Magazine… 2018.

Miniature Design for a colossal fresco commemorating the International Advertising Convention (Wembley, July 1924) and the truly wonderful torrents of cant and bunkum that were outpoured from it.

BEERBOHM (Max).

Miniature Design for a colossal fresco commemorating the… 1924.

Otsuji Kiyoshi no shigoto 1946 - 1999.

OTSUJI (Kiyoshi).

Otsuji Kiyoshi no shigoto 1946 - 1999, 2000.

Pages on Art.

MACLAGAN (Philip Douglas) & RICKETTS (Charles)

Pages on Art, 1913.

Shunsen yoji [The Task of a Spring Offering].

KUMAGAI (Naotaka). & KUMAGAI (Naoyoshi).

Shunsen yoji [The Task of a Spring Offering], 1860.

Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War]

THUCYDIDES & ASHENDENE PRESS

Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War], 1930.

Wisdom of Jesus commonly called Ecclesiasticus

SIRA (Ben) & ASHENDENE PRESS

Wisdom of Jesus commonly called Ecclesiasticus, 1932.

Shuppatsu [Departure].

FUKUDA (Katsuji).

Shuppatsu [Departure], 1942.

Masuda Kozo.

Masuda Kozo, 1966.

Supein: Idanaru Gogo - Espana Grand Tarde Fiesta Vaya Con Dios.

NARAHARA (Ikko).

Supein: Idanaru Gogo - Espana Grand Tarde Fiesta… 1969.

Twelfth Night or, What You Will.

RAVILIOUS (Eric)

Twelfth Night or, What You Will, 1932.

'THE FINEST FLOWERING OF RAVILIOUS' ENGRAVED BOOK ILLUSTRATION'

The Engravings of David Jones.

The Engravings of David Jones, 1981.

Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes, 1993.

One of 50 signed copies