Venice: Nicolo Zoppino, 1528. [10],73 leaves, including four double-page maps and two single-page maps, and numerous woodcut maps and plans in the text. A few leaves misnumbered. Small folio. 18th-century vellum, spine gilt, leather label. Boards and spine moderately soiled, leather label abraded. Titlepage printed in red and black with.....

Cleveland. 1872. [12],[7]-237pp. plus frontispiece portrait and twenty-eight photographic plates. Original three-quarter calf and pebbled cloth, spine and boards gilt, gilt-stamped globe on front board. Binding rubbed and scuffed, particularly to corners and joints. Light soiling and foxing, occasional small marginal tears or flaws. One leaf of table of contents.....

Hartford: Published by Robins & Smith, 1846. [2],504,[4]pp., plus frontispiece and twenty- seven plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, both boards embossed in blind with large floral pattern, edges of boards stamped in gilt. Somewhat rubbed, with moderate shelf wear. Interior slightly foxed throughout, heavier in some sections. Contemporary ownership inscription.....

[Hilo, Hi.]: June 4, 1939. Two silver gelatin photographs, each 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Minor surface wear and light scratches. Near fine. A wonderful pair of images capturing the 1939 graduating classes, teachers, and staff of the Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin in Hilo, Hawaii. One image shows the.....

New York: Eliphalet M. Brown Jr., 1855-1856. Six lithographs, with integral descriptions and titles to the six plates, all within an elaborate decorative border including vignettte scenes and portraits of places and people encountered on the expedition, six lithographic plates, printed in colors and finished by hand, by J. Sarony.....

[Yokohama: Yokohama Boueki Kyoukai, 1932]. [6],4,5,115,[3]pp., including in-text photographic illustrations. Printed entirely in Japanese. Original textured paper boards, front board and spine lettered in gilt. Boards slightly bowed, minor loss along upper and lower portion of spine, light shelf wear. Tiny wormholes to blank lower margin of first few pages.....

[N.p., but likely California. ca. 1960]. Panoramic silver gelatin photograph, 8 x 19¾ inches. Moderate edge wear, creasing, and soiling, small edge chips and a few short tears. Long hook-shaped closed vertical tear at middle of image. Good. A sobering panoramic photograph featuring the attendees of a Japanese-American funeral in.....

Salinas, Ca. Green Studio, 1926. Panoramic silver gelatin photograph, 8 x 44 inches. Captioned in the negative in Japanese. Minor bumping, creasing, and some spotting along the right edge including a short closed repaired tear, a few creases, a tiny hole in the grass portion of the image area, light.....

Fresno, Ca. Kamiyama, [1954]. Panoramic silver gelatin photograph, 10 x 35¾ inches. Minor edge wear, some creasing and abrading at top right corner, a few soft creases, four small circular stains near bottom right corner. About very good overall. A substantial group photograph featuring the attendees of the 1954 conference.....

[Japan. ca. 1858]. Five volumes. [58]; [58]; [54]; [58]; [58]pp. Original stiff textured tan wrappers, stitched as issued, each with printed paper label. Some minor shelf wear and dust soiling, front covers of two volumes rubbed and soiled. Overall very good. An attractive set of the "Ansei Five-Power Treaties," the.....

[Onahama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan]: Japan Hydrogen Industry Co, Ltd., 1947. Thirty-three silver gelatin mounted photographs, with printed captions in English and Japanese on facing pages. Cloth album, 12 x 8 1/2 inches. Very good. In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied powers recognized the importance of stabilizing the.....

Bordeaux: Par S. Millanges, 1608, 1610, 1614. Three volumes. Titlepages printed in red and black. Engraved titlepage in second volume. [12],699,[17]; [8],699,[41]; [12],1067,[35]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary vellum, leather ties. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Some light soiling to second volume. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. First edition of one of the.....

Nagasaki. 1804-1805. Twelve original watercolors, many signed by Langsdorff, differing sizes and paper stocks. All showing some slight degree of wear, but with lovely fresh color. Very good. See details below. In a half morocco case, with chemise. A rare and important group of original watercolors depicting Japanese people and.....