Meiji 16. 1883. Japanese accordion style book orihon 10 numbered double page color lithograph illustrations multiple images per page 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches patterned cloth-covered boards. Wear to cover extremities interior in very good condition. The illustrations feature details of brocade cloths exquisitely printed to give the effect of the real thing. An early example of Japanese color lithography and an item of interest to fabric and clothing historians. . hardcover
London.: Cecil Palmer. No date. Ca. 1928. Play script in paper wraps 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 22 pp. plus one page of advertising. Four silkscreen color plates by Welsh-born artist Dorothy Mullock. Light foxing to a number of pages heaviest on two pages at the rear of the volume light toning to front and back covers otherwise good condition. Book inscribed by the original owner "1928" while the date "1918" appears on the first title page; presumably this is the date of composition. The title page also states the volume is Number 2 in the "Studio Plays" series. Bax's short verse play is set in fifteenth century Italy. A line intoned in the play's opening speech commends "the delicate joy of spoken rhyme"; the reader is duly warned. The deco color plates each depicting women are in good condition with very light foxing restricted chiefly to margins. Overall an attractive publication with condition issues noted. . Cecil Palmer. paperback
Leipzig.: Gilbers'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Eugen Twietmeyer. 1905. 21 of 24 color lithographic plates 19 1/2 x 15 inches decorative color paper-covered board portfolio with ribbon ties. Portfolio worn and soiled with loss; MISSING plates 42 51 and 52. Scattered soiling edge tears and creasing in margins of several plates. Soiling in two plates 44 and 45; plate 38 has 4 ink spots 2 of which are in the image from paints used by a copyist. Beautifully executed Art Nouveau designs for decorating walls and ceilings created by Paul Grohmann who had an extended career in creating such portfolio design publications. A number of the panels hint at the Deco stylistics that emerged in upcoming decades. Exceptionally fine color lithography evident in every plate. Two plates feature a single image ten feature two images while the balance feature three or more images. The price list at the front of the portfolio indicates that the plates could be purchased individually or as a set and were available in two different formats at different prices. The series begins with Plate 29 and ends with Plate 52. The colors used are primarily in pastel shades augmented by vibrant gold outlining. This type of applied art portfolio is seldom found complete since they were used as working references. An extremely scarce title; no listing appears in WorldCat. . Gilbers'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Eugen Twietmeyer). unknown
Osaka: Japan Color Design Center. Very Good in Good dustjacket; Three-volume 10 x 14 Hardback set in Very . Good condition. The dustjackets are chipped at the head and foot of each . volume. 195919601961. Hardcover. Illustrated by 165 color plates almost 1000 black and white; Volume 1: Designs Composed Mainly in Free Style; Volume 2: Design Composed Mainly in Geometric Arrangement; Volume 3: Designs of Ryukyu Ainu and Foreign Textiles.; 25; 223 pp. of text . Japan Color Design Center hardcover
Osaka: Japan Textile Color Design Center. Very Good in Fair dustjacket; 10 x 14 Hardback in torn dustjacket now . protected in archival sleeve otherwise in Very Good condition. 1960. Hardcover. Illustrated by 76 color plates 675 black and white; 8; 83 pp. of text . Japan Textile Color Design Center hardcover
New York: Thames and Hudson. Very Good; 9.5 x 12 Paperback in Good condition. 1981 1992. Paperback. Illustrated by 400 color plates 400 black and white; GWO 403. An essential guide for the beginning collector. Stains to top and bottom edges.; 4; 352 pp. . Thames and Hudson paperback
Bookseller reference : BOOKS000843I ISBN : 0500276641 9780500276648
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