Cha-No-Yuin Detailed Illustrations by Kitao, Harumichi - 1953

Tokyo: Shokokusha, 1958. Some discoloring to boards at front bottom. Original glassine and slipcase clean & present. Text primarily in Japanese.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Tokyo: Shokokusha, 1958. Hardcover. VG, slipcase shows wear and soiling but kept title in excellent condition.. Cardboard slipcase with title; brown cloth covers, green lettering. 139 pages : chiefly illustrations. Text in Japanese and English. First title page in Japanese.

Tokyo, Japan: Shimode Genshichi, 1952. Hardcover. Good+ / Good- (boards scuffed, smudged w/ dark staining; tanning to edges. spine ends bummped. lower corners bumped & creased. dustjacket scuffed & smudged w/ rubbed edge-wear; edges have chips & tears; spine ends/edges chipped & torn; tanned). blue boards w/ black, script printing. 95 pgs w/ bw illustrations. grey & bw illustrated dustjacket w/ aqua blue printing. Text in Japanese. Roughly translated title. Illustrated throughout with black/white illustrations of Japanese nightclubs and cabarets. Remains tightly bound.

1958. KITAO, Harumichi. FORMATION OF BAMBOO. Tokyo: Shokokusha (1958). 131 pp. 8vo., black cloth stamped in deep orange. In publisher's cardboard printed slipcase. Text in English and Japanese. Excellent b/w photo reproductions.

The Shokokusha Publishing Co., Inc, 1956. Hardcover. Good. Maroon cloth with silver titles, stained to front and back, heavily faded to spine. Silver still sharp and bright. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, as issued. Lacks the slipcase. Textblock edges foxed, as well as the first and last few pages of interior. Pages else clean, text and illustration unmarked.

Tokyo: Shokokuska, 1958. Hardcover. Good+ (Boards have some discoloration; mylar DJ is lightly foxed and cockled; slipcase is toned and foxed and edgeworn; interior is clean and binding is solid.). Navy blue boards with orange lettering; grey slipcase with black lettering; mylar DJ; 131 pp. (chiefly illustrations). Text in Japanese and English.

Tokyo: The Shokokusha Publishing Co, 1953. Cloth. Very Good. The 1953 1st edition of this architectural study of Japanese teahouses. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with light offsetting to the front and rear panel's top-edges and more pronouced offsetting along the spine. The neat ghosts of tape at the endpaper corners. Tall quarto, crisp black-and-white photos and plans throughout. Japanese paper samples --and their original tisue-guards tro protect them-- at the rear. Text in both Japanese and English.

Tokyo: The Shokokusha Publishing Co., Inc, 1953. Hardcover. Good+ (cloth highly scuffed w/ area of scratches to back board. spine sunned. blunt bumping to corners. interior remains bright w/ tissue guards oxidized). dark green cloth boards w/ gilt letters on spine and front cover, 161 pp., BW illus., paper samples on last 3 pp. Photo is of a PREVIOUS COPY from our collection; this copy is NOT ex-library. Cloth of this copy is green, present photo is blue; possibly same edition with some photography, natural light interferece. Majority of text is in Japanese, with additional English titles. A highly-illustrated volume of views and design drawings of Japanese tea houses. Includes three pages of paper samples at the rear. Scarce.

Tokyo: Koyosha, 1935.. 4to. [76 pp]. Decorative hard cover. Good, with slight wear on spine and loose binding. Cardboard slip cover for Sukiya Meien Shu 8 with marginal tearing. Black and white plates. Text in Japanese and descriptions in English. First edition.

Suzukishoten, 1941. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1