[Tokyo]: Nihon Mingei Kyokai, [1938]. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. [4], 63, [9] (ads), plus two stencil illustrations by Kawakami and 17 laid in plates of Kawakami's work; original printed dust jacket, also illustrated by Kawakami. Some discoloration of title from the ink, dust jacket spine with small.....

New York, NY: [publisher not identified]], 2014. 9.5" x 11.5" pp. [72]. Contained in a black portfolio with plastic sleeve pages with unmarked cover, this fashion student collection includes 48 pages of original illustrations (black and white, and full color), most of which are vest designs or full fashion sketches.....

[Kitakyushu], Japan: [publisher not identified], [1955]. 10" x 13.75" pp. 35 (including preface), text in Japanese language. A stunning collection of 275 fabric swatches measuring as small as 1" and as large as 7" – all striped and plaid in shades of blue, the common Kokura-Ori fabric used in garments.....

Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. Ltd., [1955]. 1st Edition. Hardcover, Missing Jacket. 4to, pp. XVIII, 168; 3 color plates, 471 line drawings, 360 half-tone illustrations; white paper boards 1/4 bound in rust colored canvas, boards are yellowed with some scuffs at the corners, spine is scuffed along top and.....

Tokyo, Japan: Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts, 1990. First edition. Softcover bound with black covers. 9"x12", pp. [80], illustrated in color throughout with multiple full-page color plates of Chihuly's glass art. This copy with applied signature of the artist on the cover in red, green, and orange paint. A fine.....

Sherman Oaks, California: Joseph J. D'Ambrosio, 1982. 6.5" x 9" pp. [40], limited edition number 29 of 50, signed by D'Ambrosio with four serigraphs, also signed. Full hunter green leather binding with two unique insets of daisies under glass cutouts; title inset on spine. The first five leaves feature hand-cut.....

Ahmedabad: Mapin, 1991. Hardcover. 4to, pp. X, [2], 195; 1546 black/white drawings; gray cloth boards in red and black jacket, jacket has some minor smudging but is otherwise sound; text and photos are clean and bright; all else good and sound.

Tokyo: Kokusai Art, 1991. Paperback. Folio, pp. 114, ~ 150 color prints of appliqués, 1 color photo, 3 sketches; white paper wrappers with color Appliqué images have minor scuffing to spine, 1/2 inch spot of sticker residue on front; text is clean; all else good and sound.

New York: Benjamin Blom, 1968. Hardcover bound in lavender cloth boards, white stamping on cover and spine. 10.25"x12.25", pp. 17, includes multiple pages of architectural designs and illustrations, a facsimile of the 1752 original. Cover boards exhibit light wear and color fading. Inside pages clean without visible markings. "First published.....

Zurich, Switzerland: The Graphis Press, 1974. Hardcover bound with white boards; red, blue, and black text. Ex-library copy with library label on spine and back cover. 9.5" x 9.5" pp. 183, includes multiple full color and b&w diagrams that explore pre-mainstream computer data visualization. This is an ex-library copy with.....

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, [1958]. First American edition, large 8vo, pp. 37, [1]; without the blank sample papers at the back, but with the 16 mounted origami samples together with numerous illustrations showing how they were created; fine copy in original red checkerboard paper-covered boards, dust jacket with several tears.....

Kyoto: Unsodo, 1939-41. 8.5 " x 12" (each) 5 volume set; volume 1: pp. [26] (Aug 1939), volume 2: pp. [26] (Apr 1940), volume 3: pp. [26] (Sep 1940), volume 4: pp. [26] (Sep 1941), volume 5: pp. [26] (Dec 1941). Bound concertina style with colorful paper-covered boards. Very Good.....

Japan: [ca. 1796]. Large fukurotoji, 10.5" x 7.5", pp. [108]; old Japanese "grass" script with Chinese elements, 18 extraordinary double-page watercolor illustrations; sewn and bound in the oriental style (fukurotoji) in original speckled beige wrappers; very slightly worn, preserving the original manuscript label; a very good, attractive example, beautifully illustrated.....