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INSCRIBED BY T. FOUJITA:
JAPANESE FOLKTALES
FOUJITA, Tsugouharu. Legendes Japonaises. Paris, 1922. First printing of this volume of lovely illustrations of Japanese folktales, an out of series copy on vélin alfa. Warmly inscribed by the author on the verso of the limitation page: “À Monsieur Doreau: mes souvenirs. T. Fujita 1929” (with name also written in Japanese). $6800.
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PALLAS’ VOYAGES IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE,
WITH FOLDING MAPS AND ENGRAVED PLATES, 1794
PALLAS, Peter Simon. Voyages du Professeur Pallas [in Russia]. Paris, 1794. Nine volumes. Second French edition of Pallas’ popular account of his travels through Russia and Central Asia, with 97 engraved plates (25 folding or double-page) by N. Thomas, large folding engraved map of the Russian Empire and ten other engraved maps (five folding) by Tardieu. $6500.
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SOLVYN’S COSTUME OF INDOSTAN, WITH 60 FINE HAND-COLORED FOLIO PLATES
SOLVYNS, François Balthazar. Costume of Indostan. London, 1823. Later issue of this classic of 18th-century Indian dress, containing 60 lovely hand-colored stipple-engraved and soft-ground etched plates of various castes in daily attire, from street vendors and fakirs to the military, from musicians and dancing girls to the Brahmins, most by engravers Scott and Vivares after original drawings by Solvyns. $6500.
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11:02 NAGASAKI, WITH PHOTOGRAVURE PLATESDEPICTING THE EFFECTS OF THE ATOM BOMB
TOMATSU, Shomei. 11:02 Nagasaki. Tokyo, 1966. First edition of this important look at Nagasaki, with 119 black-and-white photogravure plates depicting the effect of the atom bomb. $6000.
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1810 BRITISH RECONNAISSANCE INTO IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
POTTINGER, Henry. Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde. London, 1816. First edition of this British secret mission into the region between India and Teheran, with wonderful hand-colored aquatint frontispiece of “Sindian Foot Soldiers” and large folding map (37 by 26-1/2 inches) of “Beloochistan and Sinde, with Parts of Kutch, Seistan, Khorasan, [and] Persia,” with routes outlined in color $6000.
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“TRADITION AND TRANSITION AND TOMORROW”
SMITH, W. Eugene. Photograph. Sound Baffles. No place, circa 1961. Vintage gelatin silver print from the estate of W. Eugene Smith, his strikingly abstract image of sound baffles in the testing room at Hitachi Corporation’s Yokohama Works. Taken circa 1961 and chosen for his 1963 photobook Japan… A Chapter of Image, this print with Smith’s estate inkstamp on the verso was featured in a highly praised 1996 New York gallery exhibit. $6000.
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FITZCLARENCE’S JOURNAL OF A ROUTE ACROSS INDIA, THROUGH EGYPT, 1819, WITH LOVELY HAND-COLORED AQUATINT PLATES
FITZCLARENCE, George. Journal of a Route across India. London, 1819. First edition, with large folding map of India (routes colored) and 18 full-page plates and plans, including nine colored aquatints, handsomely bound. $6000.
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“FOR SOME TIME THE SOLE SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR THE COUNTRY”
HAMILTON, Francis. An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal. Edinburgh, 1819. First edition of this fascinating early account of the forbidden Kingdom of Nepal, with two engraved views, five panoramic folding views of the Himalayan Mountains, and large folding engraved map. Handsomely bound. $5800.
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18 BEAUTIFUL, VIBRANTLY HAND-COLORED
19TH-CENTURY FOLIO JAPANESE FLOWER PRINTS
(JAPAN). Portfolio of Japanese Flower Prints. No place, 1880. Portfolio of 18 Japanese woodblock flower prints, delicately hand-colored. $5500.
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“THE HUNGERS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT”
SMITH, W. Eugene. Photograph. Violinist. No place, 1961. Vintage gelatin silver print from the estate of W. Eugene Smith, his image of a young symphony violinist and Hitachi worker, affirming that “it is the people in front of his lens who most strongly attract his attention” (New York Times). Taken circa 1961 and chosen for his 1963 photobook Japan… A Chapter of Image, this print with Smith’s estate inkstamp on the verso was featured in a highly praised 1996 New York gallery exhibit. $5200.
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