Hardcover. New York, Gallery Books, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 390 pages, illustrated throughout in color. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS on half title page. Large, very heavy book. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, inc, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 140 pages. b&w and color illustrations throughout. Gives an interesting insight, through three essays, of the influence Whistler' art, and the influence of the Eastern ideal of the feminine image, had on American painters. Black leatherette, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Pink pictorial dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Tight binding and crisp, clean pages.
Hardcover. Seattle, University of Washington, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Volume 1 - 181 pages. Some minor underlining in pencil. Dust jacket shows light rubbing at edges. Volume 2 - 237 pages. Dust jacket missing paper at bottom of foredge folds - approx. 1". Clean tight copy.
Hardcover. Tokyo, Hokuseido Press, Reprint, 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 83 pages. Black & white photographs and illustrations. Dust jacket worn with chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Cambridge, Harvard University, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 535 pages. Small tape repaired tear on back of dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 606 pages. Previous owners name at top of front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 302 pages. Black & white photographs and illustrations. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. London, Spring Books, NA, ND, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 58 pages of text and black & white illustrations followed by 63 pages of full color plates. Book is housed in folding green cloth cover with fastening stick. Title in gilt on spine and lower right corner of front cover. Cloth cover shows light/moderate wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 403 pages. Hardcover. 65 illustrations, 40 in full color. Price clipped dust jacket worn with tape repairs, fading - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. London, Ian Allan, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 400 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners name embossed on title page. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Dust jacket with wear, chipping, creases. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Rutland, Charles E. Tuttle, 1st US, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 456 pages. Hardcover. Full color frontis. Black & white illustrations. Price clipped dust jacket with short tape repaired tears at edges. Clean, unmarked text.
Softcover. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 526 pages. Softcover. Light (erasable) pencil markings throughout, previous owner's signature to half title page. Clean and unmarked cover with light wear to edges. Black and white photographs throughout.
Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 337 pages. Edited by Richard von Doenhoff. Previous bookseller's bookplate on front flyleaf. Dust jacket soiled.
Hardcover. Geneva, SKIRA, Reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 217 pages. Tipped-in, color plates throughout. Chipping to dust jacket covers. Some tanning/staining to rear cover and flaps. Light scratches on rear cover. Minor tape repairs to back of covers. Dust jacket now protected by clear plastic. Light foxing to all edges. Good, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. Cleveland OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. A document of the history and aesthetics of the Japanese realist tradition. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, mostly to top edge. Fading to upper top edge of dust jacket. Light bumping to corners. Full color and black-and-white photos throughout. Unmarked. A tight copy.
Softcover. St Louis City Art Museum, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 351 pages. Softcover. Shows minor normal wear, spine slightly cocked. Clean and tight copy otherwise. Illustrated throughout.
Softcover. Baltimore, MD, The John Hopkins University Press, First Thus, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Softcover. Black & white illustrations throughout. Clean text with tight binding & sharp corners. A nice copy.
Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle Company, First Edition, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 287 pages. Hardcover with stamped illustration to rust & brown cloth boards. Gilt titles to spine. Related ephemera laid-in to front & rear, writing directed to print collectors. Wonderful illustrations in black & white & full color throughout. Book design & typography by Kaoru Ogimi. Color plates by Kyodo Printing & gravure plates by Inshokan. Original illustrated dust jacket, price clipped, with small tears to edges, protected in original cardboard slip case.
Hardcover. Rutland, VT, Charles E. Tuttle Company, First Edition, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 91 pages. Hardcover with stamps to rust & brown cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. Musty smell. The volume is photo illustrated in black & white, followed by 32 tipped-in color plates. Wonderful illustrations of puppet masterpieces. Dust jacket has chipping & tears to top inch of spine & other small tears to edges, price-clipped. Clean pages throughout, protected with cardboard slipcase.
 "Nihonga, Transcending the Past: Japanese-Style Painting 1868-1968 Conant, Ellen P.")