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Album of loose large folded sheets of designs for ceiling decorations prepared by various disciples (see below) of Matsumura Keibun by MATSUMURA KEIBUN’S DISCIPLES

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Title: Album of loose large folded sheets of designs for ceiling decorations prepared by various disciples (see below) of Matsumura Keibun
Author: MATSUMURA KEIBUN’S DISCIPLES
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 91 drawings, using brush & color washes on sheets measuring 710 x 660 mm., all within two loose binder boards. [Japan]: from a pasted-on note from the lower board: “91 drawings…13 August 1860.” A remarkable collection of 91 large and fine drawings of botanical subjects for paintings on coffered ceilings (gotenjo or goutenjo or goutenjou) of aristocratic homes, shrines, and temples, mainly in Kyoto, prepared by many of the disciples and students of Matsumura Keibun (1779-1843), the Japanese painter known as “Go Keibun.” A leading figure in the Shijo school established by his half-brother Goshun Matsumura, Keibun was most noted for his delicate and elegantly composed studies of birds and flowers. The upper board has an inscription: “Shinden naka no ma. On tenjo shitae no utsushi” [“Shinden-style buildings middle chamber. Precious drawings for ceiling paintings. Copies”]. Shinden-zukuri was a style of aristocratic mansion built in the mid-10th century in Kyoto. By the 19th century, those mansions that survived, along with temples and shrines, needed renovations and redecorations. These drawings were prepared for such activities. They may be copies of Keibun’s work by his students or original designs in the style of their master. Each drawing is signed with a pen name and a label identifying the plant or flower; all are in roughly the same style. We have been able to identify 11 of the artists: Seiki Yokoyama (1792-1864; see Hillier, p. 922; five drawings), Obun Matsumura (the son of Keibun; three drawings), Kiho Yagi (seven drawings), Keika Nakao (one drawing), Nikka Tanaka (four drawings), Gisho (or Yoshiaki) Mori (five drawings), Kado Isono (five drawings), Kokei Tomita (four drawings), Bunrin Shiokawa (seven drawings), Mohiko Okamoto (six drawings), and Goho Tanaka (five drawings). We have not been able to identify the artists of the remaining 39 signed drawings. In fine condition, preserved in chitsu. A few folds with minor tears. ❧ Brown, Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan, p. 91-”Keibun…was chiefly noted for his paintings of flowers and birds.” Hillier, The Art of the Japanese Book, pp. 713-14.

Trudnaia zagadka [i.e. Complicated Riddle] by GURIAN, Olga and O. TRUDNAIA; GURIAN, Olga

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Title: Trudnaia zagadka [i.e. Complicated Riddle]
Author: GURIAN, Olga and O. TRUDNAIA; GURIAN, Olga
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1930. GURIAN, Olga and Elena FRADKINA. Trudnaia zagadka [Complicated Riddle]. By K.T. Chukovsky. 16 pp. 4to, publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. [Moscow]: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1930. A Constructivist lithographic book by a well-known children's writer Olga Gurian (1899-1973) who wrote over 50 books about different crafts. The main structure of the book is a dialogue: a mother asks her son a riddle: "What is warm in the winter but cold in the summer?" The son was full of doubt even after discussion with his friends. Then the mother gives him a hint: "It is fed with a thing that firstly is green, then white, then red, then black". The friends offer their versions but have no consensus. Finally, the boy realizes that it is an oven that is fed with firewood. This edition was co-designed by two female artists who were both known for their stage designs. Elena Fradkina (1901-1981) studied in Vkhutemas with A. Lentulov and P. Konchalovskii. She worked in the Kyiv Russian Theater, the Theater of Moscow Soviet of Trade Unions, the Moscow Children's Theater. Sofia Vishnevetskaia (1899-1962) studied at the Kyiv art studio of A. Ekster in 1916-1920. Since 1921, she worked in the Moscow Kamerny Theater. Together, they also designed children's books Golden Leaves (1927), Throughout the Year (1929), Frame-Up (1927).

HAND TO MOUTH. A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE by AUSTER, Paul

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Title: HAND TO MOUTH. A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE
Author: AUSTER, Paul
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Holt, (1997). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Advance Reader's Copy in pictorial wraps replicating the dustwrapper. Auster's memoir of his early days of writing along with three of his plays, his baseball novel (originally published as a paperback under the name of Paul Benjamin), and the rules of a baseball game he invented. INSCRIBED "For Darlene" and SIGNED by the author on the title page.

Any Village. by Baldwin, Faith.

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Title: Any Village.
Author: Baldwin, Faith.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1971. Stated First Edition. Author signed bookplate. Octavo, gold cloth (hardcover), 254 pp. Fine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with lightly worn edges. From jacket: The yound Dr. Bing Irvinston of Station Wagon Set is now the older doctor in the town, and his son Ben practices with him. They become involved with all the relationships of the villagers. There is Amy Meredith, secretary to Warren Andrews, the author; Rosie Niles, the town alcoholic; the Lovemays, playwright and publisher; Gordon Banks, the town minister; and a fine group of young people who participate in the communities dramatic production. Miss Baldwin’s ever-increasing circle of readers will follow with fascination the involvement of Dr. Bing and Dr. Ben with the eventful lives of their friends and patients, and with delight the love story of Ben and Amy.

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