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Handscroll on paper, entitled on a slip of paper formerly pasted on outside: “Sonyōshō” 尊容抄 [“Annotations on the Noble Countenances (of the Deities Depicted)”] by EJŪ 恵什

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Title: Handscroll on paper, entitled on a slip of paper formerly pasted on outside: “Sonyōshō” 尊容抄 [“Annotations on the Noble Countenances (of the Deities Depicted)”]
Author: EJŪ 恵什
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 20 fine brush & black ink drawings of deities & several smaller images. Scroll (290 x 11,980 mm.), delicately ruled in gray ink, wooden roller. [Japan]: 17th-18th century copy? A copy of the eighth scroll from the ten-scroll set known alternatively as “Zuzōshō” 図像抄 [“Annotated Drawings”] or “Sonyōshō” 尊容抄 [“Annotations on the Noble Countenances [of the Deities Depicted]”], along with “Jikkanshō” 十巻抄 [“Annotations of Ten Scrolls”]. Our scroll is also entitled on outside of scroll “Sho myōō” 諸明王 [“The Various Wisdom Kings”]. The original was made in Japan in 1139-1140 CE (Hoen 5), towards the end of the Heian period. This set of scrolls is associated with esoteric Buddhism and depicts Buddhas, bodhisattvas, devas, and wisdom kings (myōō). It is not known if the scrolls were actually used as guides to worship, but they were clearly assembled with this purpose in mind. Early sources ascribe the scrolls to different authors, either Yōgon 永厳 (d. 1151) or Ejū 恵什. Scholars have concluded that Yōgon received an order from retired emperor Toba 鳥羽 (1103-56) to produce the scrolls. Yōgon might have made a preliminary collection of sources, but then gave the task to Ejū, who is considered to be the real author. The original set is lost; the oldest extant copy, held at the Daigo-ji 醍醐寺 temple in Kyoto, dates from 1193, and another early copy, dated 1226 (early Kamakura period), is held at Jōraku-ji 常楽寺 in Konan. Copies of the scrolls were produced into the Tokugawa period (1603-1867). Our scroll contains a series of 20 fine and large brush and black ink drawings of deities and several smaller drawings. The latter include schematics of the deities’ attributes, such as a vajra “thunderbolt” sword (a symbol associated with sudden enlightenment), an eight-spoked dharmachakra disk, and a two-pronged vajra with rope. There are some annotations in red ink. Our eighth scroll includes eleven wisdom kings in total. A description of the contents of “Zuzōsho” specifies that the eighth scroll contains the irate wisdom kings: these usually number ten, but in “Zuzōsho,” including our copy, eleven deities are represented. This scroll is simply titled “various wisdom kings.” These are the eleven: 1. Acala 不動使者, “the immovable.” 2. Trailokya-vijaya 降三世, “conqueror of the three worlds.” 3. Kuṇḍalī 軍荼利, a guardian king. 4. Yamântaka 大威德, “of awe-inspiring power,” the “terminator of death,” depicted here riding a water buffalo. 5. Vajrayakṣa 金剛夜叉, here depicted with three faces and six arms, as is customary. 6. Ajita 無能勝明王, “the unsurpassable.” 7. Great Wheel Vajra 大輪明王, “destroyer of delusion.” 8. Padana-kṣipa-vidyā-rāja 步擲明王, one of the great luminous kings, often depicted as holding a disk in his right hand and a vajra-mallet in his left hand. Here, the disk appears to be a kind of parasol. 9. Ucchuṣma 烏瑟渋摩明王 (on the scroll written as 烏瑟澁摩明王), “the unclean” 不淨, who has the power to purify. 10. Vajrakumāra 金剛童子, a youth. 11. Āṭavika太元帥明王, “the great commander.” The scroll is structured with the name of each deity given as a heading, below which is basic information followed by quotes from various sources. Basic information includes a deity’s “Sanskrit appellation,” “secret appellation” (e.g., “Protector of the dharma diamond,” for Vajrayakṣa), “seed syllables” (represented in Siddham characters), “samaya” (sangyō 三形, short for sanmayagyō 三昧耶形, an object representing the deity; in the case of Vajrayaksa, “bell blade tooth”). The text that accompanies the images includes quotes from canonical Buddhist literature; “hymns” (san 讚) — a kind of dhāraṇī, we believe — where Chinese characters represent Sanskrit sounds; as well as references to statues of the deities kept in temples. Tō-ji 東寺, a famous Shingon temple in Kyoto, is mentioned as one housing such statues. These sources are marshalled to describe the appearance of the wisdom kings. Texts quoted here, referring to Atavika, is “Translation of the esoterica of the place of practice by Śubhakarasiṃha of the Great Tang” 唐大善無畏內道場祕譯, a section in the “Commentary for the practice of rituals related to the Sutra of the Supremely Enlightened Dhāraṇī of Āṭavika, the Great Commander” 阿吒薄俱元帥大將上佛陀羅尼, which is included in the Buddhist canon (T 1239 in the Taishō canon). The author of this text, Śubhakarasiṃha (637-735 CE), was an Indian monk who propagated esoteric Buddhism in China and was an important figure for the esoteric Shingon sect in Japan. Another text quoted, describing the appearance of Acala, is “Esoteric dhāraṇī spells of the messenger(s) of Akṣobhya” 不動使者陀羅尼祕密法 (T 1202), translated by Vajrabodhi 金剛智 (671-741 CE), one of the eight patriarchs of the doctrine in the Shingon lineages. Descriptions include the color of the deities and their clothes, facial expression, the number of arms, the items they hold and how they hold them, and their mudrā (hand gestures representing a message of the Buddha’s teaching). The various Buddhist scriptures that had been brought to Japan from China often did not agree on the physical appearance and attributes of the wisdom kings. Ejū’s text points this out, and also, as mentioned, references the appearance of statues held in Japanese temples. Tamura Takateru notes that Ejū takes a relatively scholarly attitude in the discussion of these sources, rather than following a doctrinal need to promote Shingon over the rival esoteric sect of Tendai. In fine condition. Occasional minor staining and a few small wormholes in lower margin. ❧ Tamura Takateru 田村隆照, “Zuzōshō seiritsu to naiyō ni kansuru mondai” 図像抄—成立と内容に関する問題 Bukkyo geijutsu 仏教芸術, Vol. 70 (1969), pp. 53 & 63. Other undated copies of the eighth scroll are accessible online at the Met (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44911) and Keio University (https://objecthub.keio.ac.jp/ja/object/1683).

SEVENTH BRIDGE by (BINDINGS - CRIS CLAIR TAKACS). AHLGREN, CAROL A.

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Title: SEVENTH BRIDGE
Author: (BINDINGS - CRIS CLAIR TAKACS). AHLGREN, CAROL A.
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Iowa City, Iowa: Gravel Pit Press, 1990. No. 27 OF 45 COPIES, signed in the colophon by designer, printer, and illustrator Nora L. Koch. 280 x 180 mm. (11 x 7 1/8"). 1 p.l., 11, [1] pp., [1] leaf. UNCONVENTIONAL BLACK AND KHAKI TIE-DYED CALF BY CRIS CLAIR TAKACS (inscribed in pencil in colophon: "Bound by Cris Clair Takacs 1993"), upper cover with subtle leather-relief archway and blind-stamped falling leaves, smooth spine with two black morocco labels, green handmade paper endleaves. In matching leather-lipped black cloth slipcase. With four full-page woodcuts by Nora Koch. Printed in Hammer Uncial on domestic etching paper. ◆In mint condition. This is an attractively hand-printed and illustrated remembrance by architectural historian Carol Ahlgren of the hand-crafted bridges she crossed while collecting maple sap with her grandfather; but the big story here is our volume's conspicuous binding of tie-dyed calf fashioned by Ohio artisan Cris Takacs. Takacs began studying bookbinding in 1980, and in 1987 worked with Czech binders Jan and Jarmila Sobota. In an email to a former owner of this volume, Takacs explained she achieved a modelled effect on the upper cover using a leather relief method in which the leather was laid over thin bristol board to produce the design's archway outline. The falling leaves were then tooled in blind, though the leather did not take tooling well, and she had "a devil of a time with the leaves." Takacs is a former chairperson of the Guild of Book Workers, and since her retirement from managing the collections at the International Women's Air and Space Museum in Cleveland, she does binding and conservation under the trade name Books Bound & Repaired. Nora Koch received an MFA in Printmaking and Book Arts from the University of Iowa, and then operated the Gravel Pit Press for a few years after graduate school. She is now a freelance book designer for publishers that include the Minnesota Historical Society Press, University of Wisconsin Press, and Fortress Press. She was a founding member of Minnesota Book Builders..

Japanese in Southern California "A History of 70 Years by [Japanese Americana]. [California]

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Title: Japanese in Southern California "A History of 70 Years
Author: [Japanese Americana]. [California]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: [Los Angeles]: Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, 1960. Very good.. [1],34,756,[1],67,xi,[2]pp., plus eleven pages of photographic plates. Quarto. Original limp green cloth, gilt spine titles. Minor rubbing and dust-soiling to boards, small bump to top edge, spine titles a bit worn and faded. Internally clean. A massive and detailed historical account of the Japanese American experience in Southern California, issued by the region's Japanese Chamber of Commerce. The work is printed in both Japanese and English, with chapters on Japanese immigration, local Japanese associations, various industries engaged in by Japanese immigrants in California, the experiences of both Issei and Nisei, histories of religion, sports, the internment period, post-internment period, and more between 1885 and 1960. The Japanese section includes numerous photographs featuring prominent Japanese-American businesspeople, organizations, scenes of agricultural labor, and more interspersed throughout the text. The eleven photographic plates preceding the Japanese section picture Japanese areas of southern California, scenes of industry and business, various notices relating anti-Japanese sentiment in the area, group shots of Japanese-American businesses and associations, prominent Japanese-American business figures, and more. A significant and dense history of the Japanese-American experience in Southern California, somewhat well represented institutionally, but rare in commerce.

Havana Hospitality English-Español. Prepared Under the Direction of the St. Rita Guild by [Cook Books]. [Cuba]

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Title: Havana Hospitality English-Español. Prepared Under the Direction of the St. Rita Guild
Author: [Cook Books]. [Cuba]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Good.
Description: Havana, 1950. Good.. 389pp., plus [33]pp. of ads. Original red publisher's cloth, stamped in black. Dampstained at edges and spine, extremities worn; rear cover soiled. Contemporary inscription on front pastedown. Foxed, some scattered soiling. An interesting bilingual Cuban cook book, with recipes in English and Spanish on facing pages. The introduction explains that this is not a volume of recipes for the beginner bride or a how to guide, but rather "the compilation of favorite recipes hitherto unpublished, yet well-known and highly regarded in important Cuban-American circles and other parts of the world where men and women of taste and discernment throughout the years have succeeded in regaling the palates of intimate friends and distinguished gusts." Each recipe lists its contributor -- some of whom are noted as "Mrs." and some of whom are denoted as "Sra." Recipes range from Hot Grapefruit Cocktail to Sweet and Pungent Shrimp to Italian Spaghetti (California Style), and more. The St. Rita Guild is a Catholic parish organization designed to foster community. Fewer than ten copies in OCLC. A wonderful slice of domestic and social life in Cuba just before the Communist revolution.

BARBARA STANWYCK | THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (1933) Oversized photo by William A. Fraker by William A. Fraker

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Title: BARBARA STANWYCK | THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (1933) Oversized photo by William A. Fraker
Author: William A. Fraker
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Columbia. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures, 1933. Vintage original 10 3/4 x 13 1/2" (27 x 33 cm) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin photo. Blank white borders slightly trimmed, minor crease at lower left corner, tape remnant from paper blurb attachment on verso. Ink stamped "Barbara Stanwyck, Columbia Star, Please credit William A. Fraker, Hollywood, Exclusive". Fine. The Bitter Tea of General Yen was the first film to play at Manhattan's fabled Radio City Music Hall upon its opening on January 6, 1933. It was also one of the first films to deal openly with interracial sexual attraction. It was a box office failure upon its release and has since been overshadowed by Capra's later efforts. In recent years, the film has grown in critical opinion. It is one of the few films for which Capra used photographic tricks, such as filming much of it through diffusion to give it a romantic look, much as this photo represents. (Wikipedia) Exclusive image for one time use only for a newspaper or magazine.

Old Mother Hubbard, Father Tuck's Tiny Toddler's Series, No. 2041 by [MARTIN, Sarah Catherine]

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Title: Old Mother Hubbard, Father Tuck's Tiny Toddler's Series, No. 2041
Author: [MARTIN, Sarah Catherine]
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Description: London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Montreal: Raphael Tuck d& Sons, Ltd, 1910. [JUVENILE] [RHYMING VERSE] [POETRY] [MOTHER GOOSE]. Front wrapper title: Mother Hubbard Small 4to (10 ¾" x 8 5/8"); [14pp]; stiff glazed chromolithographed pictorial wrapper showing Mother Hubbard with her dog looking into an empty cupboard; 3 staple binding; 4 full-page color illustrations with titles gift presentation on rear wrapper; light scuffing to front, light soiling to wrapper, some off-setting of sepia print; very good plus. Not in Blair & Whitton. Not recorded in OCLC in Father Tuck's Tiny Toddler's Series. This humorous children's poem by Sarah Catherine Martin (1768-1826) is delightfully illustrated with a pretty young woman rather than the more frequently seen old figure. Her dog's antics are captured in verse and lively illustrations. Dating the publication is based on the opening of Tuck's Berlin office in 1907 and the designation of "Publisher's to their Majesties, The King & Queen, & T.R.H. The Prince & Princess of Wales" 1901-1910.

The Star Speaker, A Complete and Choice Collection of the Best Productions by the Best Authors with an Exhaustive Treatise on the Subject of Vocal and Physical Culture and Gesturing by KIGHTLINGER, Flora N.

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Title: The Star Speaker, A Complete and Choice Collection of the Best Productions by the Best Authors with an Exhaustive Treatise on the Subject of Vocal and Physical Culture and Gesturing
Author: KIGHTLINGER, Flora N.
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Jersey City, N.J.: Star Publishing Company, 1893. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 488pp; silver and brown stamped vignette to mustard-colored cloth over beveled board; blue floral endpapers; color illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard; b&w illustrated plates; light shelf-wear to boards, small scrape to ffep, age-toning to paper, lightly shaken; very good. Poetry, lectures, and recitations, along with information on Vocal Culture, Gesturing, and Physical Culture. Illustrations of how to stand and move to be effective and dramatic in public speech.

Corona Club Cook Book. [Compiled by members of the Corona Club] by [Corona Club (San Francisco); Household Economics Section]

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Title: Corona Club Cook Book. [Compiled by members of the Corona Club]
Author: [Corona Club (San Francisco); Household Economics Section]
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Rincon Publishing Company, 1910. Octavo, [18], 19-249, [13] pages. Advertisements. FIRST EDITION. A collection of attributed recipes written in narrative format, assembled to raise funds for a club house. Includes household tips and a section on Lemon Remedies. Local advertisements precede, follow, and are interspersed throughout the recipes. Organized in 1898, San Francisco's Corona Club was a women's charitable and civic organization. At the time of this publication, the club's numbers were limited to two hundred women, but the limitation was later lifted. Sections, including Social Services, Book Review, Child Welfare, Dramatic, and Household Economics carried out a wide variety of activities, providing funds and support "to make this great city a better place in which to live". In rubbed and slightly bumped white oilcloth with blue titles printed to cover. Some light foxing and edgewear throughout, otherwise very good. Manuscript recipes throughout, twenty-seven written on blanks and in margins, one laid in, one tipped-in, and one clipping laid in. And with the ownership inscription of "Lilian F. John, 1015 Gough St. S.F." [OCLC locates twelve copies; Brown 93; Cook, page 32].

Lady Susan (Little Clothbound Classics) by Austen, Jane

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Title: Lady Susan (Little Clothbound Classics)
Author: Austen, Jane
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ISBN: 9780241582527
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Penguin Classics, 2003. Reprint. Small Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4x0x6. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2003 Small Hard Cover. 117, [1] pp. Recently widowed, the unscrupulous and beautiful Lady Susan Vernon is determined to scheme her way through high society in the hope of a profitable new match - all while trying to marry off her unfortunate daughter. Ambitious and manipulative, Lady Susan is unlike any Jane Austen heroine you've read about before. Told through a series of letters, Jane Austen's magnificent first novella is as subversive as it is charming.

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