SEVEN 19th Century (c.1869) CHINESE "Coolie" Indentures.

The Chinese were brought into Cuba to replace slaves that were starting to be freed (Slavery was officially abolished in Cuba on October 7, 1886, by a Spanish royal decree. This decree also outlawed "patronato," a system of slave-like indentured servitude. While the official abolition date was 1886, the process of emancipation was gradual and took place over many years.)

Seven Original Indentures, printed and manuscript, approximately 8.5x12 inches. Four are printed on one side only, two on both sides, and one folds open. All have MANUSCRIPT WRITING and SIGNATURES, and most have OFFICIAL INK STAMPS.

Condition: Various degrees of toning, all have horizontal center folds, one is starting to tear at its center fold, some edgewear, most are bright and clear, the one with substantial toning is less so.

BUI HUU HUNG - RECOLLECTION. Art Monograph. Published by the APRICOT GALLERY, Vietnam and London; and Printed in London, 2010. Produced in conjunction with Bui Huu Hung's 2010 London exhibition.

Hardcover book with original black paper wrap-around band, 9.5x12 inches, 150 pages. Richly ILLUSTRATED with 70+ color examples of Bui Huu Hung's artworks, most full page, some double page, and one a 4-panel fold-open work.

GOOD condition: The covers have light offsetting to their lower half where the paper wrap-around band covers the book, some rubbing, and light edgewear; the spine gilt is rubbed and the spine ends are lightly bumped. Internally, the front and rear endpapers are separating from the binder's glue at the gutter edge but still holding well. The wrap-around band has a 2 inch closed tear to the front fold and some light white marks; overall the book is tight, bright, clean and clear. A nice, presentable copy.

About BUI HUU HUNG (excerpted from Wikipedia):

******Bui Huu Hung, b.1957, is a Vietnamese artist who works primarily with lacquer. Since his first solo exhibition in 1995 at Hanoi's Australian Cultural Center, Hung has gone on to represent the spirit of newly emerging Vietnamese artists with innumerable solo exhibitions worldwide, including London, Hong Kong, Miami, Paris, Singapore, and Dubai.******

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RARE ANTIOCH CHINESE FAMILY'S 1907 ANTIOCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL CABINET CARD CLASS PHOTOGRAPH. Antique photograph featuring the students and teachers of the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes posing on the front steps of the Antioch Grammar School building. The classes are a mixture of girls and boys, all the students are white except for one Chinese boy partially obscured by the child in front of him.

Original 1907 Cabinet Card Photograph. 12" x 10". With Chinese language handwritten note in black ink on the verso "1907 Antioch Elementary School Class" and in English in the same hand "3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades." The photographer is not stated nor is the name of the Chinese boy or his family identified. NEAR FINE CONDITION: a bright and clean image. Scarce.

Antioch, a Bay Area city on the banks of the San Joaquin River in Contra Costa County has a complicated history of discrimination against Chinese immigrants. Chinese people began to arrive in Antioch during the Gold Rush of 1848 and established a small Chinatown downtown. They faced ongoing racism, scapegoating and xenophobia between 1850 and 1876. Antioch officially became a "sundown town" banning Chinese residents from walking city streets after sunset. In 1860 the State banned Chinese children from attending public schools with white children, and created the Chinese Exclusion Acts. In 1876 the anti Chinese sentiments of the Antioch community reached a point of no return when white mobs forcibly displaced Chinese residents and burned Chinatown to the ground. For nearly 100 years after this, almost no Chinese people lived in Antioch. In 2021, Antioch became the first city in the U.S. to officially apologize for mistreatment of Chinese people.

FEMMES DE COREE (WOMEN OF KOREA) Issue NUMBER 1, 1971.

The First and apparently Only Issue of this magazine on NORTH KOREAN COMMUNIST WOMEN. Features North Korean Women singing the praises of Kim Il Sung and Communism, 1971.

Produced and Published by Le Comite Central de l'Union Democratique des Femmes (Central Committee of the Democratic Union of Women), PYONGYANG, KOREA, 1971.

Magazine, side stapled, 8.5x11.5 inches (22x28.5 cm), 64 pages. TEXT IN FRENCH.

Illustrated with photographs, including an eight page section of photographs of women singing (literally) the praises of Kim Il Sung and the communist dictatorship, lots of parades too.

Sections include: Rapport d'Activité du Comité Central au IVe Congrès de L'Union Démocratique des Femmes de Corée (Report of the Activities of the Central Committee at the Fourth Congress of the Democratic Union of Women of Korea); L'Appel Lancé Aux Femmes Sud Coréennes (An Appeal to South Korean Women); La Lettre à l'Adresse des Femmes Coréennes Résidant au Japon (Letter Addressed to Korean Women Living in Japan); L'Atrocité Diabolique du Loup, Impérialiste Américain (Diabolical Atrocities of the Wolf, the American Imperialist); and more.

VERY GOOD condition, some light creases and general signs of handling, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

SCARCE. This is the only copy I have ever seen.

Post-WWII Letter from SHANGHAI Manufacturer trying to Renew Business in S.F. CHINATOWN

1946 TLS from LEE TONG & CO. "MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS OF CHINESE THINGS", SHANGHAI, CHINA - to MR. D. S. PUN "CITY OF CHINA", SAN FRANCISCO [Geary Street, CHINATOWN].

Single sheet letter typed on thin paper with letterhead, 8.5x11 inches, hand signed. The letter's envelope is included.

Condition: The letter is in GOOD condition, it has several folds where it was folded to fit into the envelope, and has light signs of handling and age, otherwise it is solid, clear and fully legible. The envelope has a large piece missing from its backside, creases from handling, and is toned, but the typed City of China / San Francisco address and the printed Lee Tong & Co. / Shanghai return address on the front side are bright and clear.

What I find most interesting about the letter is the part where Lee Tong talks about how good business was prior to WWII and how bad things are in China now (1946). He clearly hopes to rebuild his business with the help of U.S. import shops like The City Of China, and that by doing so he will help rebuild China. The full text of the letter, grammatically as written, follows:

********************************************** Shanghai, 5th April, 1946.

Messrs City of China,

440 Grant Avenue,

San Francisco, Calif. U.S.A.

Att. Mr. D. S. Pun

Dear sir,

We wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 5th March, which is highly interesting to us; attached herewith our price list, we hope it will meet your requirement.

We have pleasure to take this opportunity to introduce ourself to your goodself that we are the manufacturer of all kinds of embroideries, silk lingeries, robs, coats and also dealing all kinds of lace, linen, needle points, carved wood-war, black wood-ware, china-ware, rugs, antiques and any things Chinese. The writer has been an exporter and manufacturer for about thirty years in above lines. We had many connections in the main city of China. When the time of pre-war we had supplied to many department stores or jobbers in U.S.A. and as well as many other merchants in different countries. Any line which produces in China does not mention in above please do not be hasted to drop us a few lines if you are interesting in. We will be sure to inform you all the particulars by returned mail. For our bank reference we suggest you to enquire Chase Bank, Shanghai.

China was in war for so many years. People in this country are very poor. We need our overseas citizens to give us help to rebuild our country. Of course things are abnormal here, cost of living is so high and commodities are so in shortage that make the merchandise a little bit higher. It is a discouragement for the export business at present. However we hope our government in soon future uses double effort to abolish all our difficulties.

Thanking for your kind letter, hoping for your esteemed order and establishing our cooperation,

Yours very truly,

LEE TONG & CO. LEE TONG (Signed) **********************************************

FOUR ASIAN YELLOW PAGES TELEPHONE BOOKS / BUSINESS DIRECTORIES.

SAN FRANCISCO: Direct Language Publishing / Asian Yellow Pages, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990.

(1) San Francisco Bay Area Asian Yellow Pages 1983/1984. Chinese and Japanese Telephone Yellow Pages, printed together in one book dos-a-dos (i.e. the front cover of the Chinese Yellow Pages is on one side - flip the book over and it is the front cover of the Japanese Yellow Pages). Softcovers, 9x11 inches, 202 and 202 pages.

(2) Asian Yellow Pages - San Francisco Bay Area, 1986-1987. Japanese Edition. Softcovers, 9x11 inches, 384 pages.

(3) Asian Yellow Pages - Serving San Francisco North Bay Area, 1987-1988. (Though the cover suggests the North Bay Area, it seems that most listings and ads are from S.F., Oakland, and the Peninsula.) Softcovers, 9x11 inches, 400 pages, the last 3 being a listing of Japantown Businesses. (I wonder how many of those still exist?)

(4) Asian Yellow Pages in Chinese - Serving Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, August 1990. Softcovers, 8.5x10 inches, 450 pages.

CONDITION of the DIRECTORIES: The 1990 Yellow Pages has "#203" written with black marker on the front cover, otherwise all four volumes are in VERY GOOD condition, just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked, with smooth spines. Solid, nice, very presentable copies

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TWO CHINESE YELLOW PAGES BUSINESS DIRECTORIES for SAN JOSE / THE SOUTH BAY, PENINSULA, and SOUTH ALAMEDA COUNTY.

Chinese yellow pages telephone books for 1992 and 1996-97. Softcovers, 8.25x11 inches, 548 and 900 pages respectively.

Published by Overseas Merchant Company / Chinese Media Group, San Francisco, 1992-1996. First editions.

Condition: The 1992 Directory is in GOOD condition, some creases to the front cover, a 2 inch closed tear to the rear cover, otherwise tight, bright, clean and clear. The 1995-96 directory is in VERY GOOD condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

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THREE VIETNAMESE YELLOW PAGES BUSINESS DIRECTORIES - SERVING THE BAY AREA.

Vietnamese yellow pages telephone books for 1990, 1991-1992, and 1993. Softcovers, 8.5x10.25 inches, 268, 295 and 281 pages respectively.

Published by Direct Language Publishing, Inc. (aka Direct Language, Inc.), San Francisco, 1990-1993. First editions. (Direct Language Publishing, Inc., was a San Francisco start-up publishing company that began circa 1983 and died circa 1994. The Direct Language printed directories are now hard-to-find.)

VERY GOOD condition, some wear to the covers' spine ends and signs of light handling, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Solid, nice, presentable copies.

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FINE-ENAMELLED WARE OF THE CH'ING DYNASTY - YUNG CHÊNG - PERIOD I AND PERIOD II (Two Volumes) - PORCELAIN FROM THE NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM.

Published by CAFA, Hong Kong, 1967.

Two Folio Volumes, hardcover books in dustjackets, one in a slipcase, both in their original boxes; 11x15 inches. The two "Yung Chêng Period" volumes have a total of 149 text pages and 110 pages of photographic plates illustrating 55 YUNG CHÊNG PERIOD PORCELAINS from various angles including the bottoms.

The PLATES are gorgeous, full color photographs on glossy heavy-stock paper. The colors are brilliant.

CONDITION: NEAR FINE books, sharp cornered, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. In VERY GOOD dustjackets; the dj of Volume I has some light indents to its dj likely from being used as a backing for writing a brief note; the dj of Volume II has some foxing / offsetting (mainly at the spine folds and top margin), otherwise both are bright and solid. Volume II is in a GOOD slipcase that has wear to its spine ends and the front top opening, otherwise it is solid and doing its job well, Volume I does not have a slipcase. Both Volumes are in GOOD boxes. All the photographic plates are in FINE condition.

This two volume set of the Yung Chêng Period was published as part of the twenty volume set published by the Chinese National Palace Museum which covered fine porcelain from the Sung to the Ch'ing periods. These two volumes are the complete publication of the Yung Chêng Period.

Rare Set of Both Volumes of the Fine Enamelled Ware of the Yung Chêng Period, in their original packing boxes.

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WATER-COLOUR PAINTINGS OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT DR. SUN'S MAUSOLEUM - PAINTED BY ONG SCHAN TCHOW.

HONG KONG: Yik Mui Art Association, 1939. From the copyright page: "First Edition, Printed January 1939...Engraved and Printed by The Asiatic Litho. Printing Press / 390, King's Road, Hong Kong."

Hardcovers, cord binding, 10.5x15 inches oblong. Pagination: [1] Title Page / Table of Contents, [4] Preface Pages, [2] Comment Pages, [20] Twenty Plates of Chrysanthemum Watercolors side-by-side with Calligraphic Poems. Each leaf is printed on one side only.

VERY GOOD condition, the covers have some rubs, a few scrapes and wear to the top of the spine, otherwise they are solid and doing their job well; internally the pages are complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

SCARCE and IMPORTANT WORK by the CHINESE / HONG KONG ARTIST ONG SCHAN TCHOW. This book almost never comes up for sale, the last copy I am aware of was incomplete - missing plates.

About ONG SCHAN TCHOW (from Wikipedia):

******Ong Schan Tchow, b.1900 d.1945, was born in the Longyan prefecture, Southern Fujian Province, China. He was known for Chinese ink wash painting, color paintings of flowers (Chrysanthemums in particular), and Calligraphy. He was one of the first Chinese artists to study in Paris and one of the early artists to integrate traditional Chinese and Western art techniques,

In Paris, Ong studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. In addition, he obtained a Master of Arts in Law, French and Political Science from the University of Paris.

In Nanjing Ong produced one of his MONUMENTAL WORKS - a compilation of paintings of chrysanthemums with accompanying poems and commentary from well known persons. This compilation was succinctly called the "BOOK OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS" [and un-succinctly titled WATER-COLOUR PAINTINGS OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT DR. SUN'S MAUSOLEUM]. The book contained paintings of the vast variety of Chrysanthemums planted at the newly completed mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the "Father of Modern China", at Nanjing, the former Capital of China.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Professor Ong exhibited his works extensively and gave all the proceeds to the war relief effort. The war destroyed many of his paintings but he managed to salvage some important works. The advancing Japanese army forced him to move his exhibitions to Hong Kong and later to Singapore and Malaysia.

Ong died in 1945, at the age of 45, while exhibiting his works in Ipoh, Malaysia. In the Annals of Longyan, Ong is considered one of her most famous citizens.******

FORTY-ONE ISSUES - THE COMPLETE RUN of THE XXTH CENTURY. Published in SHANGHAI, CHINA, 1941-1945. Founded and Edited by KLAUS MEHNERT.

The XXth Century was an English language, Nazi financed, deceptively scholarly publication about China, Japan, Asia, Germany, and World War II. It had a strong pro-Axis slant, but presented itself as an independent publication filled with articles about Asia and the World. German activities in the War and throughout the world were portrayed in a positive light.

COMPLETE RUN of FORTY-ONE ISSUES, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Oct. 1941) through Vol.. 8, No. 6 (June 1945).

SHANGHAI: The XXth Century Publishing Company / Klaus Mehnert, 1941-1945.

Softcover magazines, 7.25x10.25 inches (18.5x25.5 cm), approximately 80 pages per issue, illustrated with photographic plates and in-text drawings and maps.

COMES WITH A GUIDE / INDEX compiled by Eric Bott at the University of Hawaii under the supervision of Stephan and Patricia Polansky, and published by the Berlin State Library in 2004. The Guide provides the full table-of-contents for each of the 41 issues, and a comprehensive Index for all the issues. It has 73 photocopied pages printed on one side only, bound in clear vinyl covers. It is signed in German at the top of the first page "Schöne Grüße / Hartmut".

CONDITION: The issues are in GOOD to GOOD MINUS condition, the covers have soiling, scrapes and wear to the spines, and some tender spine folds; some of the early and latter signatures are pulling from the staples but holding; some of the pages have edgewear and edge flakiness; otherwise the issues are complete with pages that are lightly toned at the margins and still bright, clean and unmarked. The exception is the last issue, V.8 N.6, which has disbound covers, light shorelining to the covers and pages, and general signs of wear, otherwise it too is complete. The Guide / Index is in Fine condition.

The Berlin State Library called The XXth Century "particularly remarkable because it is completely free of Nazi propaganda." Far from the truth.

A RARE COMPLETE RUN of Klaus Mehnert's Nazi backed, Shanghai published journal. The University of Hawaii holds one of the few complete runs of this influential publication.

About KLAUS MEHNERT and the XXTH CENTURY magazine (from Wikipedia and the University of Hawaii website):

******Born In Moscow in 1906, Mehnert's family left Russia in 1914. He received his PhD from the University of Berlin in 1928. Mehnert traveled frequently, to America, the Soviet Union, Japan, and China. He was fluent in Russian, German, and English. He married Enid Keyes (d.1955) in California in 1933, and in 1934 returned to the Soviet Union as an author and German newspaper reporter. In 1936 Goebbels ordered German newspapers to stop printing Mehnert's news reports, so he moved to America where he taught at UC Berkeley then at the University of Hawaii.

In June 1941, six months prior to America's entry to World War II, he left for Shanghai, China, where he published an English language journal The XXth Century with financing from the Nazi German Foreign Ministry and Joseph Goebbels' Third Reich Propaganda Ministry.

The XXth Century was an influential promoter of anti-Allied reports and commentary in Asia, The XXth Century was later described by American intelligence as "one of the slickest bits of propaganda work that has been done anywhere". In its four years, Menhert "steered his publication cunningly along a sophisticated path that eschewed overt pro-Axis advocacy", according to the British historian Bernard Wasserstein, with "a wide range of contributors, few of whom were publicly identified with Nazism". The journal was discontinued at the end of the war in 1945, and Mehnert was briefly imprisoned before returning to Germany.******

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OLD TRADEMARKS / LAO SHANG BIO. Compiled by Zuo Xuchu. A book filled with reproductions of early Chinese trademark labels, each a work of art.

Published by Shanghai Pictorial Publishing House, Shanghai, China, 1999. First edition, first printing. ISBN: 7805304580. This copy was originally purchased at the Shanghai Museum and has the museum's small bar code label on the back cover.

Softcovers, French flaps, 8x11 inches, 176 pages. Illustrated with 100s of reproductions of colorful Chinese Trademark Labels. TEXT in CHINESE.

VERY GOOD condition, the spine's plasticized overcoat has bubbling, otherwise the book is tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

From the Publisher (roughly translated by Google): "Old Trademarks was published by Shanghai Pictorial Publishing House in January 1999. The author-compiler is Zuo Xuchu. The book displays the colorful illustrations of old Chinese trademarks. It also talks about the history of China's trademarks from ancient times to the present."

SHOWA SHASHIN ZENSHIGOTO (PHOTOGRAPHY of the SHOWA ERA).

15 MONOGRAPHS presenting the work of 15 noted JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHERS of the Showa Era 1926-1989. A complete set of this important Japanese photography monograph series.

Published by Asahi Shimbun Sha, Tokyo, Japan, 1982-1984. First editions. TEXT in JAPANESE.

15 volumes. Softcovers / Wrappers with pictorial dustjackets, 9.5 x 11.75 inches (24 x 29.5 cm), approximately 125-150 pages per volume. Original obi bands are on 14 of the 15 monographs. FULLY ILLUSTRATED with b&w and color photographs.

The 15 monographs are:

Monograph (Series) 1: Shotaro AKIYAMA. Monograph (Series) 2: Yoshikazu SHIRAKAWA. Monograph (Series) 3: Tadahiko HAYASHI. Monograph (Series) 4: Shoji OTAKE. Monograph (Series) 5: Ken DOMON. Monograph (Series) 6: Yoichi MIDORIKAWA. Monograph (Series) 7: Jun MIKI. Monograph (Series) 8: Masaya NAKAMURA. Monograph (Series) 9: Ikko NARAHARA. Monograph (Series) 10: Shoji UEDA. Monograph (Series) 11: Shiro SHIRAHARA. Monograph (Series) 12: Takamasa INAMURA. Monograph (Series) 13: Shinzo MAEDA. Monograph (Series) 14: Taikichi IRIE. Monograph (Series) 15: Shomei TOMATSU.

CONDITION: The issues and their dustjackets are all in VERY GOOD condition, the inner hinge of a few issues has split where the issues were over-opened but the signatures are sewn bound and always holding well; otherwise the issues are bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The obi bands are all in GOOD condition, with some general wear and a few creases and closed tears here and there; one obi band is lacking as noted above. Overall a lovely, complete set.

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MOUNT OMEI. A NEW EDITION of the OMEI ILLUSTRATED GUIDE BOOK by HUANG SHOU-FU and T'AN CHUNG-YO A. D. 1887-1891, with an English Translation by Dryden Linsley Phelps.

ILLUSTRATED with WOODBLOCK PLATES redrawn from the ORIGINAL PLATES by YU TZU-TAN.

Published by West China Union University - Harvard Yenching Series, CHENGTU, SZECHWAN, 1936. First edition, first printing of this English translation.

Wrappers, lacking front wrapper, sewn binding, 454 pages (227 double leaves), 7.25x12.75 inches (18x32 cm). Bound in sewn-on contemporary silk covered boards with a silk brocade decoration on the front cover, and partial of the front wrapper (title portion) glued to the inside front cover.

Condition: The front and rear silk covered boards that are sewn on over the original work are coming loose, hanging on with just a few threads, and the silk brocade on the front board has some loose threads; the front original wrapper is only partially present as noted above, the rear wrapper is present and has a few inch closed tear and some edge chips, the blank front free endpaper has creases, chips, and a previous owner's lovely bookplate (Hazel Rhodes), otherwise the inner pages are very nice, just a bit of corner and edge wear here and there, overall complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. The illustrations are gorgeous.

RARE and BEAUTIFULLY BOUND COPY of the 1936 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.

TSUNEKO NAKAZATO EXHIBITION CATALOG Award Winning Japanese Female Writer - PHOTOS, MANUSCRIPTS, MEMORABILIA Kanagawa Museum 1989

TSUNEKO NAKAZATO EXHIBITION CATALOG including Manuscripts, Books, Photos, and Personal Memorabilia. The exhibition, THE HEART OF THE STORY, was held at the Kanagawa Modern Literature Museum in 1989. The catalog was published by the Kanagawa Literature Promotion Foundation in conjunction with the exhibition. First Edition. TEXT IN JAPANESE.

Softcovers, 7x10 inches, 32 pages. FULLY ILLUSTRATED.

NEAR FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

About TSUNEKO NAKAZATO (from Wikipedia):

******Tsuneko Nakazato, b.1909 d.1987, was the pen name of a novelist in Showa period Japan. Her real name was Nakazato Tsune.

Nakazato was born in Fujisawa city, Kanagawa prefecture and graduated from the Kanagawa Girls' Higher School. When she was 17 years old she met Tatsuo Nagai and started writing, publishing multiple novellas before her marriage at age 19.

In 1938, Nakazato became the first woman to win the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, with her short story Noriai bashi. After World War II, she came to be known for a number of works addressing the issue of international marriage, including Mariannu monogatari (Maryann's Story, 1946) and Kusari (Chain, 1959), which were drawn from her own daughter's marriage to an American. Her novel Utamakura (Song Pillow, 1973) was awarded the Yomiuri Prize. In 1974, she received the Japan Art Academy Prize, and became a member of that institution in 1983.

Nakazato was a resident of Zushi, Kanagawa from 1932 until her death due to colon cancer in 1987. Her grave is at the temple of Engaku-ji in Kamakura.******

ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PUBLISHED WORKS ON EAST-ASIAN CERAMICS.

SEKAI TOJI ZENSHU - CATALOGUE OF WORLD'S CERAMICS. Edited by Fujio Koyama, Sakutaro Tanaka, Ryoichi Fujioka, Tadanari Mitsuoka, and Seiichi Mizuno.

FOURTEEN VOLUMES, No. 1 - No. 14.

Published by The Zauho Press & The Kawade Shobo, [Tokyo, Japan], 1955 - 1958.

Fourteen Hardcover Books, cloth covered boards, front covers blind embossed with a floral design, 8.5x12 inches, approximately 280 pages per book. No slipcases.

Each volume is ILLUSTRATED with approximately 140 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES in b&w and color, plus approximately 140 pages of text RICHLY ILLUSTRATED with numerous in-text b&w photographs and drawings.

Text in Japanese. However, an English language pamphlet is laid-into each Volume except Volumes 4 and 13, that provides a Table-of-Contents, Introduction, Descriptions of the Colour Plates, and Descriptions of the Monochrome Plates.

ASSOCIATION COPY: This set was previously owned by WINFIELD SCOTT WELLINGTON, b.1897 d.1979, with his bold and florid signature on the front pastedown of volumes 2-9. Wellington was a noted San Francisco Bay Area Architect, Museum Director, Artist, and Professor of Decorative Arts at UC Berkeley. He was also a noted collector of ceramics.

Each volume covers a different period in East-Asian Ceramic History:

(1) Japan: Pre-Historic, Proto-Historic and Early Historic Periods. (2) Japan: Ceramics in the Nara to Muromachi Periods. (3) Japan: Ceramics in the Momoyama period. (4) Japan Ceramics in the Edo Period (part I).

(5) Japan: Ceramics in the Edo period (part II). (6) The Edo period (part III). (7) Tea Ceremony Implements. (8) From Ancient China to Six Dynasties. (9) China: Sui and Tang Dynasties. (10) China: Sung and Liao Dynasties. (11) China: Yuan and Ming Dynasties. (12) China: Ch'ing Dynasty and Annamese and Thai Ceramics. (13) Korea: Pre-Koryo and Koryo Periods. (14) Korean Ceramics in the Li Dynasty.

Volumes 15 and 16 which ARE NOT part of this set, were the only volumes not related to East-Asian ceramics. Volume 15 is on the ceramics of "Europe & Others" and. Volume 16 is on Contemporary Ceramics (mainly non-Asian). As a collector of indigenous East-Asian ceramics perhaps this is why Professor Winfield Scott Wellington was not interested in those last two works.

CONDITION: Volume 1 is in GOOD condition: The back cover of has the ghost of a large sticker that was removed, the front and rear covers have some small stains, and there is a bump to the top of the spine; internally, there is some waviness to the bottom margin of the first few pages, and there are small rust stains and light offsetting to the rear endpapers from the laid-in English language booklet, otherwise the book is tight, bright, clean and unmarked.

VOLUMES 2-14 are in VERY GOOD condition, just a bit of soiling to some of the covers; tissue guards have been removed from most of the frontispieces, else tight, bright, clear, clean and unmarked.

ALL THE PLATES (1800+ in the 14 volume set) are brilliant.

A couple of the laid-in booklets are wavy, and a couple have pulled from their staples but are complete.

Considered to be one of the most extensive published works on East-Asian ceramics.

About WINFIELD SCOTT WELLINGTON (from the University of California "In Memoriam" website):

******Winfield Scott Wellington, b.1897 d.1979, was an architect, collector, and esteemed Professor of Design at the University of California, Berkeley. He taught at Berkeley from 1937 until his retirement in 1965. He had a "hands on" approach in his teaching, his popular classes in materials required students to examine and handle the beautiful objects from his ever expanding personal collection. He was chairman of the U.C. Berkeley Art Gallery from 1946 to 1962.******

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MODERN UTOPIAN: COMMUNES, JAPAN. By Richard Fairfield, with Photographs by Consuelo Sandoval, Sankichi Nomoto & Mamo Kato.

"Material on Japanese communes was compiled from personal experience and interviews in the communes themselves with added material and insights from other writers and visitors, including Meyer Steinbach, M.D.; Noboyoshi Tezuka, Michael Howden, and staff of the Japan Kibbutz Association."

Japanese Communes in this book include: Itto-en Community; New Village; Ohoyamato Ajisai; Shinkyo Commune; Yamagishi-kai Association; Hokkaido Yamagishi-ism; The Tribe; and more. (I wonder if Haruki Murakami based the commune in his book 1Q84 on one of these?)

Published by Alternative Foundation, San Francisco, 1972. First Edition. ISBN: 0912976020

GOOD condition, the covers have some light toning and corner creases; internally just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

RARE and interesting look at the Japanese Utopian Communes of the early 1970s.