Unique Photograph Album Of Art Objects In The Touring Exhibition Of Thai Arts In The United States Of America -

Carmel, CA: Photography West Graphics, 2009. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Square Quarto. unpaged, 67 rich photographic plates of a large work issued in a small print run. Bound in a lovely soft suede like leather with a basket weave design with matching design on endpapers. OCLC shows copies at the Getty, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Princeton. A pristine copy protected with dust jacket in mylar.

[Np: The Photographer, ca. 1963].. Original glossy double-weight gelatin silver print from negative, 14 x 11" (inclusive of margins, actual image area 10 1/2 x 9 1/2"). Numbered in pencil on verso. About fine. An original print of one of the sequence of superb photographs taken by Yousuf Karsh on location in South Africa during the filming of the 1964 Diamond Films production, ZULU, directed by Cy Endfield. Karsh's invitation to join the production and photograph the cast and locale resulted in a sequence of photographs of a very high order. The present image is a strong 3/4 profile portrait of a Zulu tribesman in tribal dress. The image is identified as "No. 564" in the series. Although this project is not as widely known as Karsh's formal portraiture, examples of the resulting images have featured prominently in both museum and print retrospectives of his career.

1930. Forty-two 7 x 9 inch black and white photographs with Russian photographic text and descriptive text in French mounted on versos. Includes images of the great Communist leaders past and present, and their written works with many quoting either Lenin or Engels. Most cite the earlier days of the proletarian efforts by Lopatine, Lavrov, Vera Zassoulitch, Arnold Ruge, the 1864 London meeting of the First International, the Paris Commune rising in 1871, Marx's expulsion from Germany in 1849, Cologne trial of Communists in 1852, Karl Marx's graduation certificate from college, the Paris insurrection of 1848, suspension of "la Gazette Rhenane," in Cologne (1849) a joint effort by Marx and Engels, et al. A few corners chipped or creased. Very good.

1861 Japanese Woodblock Print Shaka Hasso Buddha Deity Samurai Color Illustrated

A rare, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print of 'Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko." "Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko" is a biography of Buddha written by Mantei Oga and illustrated by Ichiyousai Toyokuni. Buddhism originated in Northern India, or present-day Nepal where the historical Buddha (Prince Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha), was born and lived. When Buddhism arrived in Japan, Siddhartha became known in Japan as Shaka or Shakamuni. Stories of Shaka's life were commonly told through selecting eight events to represent his life. This 'Shaka Hassou,' was aimed at the general populace, using the "eight phases" as a device to teach the important points of Shaka's life as well as a means of entertainment.
This rare 1861 edition is written in the typical handwritten column format with illustrations of weapons, battles, animals, samurai, courtesans, bodhisattvas, scenery, demons, and more!
Item number: #16755
Price: $499
Mantei Oga
(Story… Read More

1862 Japanese Woodblock Print Shaka Hasso Snake Demon Samurai Color Illustrated

A rare, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print of 'Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko." "Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko" is a biography of Buddha written by Mantei Oga and illustrated by Ichiyousai Toyokuni. Buddhism originated in Northern India, or present-day Nepal where the historical Buddha (Prince Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha), was born and lived. When Buddhism arrived in Japan, Siddhartha became known in Japan as Shaka or Shakamuni. Stories of Shaka's life were commonly told through selecting eight events to represent his life. This 'Shaka Hassou,' was aimed at the general populace, using the "eight phases" as a device to teach the important points of Shaka's life as well as a means of entertainment.
This rare 1862 edition is written in the typical handwritten column format with illustrations of snakes, battles, samurai, courtesans, demons, and more!
Item number: #16818
Price: $499
Mantei Oga
(Story of the Eight Phases of Shaka)… Read More

Carmel, CA: Photography West Graphics, 2009. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Square Quarto. unpaged, 67 rich photographic plates of a large work issued in a small print run. Bound in a lovely soft suede like leather with a basket weave design with matching design on endpapers. OCLC shows copies at the Getty, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Princeton. A pristine copy protected with dust jacket in mylar.

[Np: The Photographer, ca. 1963].. Original glossy double-weight gelatin silver print from negative, 14 x 11" (inclusive of margins, actual image area 10 1/2 x 9 1/2"). Numbered in pencil on verso. About fine. An original print of one of the sequence of superb photographs taken by Yousuf Karsh on location in South Africa during the filming of the 1964 Diamond Films production, ZULU, directed by Cy Endfield. Karsh's invitation to join the production and photograph the cast and locale resulted in a sequence of photographs of a very high order. The present image is a strong 3/4 profile portrait of a Zulu tribesman in tribal dress. The image is identified as "No. 564" in the series. Although this project is not as widely known as Karsh's formal portraiture, examples of the resulting images have featured prominently in both museum and print retrospectives of his career.

1930. Forty-two 7 x 9 inch black and white photographs with Russian photographic text and descriptive text in French mounted on versos. Includes images of the great Communist leaders past and present, and their written works with many quoting either Lenin or Engels. Most cite the earlier days of the proletarian efforts by Lopatine, Lavrov, Vera Zassoulitch, Arnold Ruge, the 1864 London meeting of the First International, the Paris Commune rising in 1871, Marx's expulsion from Germany in 1849, Cologne trial of Communists in 1852, Karl Marx's graduation certificate from college, the Paris insurrection of 1848, suspension of "la Gazette Rhenane," in Cologne (1849) a joint effort by Marx and Engels, et al. A few corners chipped or creased. Very good.

1861 Japanese Woodblock Print Shaka Hasso Buddha Deity Samurai Color Illustrated

A rare, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print of 'Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko." "Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko" is a biography of Buddha written by Mantei Oga and illustrated by Ichiyousai Toyokuni. Buddhism originated in Northern India, or present-day Nepal where the historical Buddha (Prince Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha), was born and lived. When Buddhism arrived in Japan, Siddhartha became known in Japan as Shaka or Shakamuni. Stories of Shaka's life were commonly told through selecting eight events to represent his life. This 'Shaka Hassou,' was aimed at the general populace, using the "eight phases" as a device to teach the important points of Shaka's life as well as a means of entertainment.
This rare 1861 edition is written in the typical handwritten column format with illustrations of weapons, battles, animals, samurai, courtesans, bodhisattvas, scenery, demons, and more!
Item number: #16755
Price: $499
Mantei Oga
(Story… Read More

1862 Japanese Woodblock Print Shaka Hasso Snake Demon Samurai Color Illustrated

A rare, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print of 'Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko." "Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko" is a biography of Buddha written by Mantei Oga and illustrated by Ichiyousai Toyokuni. Buddhism originated in Northern India, or present-day Nepal where the historical Buddha (Prince Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha), was born and lived. When Buddhism arrived in Japan, Siddhartha became known in Japan as Shaka or Shakamuni. Stories of Shaka's life were commonly told through selecting eight events to represent his life. This 'Shaka Hassou,' was aimed at the general populace, using the "eight phases" as a device to teach the important points of Shaka's life as well as a means of entertainment.
This rare 1862 edition is written in the typical handwritten column format with illustrations of snakes, battles, samurai, courtesans, demons, and more!
Item number: #16818
Price: $499
Mantei Oga
(Story of the Eight Phases of Shaka)… Read More