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New York 1940, [Hunt?]. U.S. Army Air Force Officer pilot's cap, olive drab mohair wool, extra fine high-quality leather visor, chin-strap, brass buttons,large brass eagle insignia, very good condition, complete, worn by Americans, dated.RARE . *** **** *** . . . VERY RARE DATED 1940 OFFICER'S "CRUSHER" CAP . . . OLIVE DRAB GREEN 100% MOHAIR WOOL AND LEATHER . . . WORN BY "A.V.G. ["AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP"] & . . . "FLYING TIGERS" THROUGHOUT WORLD WAR 2 IN CHINA & BURMA . * This is a very good used example of the Officer Pilot U.S. Army Air Force mohair wool & all leather cap. . * CRUSHER STYLE A.A.F. [ARMY AIR FORCE CAP]: The cap is often called "crusher" type since it was used by aviators wearing headphones. The hat could also be folded and put in the pocket when necessary without damage. The visor and chin-strap are of brown calf leather, with out damage, firmly in place, with two expandable tabs and a small buckle at the back for… Read More

Washington D.C.[1942-1945], Army Air Force. Black patent leather bill and chin strap, leather liner, 100% Mohair top, with large brass American Eagle emblem, very clean cloth, a bit of wear on the bill, else a solid and clean example. . . *** **** *** . . STANDARD NCO ENLISTED MAN'S 100% MOHAIR WOOL . . . WINTER VISOR "CRUSHER" CAP . . . WITH 3 PIECE BRASS EAGLE EMBLEM . * Issued during World War 2, this is the typical example, worn on winter dress duty. . This cap has two brass American eagle buttons holding the chin strap, and a large American eagle insignia at the front of the cap. . * NOTE: A second example lackes the chin strap and two brass American eagle buttons, sold "as is." Ask questions prior to ordering this example. . * .

Washington D.C.[1942-1945], Army Air Force. Brown leather visor, lacks chin strap, leather liner, 100% Mohair top, with large brass American Eagle emblem, very clean, 2-3 tiny pin holes, else a solid & clean example. VINTAGE WW 2 . . *** **** *** . . STANDARD NCO ENLISTED MAN'S 100% MOHAIR WOOL . . . WINTER VISOR "CRUSHER" CAP . . . WITH 3 PIECE BRASS EAGLE EMBLEM . * Issued during World War 2, this is the typical example, worn on winter dress duty. . This cap has two brass American eagle buttons holding the chin strap, and a large American eagle insignia at the front of the cap. . * NOTE: A second example lackes the chin strap and two brass American eagle buttons, sold "as is." Ask questions prior to ordering this example. . * .

Washington D.C. 1963, American University. Stiff white wrs., very good, 415p., index, glossary, bibliography, loaded with maps, charts, statistics, tables, and all one needs to do to counter the V.C. ! Clean copy. FIRST EDITION Inspired by the C.I.A. covert operations, this work is a major resource on the whole country, people, culture, geog- raphy and a complete insight to everything Cambodian. Fully rewritten from the 1956 issue, covers the history, internat- ional status, communist & non-communist blocs, analysis of the issues and most anything one could imagine on the area. .

Washington D.C.[1942,] U. S. Dept of Defence]. One old era vintage embroidered shoulder patch of the 10th. U. S. A.A.F. in blue, gold and red over cloth, 6.5 x 7.3 cm., oval, very good,bit of usual soil, solid.* VERY RARE ORIGINAL EXAMPLE * . *** **** *** . . GENUINE SHOULDER PATCH OF 10TH ARMY AIR CORPS . . . "C.B.I." [CHINA-BURMA-INDIA] THEATER OF WORLD WAR 2 . * The U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS established the 10th Air Force in 1942 to fly from India to Kunming. Soon thereafter their name was changed to U.S. Army Air Force. . *** TENTH AIR FORCE COMMAND: The Tenth Air Force initially provided control of all U.S.A.A.F. combat operations in the China Burma India Theater under theater commander Lt. Gen. Joseph Stillwell. . COMMANDED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL CLAIRE CHENNAULT: Units based in China were controlled by the China Air Task Force of the Tenth Air Force, created 4 July 1942 to replace the "A.V.G." ["American Volunteer Group], and commanded by Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault. . Units… Read More

[Washington D.C. ca. 1941-1943]. A.A.F. uniform jacket,shirt ,trousers, garrison cap, olive drab green, pins, rank badge, pins, medals & wings, with patches:"FLYING TIGERS," "C.B.I." & A.A.F. patchs. Air Force]. .

Valparaiso 1824, U.S. Consulate. A large single sheet letter folded 4 times, pen written by the Consulate, opens to be 39.7 x 24.5 cm., folds down to be 19.8 x 7 cm., very clean bright, no defects, with the Great Seal of United States embossed on the lower right. * This is a lovely document, entirely hand-written by the Consulate, Hon. Michael Hogan. Hogan certifies on March 16, 1824 this to be a "true copy" of a document originally written in Canton, China on Feb. 14, 1823, from Samuel Russell [1789-1862] to Captain Eliphalet Smith, instructing him to pay to the firm of Frost & Jenckes [commission agents] the proceed of his "adventure" shipped on the Brig "Macedonian" to Canton. * The letter is addressed to Capt. Eliphalet Smith, and is red wax sealed with a sheet of paper on top of the hot wax, then embossed with the "United States" Consulate's seal. * Frost & Jenckes in turn paid the money to William Wetmore. Russell was a young Connecticut… Read More

Shanghai & Tsingtao 1926. Two b.w. photos, very good, black corners mounted to an album board page, clean, no fading, together with 10 early period post cards of Tsingtau or Qingtao, China. R A R E MOMENTOS OF A U.S. NAVAL OFFICER IN TSINGTAO: This item consists of a few fascinating and historic items from an unnamed U.S. Naval officer serving aboard the U.S.S, Beaver. Two historic photos documenting the visit of three high level Chinese military officers to the Beaver, and a small but early group of photo postcards of a visit to Tsingtao. * This item consists of two very nice photographs of the U.S.S. Beaver & its Naval officers and three Chinese military guests, both dated 1926, and were photo album extracts. Together with: Eleven early period photo postcards, the first of which is a very early ca. 1897-1897 period double panoramic view of the main street in Tsingtao/Tsingtau [Qingdao] . THE TWO B.W. PHOTOGRAPHS: The first photo shows with caption in the photo: "Two Chinese Officers… Read More

Hong Kong [1853], Tong Wo [Photographer]. An excellent and superb "Carte-d-Visite" of the U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI in rough Typhoon seas off Hong Kong, photo 19.3 x 5.7 cm., card size 10.3 x 5.2 cm.,clean,srtong image, studio name on verso.RARE . *** **** *** . .HIGHLY RARE AND OBSCURE ORIGINAL CARTE-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPH . . . EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND EARLY ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH . . . OF THE U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI . . . THE FLAG SHIP FOR COMMODORE PERRY'S HISTORIC VOYAGE . . . FOR THE OPENING OF JAPAN IN 1853 . . . THE JAPAN EXPEDITION 1952-1854 . . * DATE OF OUR PHOTOGRAPH: Commodore Perry and his crew aboard the U.S.S. MISSISSIPPI visited Hong Kong on 6 April, 1853. During his time in Hong Kong, he was escorted by the old Boston China trading firm of Russell & Company, namely by its head of house Mr. Paul S. Forbes. It was through the Forbes introduction to the Hong Kong photographer Tong Wo on Queen's Road that the historic photograph was arranged. The photographer created an image of the… Read More

[Osaka 1863, Kawachi ya]. Yellow stitched wrs., very good, small size ca 12.5 x 18 cm., soiled covers, 24 double folded woodblock printed pages, 19 color illustrations, 9 of which are double page [=18] color illustrations, vol. 1 only, with calligrapy by Kamada Suio. The complete work consists of two volumes. Illustrated by Matsukawa Hanzan. . REFERENCE: Toda: THE RYERSON COLLECTION, P.302 * Mitchell: ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE NANGA, MARUYAMA, SHIJO... p.544; . * Douglas: CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE PRINTED BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 1904, p.10, listed under Giosei, # 16113.b.23. * Not in Dawes 1972. .

Osaka 1863, Kawachiya. Stiff yellow wrappers,stitched spine, 12.5 x 17.8 cm.,7 double-page color woodblock illustrations, 47 pages in all, covers dusty, soiled, edges worn, contents clean, thumbed. VOLUME 1 OF 2 ONLY. RARE FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . ONE OF A SIMILAR SERIES OF THREE GUIDES PLANNED & . . . ILLUSTRATED IN THE SAME MANOR, EACH CONTAINS OLD POEMS, . . . AND DESCRIPTIONS ON FAMOUS PLACES WITH THEIR VIEWS . . . WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HANZAN . * The three guides are: NANIWA NO NIGIWAI; YODOGAWA RYOHGAN ICHIRAN and the current title: UJIGAWA. . * THE ARTIST/AUTHOR MATSUKAWA Hanzan [flourished ca. 1850-1882]: . Hanzan was a grand innovator & took it upon himself to educate the average Japanese in agriculture, nature natural science, medicine and a host of other "foreign and Western technological & scientific subjects. . He wrote many illustrated books written in easy to read Japanese with Furigana sounds to help understand the difficult Kanji. His books had practical… Read More

[Tokyo 1952,] Jihon. Horizontal Oban color woodblock print, sheet: 38 x 24.7 cm., print: 36.8 x 22.4 cm., excellent impression & registry, 3 old small mends to back corners and right edge, else clean & solid, seldom found. * * RARE * * . *** **** *** . . A SUPERB VIEW AT SUNRISE OF THE SNOW-COVERED SHRINE . . * This is a stunning view of the x shrine just after a heavy snow storm. The early morning pink clouds shroud the scene, revealing the tiny shrine covered in snow. . Pilgrims brave the cold to pay homage, they wear rice-straw rain coats. . This is a reprint of the mid-19th century original color woodblock print. . Kunitora worked in his own style, apart and greatly different from his contemporary woodblock print painters & artists. . *** THE ARTIST KUNITORA UTAGAWA [flourished ca. 1810's-1843]: . He was an eminent woodblock painter & woodblock printmaker, pupil of Tookuni I, influenced by Hokusai & Shunsosai Hokuju. Among several Go [studio names] he used Ichiryusai. His… Read More

[Tokyo 1939, Takamizawa]. Pictorial colored boards, very good, Japanese text, 19 x 26.4 cm., 330p, 320 b. w. photos, bibliography, chronology, occasional red pencil, else clean copy. This is an excellent and important monograph on Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. From the beginning down to 1868, the Meiji era. * Lavishly illustrated, this is an authorative work, and useful reference. * .

[Japan, ca. 1920's, no publisher]. Oban sheet color woodcut print, 23.4 x 36.8 cm., no margins as issued, with the RARE & unusual mica back ground, superb color, in very pristine condition as issued, artist signed, publisher's seal. . . *** *** *** . . . SUPERB WORK BY THE GREAT MASTER . . Utamaro Kitagawa [1750-1806], a Japanese Woodblock reprint, hand woodblock printed in full color, a stunning copy of the original. . *** TITLE: The title cartouche reads: "UKIYO NANATSUME AWASE:" "JOINING OF SEVEN UKIYO PICTURES." This shows a mother holding her son, while a nurse-maid holding a toy rabbit distracts the child. . *** SUBJECT: This shows a semi-nude mother, baring her breast, in elaborate Kimono. There is a screen in the background showing a rooster. Most likely the year of the rooster implied. . * PUBLISHER: This is an exact reprint of the original, and that period publisher's seal is found under Utamaro's signature. . *** WHO WAS UTAMARO: KITAGAWA Utamaro… Read More

Kyoto 1941. Brown stiff wrappers, very good, clean & solid copy, Japanese text, 690 exhibition items, 690 b.w. photos, list of woodblock prints, Ehon &c., from well-known artists, 15.3 x 22 cm. FIRST & ONLY EDITION . * . EARLY WORLD WAR 2 OBSCURE JAPANESE UKIYO-E AUCTION . . CATALOG FOR DEALERS ONLY . *** A catalog with 690 fine examples from the famous woodblock print artists of the times, a wide variety of famous prints, famous series, famous woodblock printed books [E-hon]. . Including the old masters, Hiroshige, Hokusai, Eisen, Eisan, Toyokuni, plus too many others to list. . Subjects: Bijin [beautiful women], landscape, Kabuki actors, Yoshiwara, Nagasaki print of the Dutch ship, Tokaido, birds, animals, Mt. Fuji, fan prints, a few copper-etched prints and many others. . A useful reference to a large number of examples, with list of each item, details. artist name, item title, number, number of sheets, volumes, size, colors &c. . * .

[Tokyo 1931, Taifoo]. Green cloth, top gilt, 200 + 90p., 90p., Japanese text, 22 color & b. w. plates, 19 x 27 cm., bright, clean copy, slipcase cracked, book fine, else solid. FIRST & ONLY EDITION Study of nude, semi-nude and quasi-erotic woodblock printed books and prints of women from the early period through the Taisho era. Nicely done, comprehensive showing a large number of fine examples. An excellent reference source for Japanese women found in Ukiyo-e prints. * .

[Yokohama 1991], Kanagawa Kenritsu Hakubutsu Kan. A like NEW copy, pictorial stiff wrappers, 21 x 30 cm.,263p., 517 color photos of 517 items, with captions, Japanese text, a bright, clean & solid example. * * FIRST & ONLY EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . THE FIRST & ONLY SMALL EDITION . . . A MASSIVE AND STUNNING COLOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE . . . ILLUSTRATING 517 OF JAPAN'S BEST COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINTS . . . COVERING HARUNOBU, KIYONAGA, UTAMARO, HOKUSAI & HIROSHIGE . . . ALSO LISTING THE YOKOHAMA-OF FOREIGNERS BY . . . SADAHIDE, YOSHIKAZU, YOSHITORA, SADAIKU; YOSHITISHI, . . . KUNIYOSHI, KOBAYASHI KIOCHIKA & INOUE YASUJI ET AL. . * A grand compendium illustrating with captions the best prints from the primitives down to Shin Hanga examples. Representations of the best artists and their best prints. . An exhaustive and comprehensive single resource reference. Valuable to collectors, dealers & museums. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: This is an… Read More

Leiden 1949, Brill. Gray wrappers., very good, 29p., 6 b.w. photographic plates, 17.5 x 25.5 cm. S C A R C E * * FIRST & ONLY OBSCURE EDITION * * . *** **** *** . .AN ESSENTIAL FOR COLLECTORS OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTED . . BOOKS, PRINTS & MAPS . . FIRST & ONLY OBSCURE EDITION * A very important study discussing & illustrating the vital relationships between the different skills needed to produce a print, illustrated book, or anything woodblock printed work. This scholarly work sheds light on a hitherto neglected field. With a word on designer's signatures, publishers and pirates, and original designs printed works. . *** A USEFUL REFERENCE FOR STUDENTS, DEALERS & COLLECTORS . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: This work is bound in the original publisher's gray stiff wrappers, exceptionally clean contents, firm and solid. . *** .

Tokyo 1914, Maekawa.Color woodblock printed pictorial boards end papers & frontispiece, Japanese text, 1 color,37 black & white collotypes, English bibliography,chronology, 405+62p., top edge gilt, 15 x 22.4 cm., solid example. FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . AN EXCELLENT MONOGRAPH ON THE GREAT MASTER . . . COLOR WOODBLOCK PRINT, BOOK & SERIES ARTIST . . . UTAGAWA [ANDO] HIROSHIGE I . * ARTIST HIROSHIGE [1797-1858] . Hiroshige was a Japanese Ukiyo-e [color woodblock prints of the "Floating World"] artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. Hiroshige is best known for his horizontal-format landscape series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido & other Highway Series and for his vertical format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. He also produced a large number of series, single prints, E-hon and a wide variety of color woodblock printed examples. . He was a master of composition and design. . The subjects of his work were atypical of the… Read More

[Tokyo 1931]. Red cloth, very good, dj., Vol. 3, 81 color & b.w. photos, some folding, tissue guards, Japanese text, covers works of Kaigetsudo, Miyakawa, Choshun et al., dj. in mylar protector. FIRST & ONLY EDITION An excellent reference set, highly valued by collectors for the copious nature of each volume which is devoted to specific artists & their works, generously illustrated. * .