Three volumes on Japanese art by Dora Amsden published by Paul Elder and Company Author: Amsden, Dora Place: San Francisco Publisher: Paul Elder and Company Date: Various dates Description: 3 octavo volumes. First Editions .Includes: Impressions of Ukiyo-Ye: The School of the Japanese Colour-Print Artists. (2 copies). Illustrated from plates. Bound in coarsely woven cloth with brown embossed design and lettering on front cover, Japanese braided cord binding, color papered pastedowns. [1905]. The Heritage of Hiroshige: A Glimpse at Japanese Landscape Art. Illustrated with prints from the Harper Collection. Traditional decorated cloth spine with original ties, grey paperboards. [1912.] This copy of Heritage of Hiroshige is from the Avery Brundage collection, with the stamp on the fore-edge and title page. One copy of Impressions of Ukiyo-Ye is from the Estelle Doheny collection, with her gilt-decorated bookplate. Also bearing the bookplate of fine printer John Henry Nash In 1959, Chicago industrialist Avery Brundage agreed to donate the first part of his vast collection of Asian art to San Francisco on the condition that the city build a new museum to house it. Completed in 1966, the new facility opened on June 11, 1966, in a space constructed as a wing of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park. Lot Amendments Condition: Some general light wear; one copy of Impressions with most of the color paper from the pastedowns lacking; else all copies very good. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 303336a
Three volumes on Japanese art by Dora Amsden published by Paul Elder and Company Author: Amsden, Dora Place: San Francisco Publisher: Paul Elder and Company Date: Various dates Description: 3 octavo volumes. First Editions .Includes: Impressions of Ukiyo-Ye: The School of the Japanese Colour-Print Artists. (2 copies). Illustrated from plates. Bound in coarsely woven cloth with brown embossed design and lettering on front cover, Japanese braided cord binding, color papered pastedowns. [1905]. The Heritage of Hiroshige: A Glimpse at Japanese Landscape Art. Illustrated with prints from the Harper Collection. Traditional decorated cloth spine with original ties, grey paperboards. [1912.] This copy of Heritage of Hiroshige is from the Avery Brundage collection, with the stamp on the fore-edge and title page. One copy of Impressions of Ukiyo-Ye is from the Estelle Doheny collection, with her gilt-decorated bookplate. Also bearing the bookplate of fine printer John Henry Nash In 1959, Chicago industrialist Avery Brundage agreed to donate the first part of his vast collection of Asian art to San Francisco on the condition that the city build a new museum to house it. Completed in 1966, the new facility opened on June 11, 1966, in a space constructed as a wing of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park. Lot Amendments Condition: Some general light wear; one copy of Impressions with most of the color paper from the pastedowns lacking; else all copies very good. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 303336a
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