Once Upon A Time

KUSAKABE, Kimbei. et al.. YOKOHAMA IN HAND-COLORED ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS: A Collection of 12 Photographs by .
AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC LOOK AT YOKOHAMA hand-colored albumen photos of [Yokohama] along the shore with early railroad tracks & telephone lines; garden pond & wooden bridge; two Japanese ladies in the same garden, on the bridge; a b.w. photo of what appears to be a foreigner's dog along the river or shore side, with a metal can tied round his neck. The large photographs are: No. 1. title: 545 YOKOHAMA by Kusakabe shows a bird's eye view of Yokohama and the river with two wooden bridges spanning, low hill in the background, a foreigner's business: "CREEK-SIDE ENGINE WORKS NO. 101 E. KILDOYLE." This faces the river near a Zaimoku-ya [lumber yard] verso is stamped: "Albert K. Smiley proprietor of Lake Mohonk House, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. This image is ilustrated as no. 43, p.38 in PEABODY MUSEUM OF SALEM E.S. MORSE COLLECTION. No. 2:547 HONMOKKU NEAR YO- KOHAMA by Kusakabe. This shows a wooden boat being launched into the ocean waters by four naked Japanese who only wear a Fundoshi and Hachimaki [loin cloth and head band]. The are working before a very worn-out native fisherman's house with a sagging rice-stalk roof and dishevelled Shoji doors.Other houses are visible in the far background. No. 3: 548 TEA HOUSE, HONMOKU by Kusakabe. Shows a very nice Japanese tea house nestled below the trees along the shore line, with a primitive and narrow pier with a lone fisherman plying his skill. One more Japanese man is in the foreground with a long stick or fishing pole. There is a small beached boat at the left and a very tall tree with a narled root near the pier. No. 4: 256 BLUFF GARDENS YOKO-HAMA. This shows some very manicured plants in circles with five Japanese walking leisurly. Tall pines dominate the skyline, bit dusty but clear image. On the verso is No. 5: 339 YOKOHAMA. This shows a solid long wooden bridge spanning across to the Yokohama Station, Kanagawa, construction is of stone, Western-style building with twin squared two-story buildings with chimneys visible. Standing upon the middle of the bridge are two Wes- terners: one with a bowler hat gazing at the water, while a Japanese man faces and talks to them. A very small second number '339' is scratched into the negative just under the bridge base. No.6: 21 GRAVEYARD. Place unknown, but likely Yokohama or Kanagawa area as this was found with the others in a single lot. Shows six priests with shaved heads, deli- vering prayers in a graveyard, while the family member neals before a tombstone with 'Taniguchi' carved in the stone. No. 7: 418 GRAND HOTEL. This shows the quay with a red and white striped flag stating "Grand Hotel" flying before a very lar- ge & impressive Western-style two-story hotel painted in red & white, Three "Jin-rikshaw men" recline on their rickshaws before the entrance awaiting a fare. A very similar image is noted in Bennett done by Stillfried, who's negatives were acquired by Kusakabe along with those of Beato in 1885. A final large size black and white photograph #8 of the [GRAND HOTEL], shows eight rickshaw pullers & eight forigners seat- ed ready to take a ride, four women, in Elizabethian long black dress, elaborate hats and four men, each in a suit and hat, one reads a newspaper, the Japanese translator/guide accompanies on foot. The rickshaw pullers each wear the tra- ditional hat, Wara-zori [grass mat slippers, leggins and the traditional puller's numbered hat with 'Grand Hotel' sten- cilled on. A memorial photograph, nicely posed by the fore- ign visitors, the pullers, show a sad and bewildered expres- sions. This is a very nice lot, each of the large images are crisp, sharp, & with out fading, done in very subdued pastel colors. The smaller images are a bit faded, one is colored with heavy green and over done. See T. Bennett: EARLY IMAGES OF JAPAN for more valuable notes. Other good references-M. Winkel: SOUVENIRS FROM JAPAN. T. Bennett: EARLY JAPANESE IMAGES. H. Cortazzi: JAPAN CAUGHT IN TIME. M. Banta: A TIME- LY ENCOUNTER 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN. C. Worswick: JAPAN PHOTOGRAPHS 1854-1905. L. Hoerner: EINE FOTOREISE DU- RCH DAS ALTE JAPAN. JAPANISCHE PHOTOGRAPHIE 1860-1929. ONCE UPON A TIME: Visions of Old Japan. Kusakabe [1841-1934]. A superbly nice representative group of great images of Yoko- hama area. Color scans can be sent by e-mail. S C A R C E ! * * * BUY WITH CONFIDENCE 43 YEARS EXPERIENCE ! * * * !! 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[Yokohama n.d. ca. 1870's-1880's]. A group of 12 albumen hand-colored photographs. Seven 25 x 20 cm. board mounted, all with English titles & numbers in the negative, mixed set various photographers, together with 3 each 13.5 x 9.5 cm.,

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[BEATO, Felice & Raimund Von STILLFRIED.]. NOTEBOOK OF FELICE BEATO & RAIMUND VON STILLFRIED PHOTOGRAPHS..
AN EARLY COLLECTION OF BEATO & STILLFRIED PHOTOGRAPHS This is a rare collection of Stillfried & Beato photographs. Mounted in a lined paper notebook, no covers, 17.5 x 21 cm., soiled first blank & back cover pages, contents quite clean. Each page has about 6 small images per page, and other pages have a combination of one large with about 3 smaller sized photos, [22 pages] with photos, balance are blanks. A famous photograph is found on page [15], showing four Japanese men pushing a cart ladened with several bails of rice. This is illustrated in to common reference books: Hugh Cortazzi et al: JAPAN CAUGHT IN TIME, photograph 27, attributed to Von Stillfried, in a color version. It is also illustrated in ONCE UPON A TIME, page 79 again in color, but this time with the number 563 in lower right corner, attributed to Felice Beato. Beato had been an early Yokohama photographer in Japan from 1869-1877. The great fire of 1866 had destroyed a large number of his negatives, so he spent a year working diligently to replace all he had lost. Exhausted by 1868, he began to look for other business; in 1877, he sold his stock and archives to Von Stillfried. Therefore this collection has that distinct look of Beato's works, with some likely Von Stillfried added images. The images were available for purchase by foreigners who visited Yokohama and bought some memorial photos, most of which were put into handsome lacqu- er albums. A few other foreigners who had less money to spend just bought selected photos and put them in their own albums, ergo what we have here. Old pen captions read: A memorial of a visit to Yokohama, and a tour of Japan. Entra- nce to a temple; Burial ground; Views of sacred mountain [Mt. Fuji] 9 photos; Street scent in native town; Yokohama; In the rice fields; Silk weaving room; Picking tea leaves; Views of Yokohama; School for Japanese children; Seminary for young ladies [actually a house of prostitution!]. In the interior [native street scenes]; View of Yokio [sic for Tokio]; Railway terminal; the river; Views of Yokohama:rail- way station; gentleman's house. Nagasaki: Town of Nagasaki; seaport town; in the mountains; town hall of Yokohama; Rail- way between Yokohama &c; Then the captions end. Other photos show Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni; waterfalls, leisure boats with Geisha, Kyoto pagoda; Photos of Japanese girls in elab- orate Kimono costume; A street scene with rickshaw pullers before a great merchant's business [dye shop]. More Japanese women, one in a Western dress, others in Kimono; view of a Japanese temple; Japanese coolies being served wine by two women; Women in winter Kimono and scarf; View of Yokohama city and bay from the bluff; women musicans, rickshaw puller and children; girl having her coiffeur done; Various sellers with "yoke" type carriers on their shoulder; one carries load on her head; girls with umbrella; male coiffeur, basket sellers. The great bronze Buddha at Kamakura, temple scenes, Japanse women with dolls; mother and baby; then the very famous photo of pullers of rice bails; children musicians play Shamisen, another plays the Koto. Waterfalls [Nikko], girls sleeping under Futon; Street with many rickshaws before the theatre. Children entertainers and acrobats,girls playing string games; others drink tea; another group of three sing, others play the Shamisen, another musical group play the Tsutsumi drum,Shamisen, and flute. A child studying by oil lamp. Views of Yokohama harbour and the bay with a large number of grand sized Kuro-fune or "Black ships" which were the earliest of sailing vessels to visit Japan. Most have three large sail masts. Antoher shows the quay in Yoko- hama with its stone lanterns; the last shows a very low in the water type sailing ship with center smoke stack, flying the Japanese flag. The last page shows a man with a Japanese head on a box, perhaps a magician, next to that is one show- ing two Japanese criminals with large wooden stocks on their necks, the last shows a Japanese carpenter with a hoe-like tool plaining wood. An exciting work, showing a wide variety of Japanese life, and two famous ports and their environs. People who catalogue Japanese photos do not always give credit to both Beato and Stillfried for some photographs, but rather naively cite just one photographer. Due to the nature of the transfer of the Beato business to Stillfried, there is always a question, as to which person took the photo or made a reprint of it. Nevertheless, this collection is early and quite rare ! A large number of these are not found in the reference books, perhaps they were taken prior to the fire and are thus quite early. See ONCE UPON A TIME: VISIONS OF OLD JAPAN: PHOTOGRAPHS BY FELICE BEATO AND BARON RAIMUND VON STILLFRIED for excellent background information. Beato went to Japan in 1863 where he and Charles Wirgman founded the first Egnlish-language Japanese magazine: JAPAN PUNCH, which later became the FAR EAST, enhanced with actual photographs tipped in. Beato was the first foreign person to establish a photographic business in Yokohama. See also [Helene Bayou]: FELICE BEATO: Et L'ecole de Yokohama for many other excellent photos, and Yokohama Kaikoo Shiryo Kan comp.: F. BEATO BAKUMATSU NIPPON NIHON SHASHIN SHU for other valuable photos and details. 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[Japan, n.d. ca. 1871-1883]. Notebook mounted sepia tone photographs, two basic sizes: smallest: 108 each 8.5 x 5 cm, largest: 8 each: 14 x 12 cm., all very good, strong, clear non-faded images, first photo has small tear balance fine.

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Stillfried, Baron Raimund von Stillfried und Radenitz ; Beato, Felice or Felix. and Andersen, H.2: Views & costumes of Japan / by Stillfried & Andersen. Original photographs. ( albumen prints.

Yokohama, Stillfried & Andersen ca., 1878. Album with photographic titlepage and 45 photographs of which 23 are coloured by hand measuring 194 x 244 mm. All laid down on thick cardboard leaves. Rather luxurious 19th richly calf binding over wooden boards, ruled and tooled in gilt & blind, gilt edges with brass oval shield in the centre of the front side, brass dosses on every corner of back side. brass clasps. Skillfully rebacked. boards browned, photographs partly discoloured, especially in the margin, but in all in very good condition. See Souvenirs from Japan by Winkel p. 26 :" Beato continued his photographic business until 1877 when he sold out to the firm of an Austrian, Baron von Stillfried. Beato stayed in Yokohama as a general merchant until 1884 after which time he settled in Rangoon...Baron Raimund von Stillfried und Radenitz was born in Bohemia in 1839. Like Beato , he travellled extensively before arriving in Japan... He came to Japan in 1870, apparently for the second time, with the ' Imperial Austrian Expedition' Von Stillfried decided to stay and established himself as a photographer in Yokohama. His photographs of Japan, shown at the 1873 Japan exhibition in Vienna, brought him fame not only in Austria but also in Japan. He regularly changed the name of his firm, for Example Stillfried & Co, ( 1871 - 1874); The Japan Photographic Association ( 1876) , and Stillfried and Andersen (1876 - 1879) , the firm that took over Beato's stock in 1877. Von Stillfried and Andersen produced an album, Views and costumes of Japan, in the late 1870s" All custom photographs in a contemporary handcolouring. All views in black and white. We tried to identify the photographers. Some we could trace by books on the history of photography in Japan (as indicated) , others were identified by means of the Japanese old photographs database of the Nagasaki University. Presumably a lot of pictures are much older as 1878 as Stillfried take over the entire stock of Beato. We assume there are even pre 1870 photographs. A detailed description is giving below. The photographs of Nagasaki/ Desima are all quite rare as they aren't in the database nor in the important work on Deshima : "Deshima. Its pictorial heritage ". As there was a number in the plate this number is giving in the description of the photographs. 1. Two Japanese women holding an umbrella.no 731. (R. Stillfried) 2. Portrait of a beautiful woman .Ukiyo-e bijin-ga .3 A mother carrying her child on her back in a sling slung. ( Felice Beato). no. 598 4. Two Japanese woman. A girl dancing to the shamisen ( Stillfried) 5. Two sumo wrestlers with in the middle the 'refere' gyoji. no 834 6. Two 'fighting' sumo wrestlers. no. 833. 7. Blind masseur. With a flute and a cane. no 791. 8. Woman around a smoking box holding a pipe. (Stillfried). 9. Hairdresser and two customers. One sitting in front of a mirror and the other sitting and waiting. 624. 10 Two women one wearing a Kasa 607. 11. Two warriors or Samurai ( Picture in Once upon a time p. 90. " Warriors of Olden days".R. Stillfried) no 780. 12 Six persons in front of a teahouse. 645. 13. Roadside teahouse. 14. A woman in a palanquin or kago with two carriers. no 701. 15. A woman in a palanquin or kago with two carriers. no 827. 16. A woman in a rickshaw or jinrikisha with two friends standing near and a man in front of the rickshaw. no 756.( R. Stillfried). 17. Odd Job Man. By Felice Beato. See once upon a time p. 79. no 18. A house-shaped boat or yakatabune. no 647. 19 Execution scenery??? 20. Shinchi and Dejima seen from Don-no-Yama (1) no 539. R. Stillfried. 21. /22. Two views on Nagasaki Harbor and bay. With on the right hand the graveyard for foreigners in Nagasaki. Together forming one large panorama of the entire bay area. 23. View in Nagasaki Small boat and houses near a river. In the plate Nagasaki. 24. One man and four women in front of a house. A wealthy family? 25.view of Takahoko Island at the mouth of the Nagasaki Harbour from Tomachi. The misty island in the centre is Takahoko Island. The cape sticking out from the right is Kanzaki, and from the left is Megami. In Tomachi, there was a guardhouse watching over boats coming into Nagasaki Harbour. In the plate Papenberg 550. 26. View of Takahoko Island with ship in front of the Island. Signed Papenberg 549. 27. View in the Main street of Deshima. Unknown photograph not in the Deshima Book.28. Tattooed man two persons. R. Stillfried. 30. Woman with vegetables and a man sitting with eating rice. Diner. 31. Man with sword kneeling. Important Japanese ( military / Samuri?) officials. 32. Three Ainu man. no 722. 33. Kioto. Sajiki platforms along the Kamo River, Kyoto no 529 R. Stillfried. 34. Big Bell of Daibutsu. " Daibutz-Bell 537". 35. Waterfront street and Hyogo Hotel " Kobe 513" Hiogo Hotel. 36/37. Two photographs together forming a large panorama of a castle. The Sakashita Gate of Edo Castle can be seen to the left over the moat, and to the right is the three-tiered Tatsumi turret in the castle tower. The moat with many gates and the turret were lost in an explosion of gunpowder storage in 1870 Signed. Tokio 455 and Tokio 454. 38. The city of Shinagawa facing the sea. R. Stillfried. " Shinagawa 480". 39. View on the harbour or a river in Kanasawa. " 355 Kanasawa". 40. View of the Island of Enoshima. " Signed Enoshima 344". 41. View inside Enoshima. The village with nummerous houses. " Enoshima 363". 42. A photo of the Kiga Spa from the direction of the present KKR Hakone Summer house. Haya River runs in the centre, and Suzawa River flows in from the left, and over the river are seen Kameya, Yakushido and Sengokuya to the fore etc. Kiga was a prosperous spa during the Meiji era. The mountain to the rear is Myojingadake. "Kiga 405" Beato??? 43. View on the Mountain Otomitoge. " Otomitoge 400". 44 Large statue of Daibutsu. " Daibutz 351" The Daibutsu (Great Buddha) in Kamakura was built in the 13th century in reaction to the Daibutsu in Nara. A symbol of political power in the east of Japan, it is a precious inheritance that reveals the popularity of the Pure Land Sect at that time.Daibutsu (the Great Buddha) of Kamakura by R. Stillfried. 45. The five-story pagoda, Toshogu Shrine, Nikko. R. STillfried. " Nikko 495". KEYWORDS: european book on japan photography

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Illustrated by author: Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). The only true first edition. Limited to only 260 copies signed by Saint-Exupery. 1943 New York Reynal & Hitchcock ; fester Einband / hard cover

Hardcover Fine in Very Good dust jacket Edition: First Limited Edition; First The rarest (and the only true first) edition of the Prince. Number 188 of a scant war-time limited edition of 260 copies printed in America in the author's original French. The first edition avoids the many mistranslations and loss of nuance in the first English language edition translated by Katherine Woods (also published by Reynal in 1943 in an edition of 525). There has been some question about the precedence of editions. Some have gone so far as to deny the existence of the French language edition; others (offering no evidence) have claimed the English language edition to be primal, but the French language evidence is conclusive: The author was French, not American; he was French speaking, not English speaking; the original manuscripts (both holographic & typewritten) are in French, not English; the French language edition is inescapably the editio princeps (first printing from the manuscript); the, at times, bewilderingly inaccurate English translation was dictated by the publisher and was most likely unread by the author; and finally, the French language edition was the more limited by the publisher (only 10 copies hors commerce; 250 numbered and signed copies). One can only conclude (even if the editions had been printed simultaneously) the French language edition is (& was certainly intended by its author to be) the first edition. The Katherine Woods translation into English (& for the most part a competent & loved translation) is at times a sad example of traduttore, traditore. One might (though I wouldn't) excuse her slight bowdlerization of the manuscript (e.g., rendering of "tippler" for "drunkard," and substitution of "charming" for "ravishing"), but not her translation of Saint-Exupery's: "Il etait une fois un petit prince qui ___ avait besoin d'un ami" ("Once upon a time there was a little prince who ___had need of a friend") into "Once upon a time there was a little prince who ___had need of a sheep." Consider as well her mysterious translation of "hanneton" (a beetle) as a "giddy goose" falling on the papers of the Businessman and her description of baobab trees as "large of castles" whereas the original French is (& is pointedly intended to be) "grands comme des eglises." Slight damp stain & wear to head of darkened spine jacket; slightest wear to tail of jacket; otherwise a very clean unsophisticated copy free of ownership marks or other alterations. ; Octavo; 93 pages; Signed by Author

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