1. [Japan / Attributed to Tamamura Kozaburo].

Collection of 45 (fortyfive) original hand-coloured Glass Plate Collotypes of the Meiji Era, attributed to famous photographer Tamamura Kozaburo. The stunning Images are showing everyday-life, merchants, people in streets, Warehouses in Nikko, Hakone Road, Bamboo Grove Near Kyoto, Temples, etc. etc. etc. as well as some stunning images of Hairdressing and Children playing a Cardgame wearing their Kimono.

Japan [Kyoto / Nikko and other locations], c. 1890-1900. Each slide 8.3 cm x 8.3 cm. One Plate in Black-and-White, all other 44 Plates in colour. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All Plates with their original, uncleaned Patina. Only one slide with a slightly broken off corner, held by a strip of paper.

2. Watson, Lyall.

Heaven’s Breath.

Japanese Edition. Tokyo, Tuttle-Mori Agency, 1984. 13.4 cm x 19.5 cm. LVIII, 411 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stain to top of spine. Only very minor foxing to edges, front and rear pastedown enpapers and enpapers. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.