Sale 646: Art & Illustration, with Asian & Asian-American Material (#646) 06/28/2018 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/28/2018 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-79 of 79. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Original Pen and ink drawing of grapes, signed “A.J.H Way, 1849” Heading(American art – Vinology, 1849)AuthorAndrew J.H. WayHeadlineOriginal Pen and ink drawing of grapes by A. J. H. Way View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #11 Dali: The Wines of Gala AuthorDali, SalvadorHeadlineDali: The Wines of GalaPublisherHarry N. Abrams, Inc.Date Published[1978] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #17 Original advertising fan for Dubonnet aperitif Heading(French Art Deco poster artist Cassandre)AuthorCassandre, A. M.HeadlineFrench poster artist Cassandre - 1930s Dubonnet advertising fanPublisherImprimeries E. ChambrelentDate Publishedca. 1932 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #61 The Estivation of Two Mao Tzu. Being an informal and occasionally frivolous account of our vacation in China during the Summer of 1934. AuthorCary, Melbert B., Jr.HeadlineThe Wooly Whale Goes to ChinaPublisherPress of the Wooly WhaleDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #70 World Ceramics: Civilization and Cultural Diversity, 3 Volumes AuthorChen, JinhaiHeadlineWorld Ceramics in Three VolumesDate Published2006 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #71 Arts of China: Neolithic Cultures to the T'ang Dynasty, Buddhist Cave Temples, Paintings in Chinese Museums Heading(China)AuthorAkiyama, Terukazu, et al.HeadlineArts of China in 3 volumesPublisherKodansha InternationalDate Published1968-1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #72 Four scrolls relating to China Heading(China)HeadlineFour scrolls relating to ChinaDate Published[Early 20th Century] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #73 First lines of the practice of surgery in the west - Xi yi lüe lun Heading(China)AuthorHobson, BenjaminHeadlineChinese medical text by missionary 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #74 Cultural Relics Unearthed From The Han Tombs At Mawangdui Heading(China)AuthorJuyou, Fu and Chen SongchangHeadlineRelics from The Han Tombs At MawangduiPublisherHunan Publishing HouseDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #75 Original Chinese watercolor Heading(China)HeadlineOriginal Chinese watercolorDate Published[c.19th century] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 Two original Chinese watercolors Heading(China)HeadlineTwo original Chinese watercolorsDate Published[c.19th century] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #78 Six Chinese and Japanese illustrated volumes Heading(Chinese & Japanese)HeadlineSix Chinese and Japanese illustrated volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #84 Three volumes on Chinese art in various mediums Heading(Chinese Arts)AuthorVarious AuthorsHeadlineChinese Pottery, Bronze Vessels, and PaintingsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #87 Early Japanese cookbook Heading(Cooking)HeadlineJapanese cookbook circa 1841Date Published[c.1841] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #113 A History of Japanese Immigrants in Hawaii. Heading(Hawaii)AuthorOkahata, J.H.HeadlineSignificant Work on Japanese Immigrants in HawaiiPublisherUnited Japanese Society of HawaiiDate Published1964 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #129 Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China, reprinted for the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Heading(Indo-China)AuthorDalrymple.HeadlineGeology and Natural History of Indo-ChinaPublisherTrubner & Co.Date Published1886-87 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #173 Eastern Windows: An Artists Notes of Travel in Japan, Hokkaido, Korea, China, and the Philippines AuthorKeith, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Keith's illustrated travels in AsiaPublisherHutchinson & CoDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #186 Wall map of Northeast China & Korea Heading(Map - China & Korea)HeadlineRolling map of Northeast China circa 1920Date Published[c.1920] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #233 The Afghan Stuccos of the Nouvelle Revue Française Collection AuthorStrzygowsky, JosefHeadlineChinese-Turkestan stuccosPublisherNouvelle Revue FrançaiseDate Publishedc.1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #239 Six volumes on Japanese tea, cookery, hotels, and customs. Heading(Tea, etc.)AuthorVarious AuthorsHeadlineAll the Tea in JapanDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #263 Littell's Living Age Heading(1852)AuthorLittell, E.Headline1st published words of Chinese-Americans in Gold Rush CaliforniaPublisherE. Littell & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #264 Story of a Chinese Boy and You-Sing: the Chinaman in California Heading(1867-1868)AuthorHosmer, MargaretHeadline1st novels about Chinese-Americans in CaliforniaPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1867-1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #265 The Overland Monthly Devoted to The Development of the Country, Volume V Heading(1870)AuthorHarte, BretHeadline1870 Bret Harte’s “Heathen Chinee”, 1st appearancePublisherJohn H. Carmany & CompanyDate Published1870 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #266 When I Was A Boy In China Heading(1887)AuthorYan Phou LeeHeadline1st autobiography of a Chinese immigrant in AmericaPublisherLathrop Publishing CompanyDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #267 1st Japanese-American illustrator and the first two Japanese immigrant memoirs Heading(1890-1895)Headline1st Japanese-American illustrator and the first two Japanese immigrant memoirs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #268 Four periodical appearances of Chinatown fiction by Mary Austin and ‘Sui Sin Far’[Edith Eaton] Heading(1897-1902)AuthorAustin, Mary and Edith EatonHeadlineNon-racist Chinatown fiction of the 1890sPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1897-1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #269 Rare Japanese poet's California broadside: Song Unto Brother Americans Heading(1897)AuthorNoguchi, YoneHeadlineJapanese-American poet-novelist as California bohemianDate PublishedAugust 1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #270 Original 1898 ink drawing of a Chinese family in a Chinatown street scene by a noted San Francisco commercial artist Heading(1898)AuthorClarence M. LeavyHeadlineOriginal 1898 Chinatown drawing by noted San Francisco commercial artistDate Published1898 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #271 A Japanese Robinson Crusoe Heading(1898)AuthorOyabe, JenichiroHeadline1st Japanese memoir of life in the United States.PublisherPilgrim PressDate Published1898 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #272 Miss Nume of Japan / A Japanese-American Romance Heading(1899)AuthorWatanna, OnotoHeadline1st book by the first Asian American novelistPublisherRand McNallyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #273 Instruction for Chinese Women and Girls Heading(1900)AuthorTsao, LadyHeadlineChinese-American illustrates Chinese Etiquette classicPublisherEaton & Mains; Jennings & Pye,Date Published1900 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #274 6 volumes by Onoto Watanna (pseudonym of Winnifred Eaton) Heading(1902-1915)AuthorWatanna, OnotoHeadlineOnoto Watanna collection, novels and autobiographyPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1902-1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #275 “Japanese Embroidery”, Pg. 10 of St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, Feb. 28, 1904 Heading(1904)AuthorTakahashi, KosenHeadlineGay Japanese-American architect writer, artist, cartoonistDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #276 Little Almond Blossoms and In The House of the Tiger Heading(1904-1911)AuthorKnox, Jessie JulietHeadlineChinatown photographs in 2 volumes of Chinese children's storiesPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1904-1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #277 The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans As Told by Themselves Heading(1907)AuthorHolt, Hamiton (editor)Headline1st memoir by an “ordinary” Chinese American NY LaundrymanPublisherJames Pott & CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #278 Mrs. Spring Fragrance Heading(1912)AuthorSui Sin Far [pseudonym of Edith Eaton]Headline1st Chinese-American book of fictionPublisherMcClurgDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #279 Chinese-Japanese Cook Book Heading(1914)AuthorWatanna, Onoto [Winnifred Eaton] and Sara BosseHeadline1914 1st Asian-American CookbookPublisherRand McNallyDate Published1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #280 The Lords of Dawn, A Novel Heading(1916)AuthorMarsh, George Turner and Ronald TempleHeadlineChiura Obata, famed Japanese-American artist, 1st book illustration, fine bindingPublisherJohn J. NewbeginDate Published1916 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #281 Seven framed color prints by San Francisco Chinese-American artist Wylog Fong Heading(1920-1927)AuthorFong, WylogHeadline7 framed Chinatown color prints by San Francisco artist Wylog FongDate Published1920-1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #282 “My Chinese Marriage”, serialized in four parts in Asia, The American Magazine On The Orient Heading(1921)AuthorM.T.F. [Mae Franking and Katharine Anne Porter]HeadlineKatharine Anne Porter ghosts memoir of Chinese-Caucasian inter-marriagePublisherAsia Publishing CompanyDate PublishedJune-September 1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #283 The Red Cord A Romance of China Heading(1925)AuthorSpringer, Thomas GrantHeadline1st Chinese-American book illustrator, inscribed novel of ChinaPublisherBrentano'sDate Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #284 The Bandit Prince Heading(1926)AuthorHayakawa, SessueHeadline1st Asian American movie star's only novelPublisherMacaulayDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #285 4 books by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto Heading(1926-1935)AuthorSugimoto, Etsu InagakiHeadlineMost popular Japanese woman author in 1920s AmericaPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1926-1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #286 The Rendezvous of Mysteries Heading(1928)AuthorNakagawa, Karl S.HeadlineVery rare first novel by an American-born JapanesePublisherDorrance & Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #287 Le Voyageur de Nuit, ‘Illustrations de Yun Gee, Peintre Chinois' - only known book illustration by Chinese-American modernist artist Heading(1930)AuthorHenry-JacquesHeadlineSan Francisco Chinese-American artist in Hemingway’s ParisPublisherLes Editions du Monde Moderne, ParisDate PublishedJune 1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #288 3 Publications of Japanese-American Poetry in English Heading(1930-1934)AuthorKagawa, Bunichi and Kimi GengoHeadline1st 20th century Japanese-American poetry in EnglishPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1930-34 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #289 China Red Heading(1931)AuthorH.T.TsiangHeadline1st (radical) novel by an American-born ChinesePublisherPublished by the authorDate Published1931 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #290 First book illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa, inscribed; with another inscribed book illustrated by her a half-century later Heading(1931-1978)AuthorFujikawa, Gyo, illustratorHeadline1st book illustration by famed Japanese-American children’s author, inscribedPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1931-1978 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #291 Holy Prayers In a Horse’s Ear Heading(1932)AuthorTamagawa, KathleenHeadline1st autobiography of a Japanese-American Nisei womanPublisherRay Long and Richard R. Smith, Inc.Date Published1932 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #292 Ah Sin and His Brethren in American Literature Heading(1933)AuthorFenn, William PurvianceHeadline1st study, published in China, of anti-Chinese racism in American literaturePublisherCollege of Chinese StudiesDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #293 3 publications by Younghill Kang Heading(1934-1954)AuthorKang, YounghillHeadline"Father of Korean-American Literature"PublisherVarious publishersDate Published1934-1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #294 Transpacific Wings Heading(1935)AuthorEndow, Kay KarlHeadline2nd novel by a Nisei Japanese-American, a California aviator, InscribedPublisherWetzelDate Published1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #295 Chinese Digest, A Weekly Publication Heading(1935-1936)HeadlineMajor SF Chinatown weekly magazine of the 1930s, 34 scarce issuesDate Published1935-36 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #296 Three children's books illustrated by Bunji Tagawa Heading(1935-1937) Tagawa, Bunji, illustratorHeadlineThree illustrated by Asian-American Bunji TagawaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #297 Chinese Digest 24 Issues Heading(1937-1940)HeadlineLeading SF Chinatown magazine of the 1930s, 24 scarce issuesDate Published1936-37 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #298 Father and Glorious Descendant Heading(1937-1943)AuthorLowe, PardeeHeadline1st literary memoir of San Francisco Chinatown by an American-born Chinese.PublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #299 To a President’s Taste Heading(1939)AuthorLee Ping QuanHeadlineCookbook and memoir of a Chinese-American Presidential chefPublisherRodale PressDate Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #300 3 Berkeley publications with illustrations by Chiura Obata Heading(1940)AuthorObata, Chiura (illustrator)HeadlineJapanese-American artist Chiura Obata, 3 pre-war Berkeley imprintsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1937-40 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #301 The Seasons at California Heading(1940)AuthorObata,ChiuraHeadlineJapanese-American artist Chiura Obata, UC Berkeley art PortfolioPublisherCalifornia Monthly:Date Published1940 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #302 Language in Action Heading(1941-1945)AuthorHayakawa, S. I.Headline2 inscribed books by Japanese-Americans published despite wartime hysteriaPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1941 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #303 5 Works by early Philippine-American authors Heading(1942-1981)AuthorBulosan, Carlos and Bienvenido SantosHeadlineWorks by 2 pioneers of Philippine-American literaturePublisherVarious publishersDate Published1942-1981 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #304 Two books by Taro Yashima, pseudonym of Atsushi Iwamatsu Heading(1943-47)AuthorYashima, Taro (pseudonym of Atsushi Iwamatsu)Headline2 "picture books" by a Japanese political refugee to World War II AmericaPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published1943-47 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #305 2 books by Buwei Yang Chao Heading(1945-1947)AuthorChao, Buwei YangHeadlineChinese-American Doctor's classic cookbook and scarce autobiographyPublisherJohn Day CompanyDate Published1945-1947 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #306 Citizen 13660 Heading(1946)AuthorOkubo, MineHeadline1st illustrated memoir of Japanese-American internment, with original artPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1946 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #307 Four Illustrations by Dong Kingman Heading(1946-1954)HeadlineSan Francisco artist Dong Kingman, first book illustrationsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1946-1954 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #308 First Japanese-American detective story writer - 3 novels Heading(1946-1957)AuthorOzaki, Milton K.Headline1st Japanese-American detective story writerPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1946-1957 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #309 "California's Colorful Campuses" Portfolio Heading(1947)AuthorObata, ChiuraHeadlineJapanese-American artist Chiura Obata, University of California drawingsDate Published1947 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #310 Yokohama, California Heading(1949)AuthorMori, ToshioHeadline1st Japanese-American short story anthologyPublisherCaxton PrintersDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #311 Nine Books by Yoshiko Uchida, credited with "single-handedly" creating the genre of Japanese-American children's literature Heading(1949-1972)AuthorUchida, YoshikoHeadline9 books by the "mother" of Japanese-American children's literaturePublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #312 Upon Their Shoulders Heading(1951)AuthorOta, Shelley Ayame NishimuraHeadline1st novel by a Nisei woman, inscribed, about a Japanese-American family in HawaiiPublisherExposition PressDate Published1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #313 15 Japanese Woodcuts / Produced by 9 members of the Japanese Council to Promote Graphic Arts Heading(1952)Headline1952 Portfolio of radical Japanese-American woodcutsPublisherNisei ProgressivesDate Published1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #314 4 children's books with Asian-American characters, illustrated by Asian-American artists Heading(1952-1958)Headline1st Asian-theme children’s books illustrated by Asian-American artistsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1952-1958 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #315 Four early children's books by Chinese-American architect Yen Liang Heading(1952-1961)AuthorLiang, YenHeadlineFour early children's books by Chinese-American architectPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1952-61 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #316 First two books by the first Chinese-American woman novelist Heading(1956-1959)AuthorChang, DianaHeadline1st American-born Chinese woman novelist, first two booksPublisherNew YorkDate Published1956-1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #317 No-No Boy Heading(1957)AuthorOkada, JohnHeadlineFirst Nisei novel of the Japanese American internmentPublisherCharles TuttleDate Published1957 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #318 Umbrella Heading(1959)AuthorYashima, TaroHeadlineOriginal art in children’s book by former Japanese political refugeePublisherVikingDate Published1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #319 2 books by Chiura Obata Heading(1959-1967)AuthorObata, ChiuraHeadlineJapanese-American artist Chiura Obata, two books from his later careerPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1959-1967 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #320 1st three "realistic" Chinese-American novels of San Francisco and New York Chinatown Heading(1961-1963)Headline1st three “modern” Chinatown novels by Chinese-American authorsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1961-1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #321 Two novels and two memoirs about the Japanese internment, all inscribed Heading(1971-1982)HeadlineFour inscribed books about the Japanese wartime internmentPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1971-1982 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next