Parke Bernet: BY ORDER OF THE ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN OF THE UNITED STATES LIQUIDATION OF THE REFERENCE LIBRARY OF YAMANAKA & CO-INC. PUBLIC AUCTION SALE JUNE 6. JUNE 7. PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, INC. 30 EAST 57 STREET, NEW YORK, 22., 576,

Auction Details

Auction Date
June 06, 1944 - June 06, 1944
Page Size: 1046 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 AMERICAN ART ANNUAL, vols. 3-4, 6, 13, 15-16, 18, 21, and 24. New York

1900-27

USD - Unknown
2 ANCIENT CHINESE ART. [Shina-Kobijutsu-Taikwan. (Ancient Works of Chinese Art from the Yamanaka ... [Osaka]

[1925]

USD - Unknown
3 ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZES. Shina Kodo Seikwa or Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from ... Osaka

1933

USD - Unknown
4 ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZE MIRRORS (Swallow), Peiping, 1937; Chinese Art, London, n.d.

USD - Unknown
5 ANCIENT OBJECTS. [Ch'n Shih So, by Yun Pen Fen and Yun Yuan Feng (illustrated treatise on ancient ...

USD - Unknown
6 [ANGKOR MONUMENTS.] [Great Religious Monuments of Angkor, edited by K. Kawakami.] [Tokyo]

[1926]

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7 H. D'Ardenne de Tizac [ANIMALS IN CHINESE ART.] Animals in Chinese Art. London

1923

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8 Paul Houo-Ming-Tse [ANTIQUITIES OF CHINA.] Preuves des Antiquites de Chine. Pekin

1930

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9 Paul Houo-Ming-Tse ANTIQUITIES OF CHINA. Preuves des Antiquites de Chine. Pekin

1930

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10 G. Harada and M. Komi [ANTIQUITIES OF CHINA.] Chinese Antiquities (Shina Koki Zuko). Part 2. Vessels and Vehicles. Tokyo

1937

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11 ANTIQUITIES EGYPTIENNES, Grecque et Romaines appartenant a P. Philip . . . la vente Avril 11 et 12 ... V.p.

v.d.

USD - Unknown
12 [Yeh Chung P'ien Yu, by Huang Chun] [AN-YANG ANTIQUITIES.]

USD - Unknown
13 [AN-YANG TREASURES.] Selected Ancient Treasures found at An-Yang, Yin Sites. Honan [An-Yang I-Ho by ... Kyoto

1940

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14 Edited by Sir John Marshall [ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS.] Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilization. Being an official account of ... London

1931

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15 [Pro. K. Hamada] ARCHAEOLOGY. Select Specimens of the Archaeological Collection in the Department of Literature ... Kyoto

1923

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16 T. sekino, and others ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeological Researches on the Ancient Lolang District.

1925

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17 T. sekino, and others ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeological Researches on the Ancient Lolang District.

1925

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18 [Kokogaku-Koza] [ARCHAEOLOGY.] [Archaelogical Periodical. Edited by K. Nagasaka.] Profusely illustrated. [Tokyo]

[1928-31]

USD - Unknown
19 Ellis H. Minns ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SCYTHIANS AND GREEKS. Scythians and Greeks. A Survey of Ancient History and ... Cambridge

1913

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20 [ARCHAIC CHINESE JADES.]

USD - Unknown
21 [Sho Wen Ku Chou Pu, by Wu Ta-Ch'eng, T. Ch'ing Ch'ing, H. Heng-Haien and K'o-Chai] [ARCHAIC SCRIPT.] [A Catalogue of Archaic Script.]

USD - Unknown
22 Ralph A. Cram ARCHITECTURE IN JAPAN. Impressions of Japanese Architecture. New York

n.d.

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23 [ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS.] [Ikenobo school of Hower arrangement.] [Kyoto]

[1726]

USD - Unknown
24 Tsujii Koshu ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS. Japanese Orthodox Flower Arrangement, Misho-Go-Ryu and Saga-Ryu Schools. New York

1938

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25 ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS. The Mastery of Japanese Flower Arrangement. Kyoto

1940

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26 ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS. Japanese Floral Arrangement. By Special Arrangement with Professor S. Ohashi ... New York

n.d.

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27 Edouard Chavannes and Raphael Petrucci [ARS ASIATICA.] La Peinture Chinoise. au Musee Cernuschi. Avril-Juin 1912. Bruxelles

1914

USD - Unknown
28 ARS ASIATICA: Les Sculptures Chains au Musee de Tourane (Parmentier), Paris, 1922; Revue des Arts ...

USD - Unknown
29 [Bukkyo-No-Bijutsu-Oyobi-Rekishi] [ART BOOKS.] [Buddhistic Art and its History, by G. Ono, Tokyo, 1922]; [Koyetsu.] [History of ...

USD - Unknown
30 [ART BOOKS.] [Nippon-Fuzokushi. (History of Japanese Costumes),] 3 vols. [Tokyo, 1903]; [Japanese ... V.p.

v.d.

USD - Unknown
31 [ART BOOKS.] [Nippon-Teikoku-Bijutsu-Ryakushi. (History of Japanese Art). Tokyo, 1901]; [Shumi-No- ...

USD - Unknown
32 ART CATALOGUES. The Art Treasures of Thomas E. Waggaman, 1905; The Art Collection formed by the late ...

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33 ART CATALOGUES. A collection of catalogues of oriental art objects.

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34 ART DICTIONARY (Adeline), N. Y., 1891; The Romance of American Colonization (Griffis), Boston, n.d ... V.p.

v.d.

USD - Unknown
35 ART OF CHINA. [To-So-Seikwa. (Relics of Tang and Sung Dynasties in American and European Collections ... [Osaka]

[1929]

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36 [Koakae-Sara-Hyakusen] [ART OF CHINA.] [Fifty Photographs of Chinese Ming Porcelain Plates in the Yamanaka and Co ... [Osaka]

[1933]

USD - Unknown
37 [Koakae-Sara-Hyakusen] [ART OF CHINA.] [Fifty Photographs of Chinese Ming Porcelain Plates in the Yamanaka and Co ... [Osaka]

[1933]

USD - Unknown
38 ART OF CHINA. [Catalogue of Chinese Art, Sculpture, Wood, Bronze, Stone, and Pottery.] [Osaka]

n.d.

USD - Unknown
39 [ART OF JAPAN.] [Kutani, Nabeshima, Kakiyemon, Meihin-Shu. (Selected Kutani, Nabeshima and Katiyemon ... [Kyoto]

[1934]

USD - Unknown
40 ART OF JAPAN. Illustrated Catalogue of a Special Loan Exhibition of Art Treasures from Japan, held ... Boston

[1936]

USD - Unknown
40A [ART OF JAPAN.] [Nippon-Bijutso-Shiryo. (Masterpieces of Japanese Paintings, Screens, Textiles, etc ... [Kyoto]

[1938]

USD - Unknown
41 Andreas Eckardt [ART OF KOREA.] A History of Korean Art. London

1929

USD - Unknown
42 [ART OF THE CHINESE.] [Shina Kobijutsu Taikwan. (Exhibition of Chinese Art).] [Osaka]

[1925]

USD - Unknown
43 John C. Ferguson [ART OF THE CHINESE.] Survey of Chinese Art. Shanghai

1940

USD - Unknown
44 [ART OF THE FAR EAST.] [Special Exhibition Catalogue of Far Eastern Art, held at Kyoto, October lst- ... [Kyoto]

[1916]

USD - Unknown
45 [ARTS OF THE FAR EAST.] [Toyei-Shuko. (An illustrated Catalogue of the Imperial Treasury of Shosoin ... [Tokyo]

[1927]

USD - Unknown
46 Edited by G. Watanatabe ART OF THE FAR EAST. [Special Exhibition Catalogue of the Osaka Art Club's 25th Anniversary ... [Osaka]

[1936]

USD - Unknown
47 [Tozai-Koto-Kinseki-Shu.] ART OF THE ORIENT. [Western and Far Eastern general Works of Art. From Yamanaka & Co., Osaka ... [Osaka]

[1927]

USD - Unknown
48 ART OF THE ORIENT. Portfolio of Chinese Paintings in the Museum [of Fine Arts, Boston]. (Han to Sung ... Cambridge, Massachusetts

1933

USD - Unknown
49 ART PERIODICALS. A collection of Oriental Periodicals relating to Ceramics, Paintings, and ... V.p.

v.d.

USD - Unknown
50 ART PERIODICAL. Parnassus, vols. II-III. Profusely illustrated. New York

1929-41

USD - Unknown
51 [ART SALES CATALOGUES, etc.] [9 volumes of Sales Catalogues of Chinese Stone Sculpture from Tien- ...

USD - Unknown
52 ART STUDIES: Medieval, Renaissance and Modern, Cambridge, 1925; The Studio Year Book of Decorative ...

USD - Unknown
53 ART TREASURES OF CHINA. [To-so-Seikwa (Relics of Tang and Sung dynasties in American and European ... [Osaka]

[1929]

USD - Unknown
54 ART TREASURES EXHIBITION 1932. Catalogue. [London, 1932]; [Sales catalogue] La Collezione On. G ... V.p.

v.d.

USD - Unknown
55 [ART, ARCHAEOLOGY, etc.] Sculptural Forms in Terra Cotta from Chinese Tombs. Toledo, n.d ...

USD - Unknown
56 Jira Harada [ART AND CULTURE OF JAPAN.] A Glimpse of Japanese Ideals. Lectures on Japanese Art and Culture. Tokyo

1938

USD - Unknown
57 Jira Harada [ART AND CULTURE OF JAPAN.] A Glimpse of Japanese Ideals. Lectures on Japanese Art and Culture. Tokyo

1938

USD - Unknown
58 ARTIBUS ASIAE. [For:] MCMXXVI [in duplicate], 2 vols.; MCMXXVII, nos. 1 and [in duplicate], 4 vols ... Leipzig

n.d.

USD - Unknown
59 [ARTISTS OF JAPAN.] [Catalogue of Mr. Matsukata's Collection of Ukiyoye Prints]. [Osaka]

[1926]

USD - Unknown
60 [Ukiyoye] [ARTISTS OF JAPAN.] [Study of Japanese Ukiyoye Art. Edited by S. Saki].

USD - Unknown
61 Laurence Binyon ASIATIC ART. Asiatic Art in the British Museum (Sculpture and Painting). Paris

1925

USD - Unknown
62 Alfred Salmony [ASIATIC ART.] Asiatische Kunst. Ausstellung Koln 1926. Bearbeitet von Alfred Salmony mit ... Munchen

[1929]

USD - Unknown
63 William Cohn [ASIATIC PLASTIC] Asiatische Plastik. Berlin

1932

USD - Unknown
64 AUSSTELLUNG OSTASIATISCHER Malerei und Graphik, n.p., 1932; Sketches (Wheeler), Wash., 1927; and ...

USD - Unknown
65 [BAISENKO COLLECTION.] [Nippon - Shutsudo - Kan - Shiki - Kyo - Zushu.] [Bronze Mirrors excavated in ... [Kyoto]

[1923]

USD - Unknown
66 [BEAUTY IN FLOWERS.] The Mastery of Japanese Flower Arrangement. Kyoto

1940

USD - Unknown
67 BIDWELL COLLECTION. [The Raymond A. Bidwell collection of Chinese Bronzes.] N.p.

n.d.

USD - Unknown
68 BIJUTSU KENKYU, THE. The Journal of Art Studies. Tokyo

1932-40

USD - Unknown
69 BILDWERKE OST-UND SUDASIENS aus der Sammlung Yi Yuan (With), Basel, 1924; An introduction to the ...

USD - Unknown
70 [BING, S.] [Catalogue.] Collection S. Bing. Objets d'Art et Peintures du Japon et de la Chine dont la vente ... Paris and London

1888-1906

USD - Unknown
71 BIOGRAPHIES OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE PAINTERS. All in Japanese and Chinese. Includes: [Fuso- ... V.p.

v.d.

USD - Unknown
72 N. Koroda [BIRDS.] Birds in Life Colours. [Tokyo]

[1937]

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73 [BIRDS.] Dr. Kuroda's Birds in Life Colours. Tokyo

1938

USD - Unknown
74 [BIRDS AND FLOWERS.] [Kagetoshi Kacho Gafu by K. Kagetoshi (Bird and Flower Prints by Kagetoshi ... N.p.

[1891]

USD - Unknown
75 Edited by T. Gilbert Pearson, and others BIRDS OF AMERICA. With 106 full-page colored plates by Louis A. Fuertes, and numerous text ... Garden City

1936

USD - Unknown
76 [BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN.] [Kosometsuke-Sara-Hyakusen. (Fifty illustrated Photographs of Chinese ... [Osaka]

[1933]

USD - Unknown
77 [BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN.] [Kosometsuke-Sara-Hyakusen. (Fifty illustrated Photographs of Chinese ... [Osaka]

[1933]

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78 Lafcadio Hearn BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS. A Bibliography of his Writings (Perkins), Boston, 1934; A Descriptive Catalogue ...

USD - Unknown
79 BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS PUBLICATION. Portfolio of Chinese Paintings in the Museum [of Fine Arts ... Cambridge, Massachusetts

1933

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80 Nan-Shan-Li BRICK TOMBS OF THE HAN DYNASTY. Brick Tombs of the Han Dynasty at the Foot of Mt. Lao-T'leh, South ... Tokyo and Kyoto

1933

USD - Unknown
81 BRONZE AND POTTERY ORNAMENTS. [Chinese Bronze and Pottery Ornaments Suitable for Boats, Carts and ... [Tokyo]

[1923]

USD - Unknown
82 George Coedes BRONZES. Bronze Khmers. Etude Basee sur des Documents Recueillis par M.P. Lefevre-Pontalis dans les ... Paris

1923

USD - Unknown
83 Jorg Trubner [BRONZES.] Yu und Kuang zur Typologie der Chinesischen Bronzen. Leipzig

1929

USD - Unknown
84 Carl Hentze BRONZES. Fruhchinesische Bronzen und Kultdarstellungen. Antwerp

1937

USD - Unknown
85 [BRONZES.] Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B. C.) through the Tang Dynasty (A. D. 618-906). New York

1938

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86 [BRONZES.] [K. Hamada. Explanatory Notes on Sen-Oku Sei-Sho. Part I: Chinese Bronzes.]

USD - Unknown
87 K. Hamada [BRONZES.] [Explanatory Notes on Sen-oku Sei-sho. Part I: Chinese Bronzes.]

USD - Unknown
88 [BRONZES.] [Old Chinese Bronzes.]

USD - Unknown
89 [BRONZES.] [Kao Ku T'u by Ta Lin Lu (Investigations of Antiquities with illustrations] together with ...

USD - Unknown
90 [Juyo-Bijutso-Hin-Zoroku] [BRONZES, AND OTHER ARTS OF JAPAN.] [Important Treasures of Japan. Bronzes, Ceramics, Lacquer, etc.] [Tokyo]

[1933]

USD - Unknown
91 Albert J. Koop BRONZES OF CHINA. Early Chinese Bronzes. London

1924

USD - Unknown
92 Jorg Trubner BRONZES OF CHINA. Yu und Kuang zur Typologie der Chinesischen Bronzen. Leipzig

1929

USD - Unknown
93 [BRONZES OF CHINA.] [Sen-oku Sei-sho by K. Sumitomo (The Collection of Old Bronzes of Baron Sumitomo ... Kyoto

1934

USD - Unknown
94 Gustave Ecke [BRONZES OF CHINA.] Fruhe Chinesische Bronzen aus der Sammlung Oskar Trautmann. Peking

1939

USD - Unknown
95 BRONZES OF CHINA. [Hsi-Ching-Ku-Chien (Chinese bronze vessels and mirrors of the Imperial Studio ... No place

no date

USD - Unknown
96 BRONZES OF ANCIENT CHINA. Shina-Kodo Seikwa or Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from ... Osaka

1933

USD - Unknown
97 BRONZES, etc. Exhibition of Early Chinese Bronzes, Stone Sculptures and Potteries, 1926, thirty-one ... New York

1925-6

USD - Unknown
97A BRONZES, etc. Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition of Antique Chinese Sculpture, Bronzes, etc ... London and New York

v.d.

USD - Unknown
98 [BRONZES, JADES, etc.] [S. Umehara. Title. Rakuro-Kinson-Kofun-Shuei.] [Kyoto]

[1938]

USD - Unknown
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