BOOKS: (6) Vols vintage Japanese language, culture, 6 volumes plus a set of vintage playing cards: 1) E. P. Prentys and Kametaro Sasamoto. Japanese for Daily Use. WIlliam R. Jenkins, New York. 1905. Hardcover. 3.5"w x 5"h. 64 pages. Gift inscription in Spanish, in pencil. Some pencil marks in text, binding coming loose. 2) Morio Takahashi. First Steps to Japanese Language, Revised and Enlarged Fourth Edition. Toseido Shobo Co., Tokyo. No date. Hardcover in jacket. 5"w x 7.25"h. 399 pages plus indexes. 3) Morio Takahashi. How to Speak Japanese Language, A Concise Account of Japanese Grammar. Second Edition wtih 260 Japanese Landscapes. Toseido Shobo Co., Tokyo. No date. Hardcover in jacket. 5"w x 7.25"h. 759 pages with indexes. 4) Frank H. Lee. A Tokyo Calendar with Impressions of an Impressionable. The Hokuseido Press, Tokyo. 1934. Hardcover in jacket. 5.25"w x 7.5"h. 288 pages with index, black and white line drawings. 5) T. Fujimoto. The Story of the Geisha Girl. Lippincott, Philadelphia. No Date. Hardcover. 5.5"w x 8.5"h. 160 pages with index. Color frontispiece, black and white photos and illustrations. 6) Alfred Koehn. Japanese Flower Symbolism. Lotus Court Publications, Peking. 1941, fifth printing. Softcover in traditional string binding. 6.5"w x 9"h. 48 pages with 20 color illustrations. WITH (1) set of playing cards in folding box with bone fastener and a small folded booklet explaining the art. The face of the cards have color reproductions of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido, by Hiroshige. Complete deck + 2 jokers and extra card with the 53rd station. Card size approx. 2.125"w x 3"h. Card edges gilt. Published by Miya Taishodo.

Provenance: Estate of Huguette Clark

Notes/Literature: Huguette Marcelle Clark (1906-2011) was an heiress and philanthropist, who became well known again late in life as a recluse, living in a hospital for more than 20 years while her mansions remained empty. She was an accomplished artist and musician, having studied under famous portrait painter Tadeusz Styka, and her paintings were exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington in 1925

Good, with varying amounts of wear, be advised that all lots in this sale may exhibit some degree of wear due to age and/or handling