Flags.

Drawings of the Flags in Use at the Present Time by Various Nations. Admiralty.

London, HMSO 1916. Stout quarto later half morocco; 40pp, extra colour litho title, two unnumbered and 201 of 203(?) colour litho plates numbered to 200 with three bis. Two of the original plates have been removed but this has been extended with the insertion of another 145 colour litho plates of varying sizes and one handpainted plate. Signs of use of course but the flaws are negligible really.
¶ A splendid copy of a book scarce enough in any form - it was produced for the public service - this copy has been scrupulously kept up to date for a decade with the insertion of the additional plates as they were issued and numerous notes in manuscript, duplicated typescript and print recording official errata and updates. These date from 1916 to 1925. A note preserved at the front records that this belonged to L.E. Forsyth of E.H. Brett & Sons of Balmain East (in Sydney), "flag manufacturer - specializes in printing (in lieu of painting) of colonial & foreign badges on flags". Brett & Sons began as sailmakers and expanded into various canvas and textile related fields as the century went on.

Richard Neylon, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 8990

Keywords: flags history graphic art c20th association

FLAGS.

Flags of the British Empire and all Nations including Semaphore

Gale & Polden, [1919]. Wrapper with folding map. 57 x 88 cm. Traces of use/some repaired tears.

Antiquariaat Frans MelkProfessional seller

Book number: 119846

Keywords: ; Bijzonder / Special Maritiem / Maritime History flags

[FLAGS] Suharaya Mo^hei, publisher

Kisho^ Zufu

[FLAGS] Suharaya Mo^hei, publisher. KISHO^ ZUFU. To^kyo^, n.d. [c. 1870]. 22.1 x 14.6 cm. Printed paper covers, tassel-bound, Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. 11 sheets of color woodblock printed prints of Japanese government flags for the new Imperial era of Meiji, with explanatory text. A so-called "kanpon" or government publication, one of several "outsourced" to private printing houses during the earliest days of the new regime. Fine, impressions, colors, condition, in clasped chitsu case. Very unusual. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 87703

Catalogue: Japan and East Asia

[MANUSCRIPT - FLAGS - JAPAN].

"All the flags from 1893".Japan, 1893. Collection of drawings of 131 flags, banners etc. on separate leaves of varying sizes, most of them coloured.With: (2) [MANUSCRIPT]. [Decorated Japanese rice-paper].Japan, [1893?]. Ten sample leaves 928 x 38 cm) of so-called rice paper (actually cut in small sheets from the pith of the rice-paper plant, Tetrapanax papyrifer), decorated with varying designs, like flowers, fans and traditional Japanese dolls.19th-century wrappers of thick handmade Japanese paper, reinforced with straps of paper containing Japanese characters and blue and red stamps; with the title of ad 1 in Japanese characters on the front wrapper.

[131]; [10] ll.Ad 1: Very interesting collection of drawings of 131 flags, code and signal flags, banners, standards, crests, etc., made in late 19th-century Japan, most of them coloured in red, blue, white, black, yellow, and some decorated with gold and/or silver paint. Many with mottos and captions in Japanese characters. The collection can be divided into 8 subcategories. (1) 34 flags on black poles of European and other powers. (2) 17 rectangular (Samurai?) banners on a pole with a horizontal pole at the top, mostly in red and white. (3) 28 pennants and banners of various shapes, mostly on crested poles and some of them decorated or partly decorated with gold and/or silver paint. (4) 27 Japanese military (Samurai?) flags and banners in red and white, some with Japanese characters, including the flag of the imperial Japanese army: the red sun with the red sunrays. (5) 11 Japanese military flags and banners in blue, black and white. (6) 4 unfinished and uncoloured sketches of Japanese military flags and banners. (7) 3 symbolic banners with mottos in Japanese characters. (8) 7 unfinished, but partly coloured in sketches of flags, banners and pennants.Ad 2: 10 folded leaves of Japanese so-called rice-paper, mostly containing decorative flower designs, one with fans and another with traditional Japanese dolls. All are executed with a brush and black paint, two of the flower designs are executed in black, red and green paint.With Japanese characters in pencil and/or black and blue ink, as well as red (owners’?) stamps on the inside of the wrapper. Wrapper slightly browned with some minor signs of wear, some margins slightly frayed, some leaves with minor stains or browning.

A. Asher & Co. B.V.Professional seller

Book number: ABC_46387

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