Extraordinary early 20th century book covers from Japan

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These covers come from Bookcover Design in Japan 1910s-40s (ISBN 4-89444-426-7) edited by Masayo Matsubara. Published in 2005 by PIE Books, this incredible book is already out-of-print and becoming hard to find (it was hard for me to find and I spend hours per day searching for rare books). This book is in Japanese only, but of course you need it for the 650 illustrations.
Next week I'll post Japanese magazine covers from the same time period (link added 6/16/09).

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Takeo Takei, 1924 (previously covered)

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