Sansom G. B
Japan: a Short Cultural History
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. Very Good; Cloth hardcover ith blue and red titles light sunning to . spine; clean pages; tight binding. 1962. Second Revised Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Originally published in 1931 with a minor and hastely revised edition done in the midst of World War II in 1943 this true second revised edition brings Sansom's considerable academic and intellectual abilities in focus on the cultural history of Japan. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 554 pages . Appleton-Century-Crofts hardcover
Référence libraire : 12545
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Hucker Charles O. China; Silberman Bernard S. Japan and Korea
China : A Critical Biography; Japan and Korea : A Critical Biography
Tuscon: The University Press of Arizona Press 1962 Two separate volumes sold as a set. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles renowned anthropologist scholar and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Condition notes for China: xiv 120 numbered pp 1; PB. 1971 5th printing. Pages: clean bright tight; B1247 inked to title p. Cover: red wraps gilt artwork front gilt titles front/spine; minimal edge/shelfwear. Condition notes for Japan and Korea: x 125 numbered pp; PB. 1962 apparent First Edition. Pages: clean bright tight; price stamped to title p Dr. Suttles’ name penciled to front board. Cover: teal wraps gilt artwork front lt blue titles front/spine; moderate edge/shelfwear top corners bumped. The University Press of Arizona Press paperback
Référence libraire : 036648
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Washington. Smithsonian Institution. Great Hall & New York. Japan House Gallery
Art Treasures from the Imperial Collections. Sept.-Oct. 1975
New York The Japan Foundation 1975. 108pp. 60 color plates. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. New York (The Japan Foundation), 1975. paperback
Référence libraire : B04868-2
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Japan Airedale Terrier Society; Japan Wirefoxterrier Society; Japan Scottish Terrier Society
POPULAR TERRIERS
Japan: Japan Airedale Terrier Society 1955. 213 pp. Original green wraps w/ title on front cover. Binding lightly rubbed. DJ has 1/2" tear to top front along spine. Lightly soiled. Text in Japanese. Includes typed letters: 1 Contents and 2 Photos. Illust. w/ b/w photos w/ numbers written next to them corresponding w/ the typed letter. Contents nice. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Japan Airedale Terrier Society Paperback
Référence libraire : 10608ANM
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Japan Travel Bureau
Show Me Japan
Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau 1963. Textblock is clean and tight with light edge wear; 142p. . Seventh Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Paperback. Japan Travel Bureau Paperback
Référence libraire : SJ04
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All Japan Photographic League eds.
Kamera No Ayumi ~The Development of the Camera
Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Co. Very good copy. 1976. 1st. softcover. Square 4to 292 pp. Published in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the All-Japan Photographic League Covers cameras from the earliest daguerreotype cameras to those of the 1970s with multiple illustrations on every page . Asahi Shimbun Co. paperback
Référence libraire : BOOKS057157I
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Adams Andy and Newton Clyde
Sumo
New York: Gallery Books 1989. Pictorial Laminated Boards. Fine/No Jacket. First Thus. Slim large format book in pictorial boards. Introductions by Tomotaka Dewanoumi and Ozeki Konishiki. Extensively illustrated with color photographs by Gerry Toff. An unread fine copy. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gallery Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002818
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Hearn Lafcadio
Japan An Attempt at Interpretation
New York: The MacMillan Company 1904. Tan cloth with lettering stamped in gold and black and gold imperial chrysanthamun on front board. Color frontispeice. Paper cracked at front inner hinge. joint still strong. Overall moderate age soiling to covers but still a good or better copy. BAL 7941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The MacMillan Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001698
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RI BEN HOBBY JAPAN
The simulation model gun DaquanChinese Edition
Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Language:Chinese.The simulation model gun Daquan Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. <br/><br/> Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House paperback
Référence libraire : BY029374 ISBN : 7538683224 9787538683226
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RI BEN HOBBY JAPAN
Miaohong Ben Digital 0-20Chinese Edition
Ho Lai Code 2014-06-01. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day And Fast shipping Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Language:Chinese.Pub Date: 2014-06-01 Publisher: Ho Lai compiled appropriate reading groups: 11 to 14 years old Satisfaction guaranteedor money back. <br/><br/> Ho Lai Code paperback
Référence libraire : BY029671 ISBN : 7538684913 9787538684919
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Maraini Fosco Illustrated by Harold Sund
Tokyo
Amsterdam: Time Life Books 1976. Large format. Pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by Harold Sund. A title in the Great Cities series published by Time-Life Books. Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Time Life Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002860
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Sackett Joel
Rikishi The Men of Sumo
New York: Weatherhill 1986. Large 8vo black cloth in non-price clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with 135 striking monochrome and 13 color photographs. Text by Wes Benson. Date and small private inscription written in pen on front free endpaper. Else fine in like dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Weatherhill Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002889
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MacIntyre Michael
The Shogun Inheritance Japan and the Legacy of the Samurai
New York: A&W Publishers Inc. 1981 1981. Hardcover. First American edition first printing. Large format orange cloth in non price-clipped dustjacket. Extensively illustrated with color photographs by author. An examination of modern Japan post World War II and her economic and technological success in light of values and social structures which still remain from her fuedal past. Not a remainder. An unread as new copy. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. A&W Publishers, Inc. 1981 Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002820
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de Forest JH. Sendai Japan J. H.
Why Nik-ko is Beautiful Japan
National Geographic Soc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1908. magazine. very good condition; SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE Article These pages unbound are neatly trimmed with backing board in mylar. Advertisements ARE NOT RETURNABLE; These pages unbound are neatly trimmed with backing board in mylar. Advertisements ARE NOT RETURNABLE; NOVI008043; 10 pages; These pages neatly trimmed are in mylar with a stiff backing board. Please not that it is not bound. . National Geographic Soc unknown
Référence libraire : 82366
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Tamamura Photographer of Kobe Japan
THE FISHERMEN'S LIFE IN JAPAN
Album of colored photograph illustrations. Album is 10 x7 inches 25.5 x 18 cm stiff boards covered with tan silk and dark brown silk ties. There are twenty 4x6 inches photos on rectos only each with description in English below which read together make an engaging story about the life of a traditional Japanese fisherman. There is title page in Japanese with the only words in English being "Published by Tamamura Photographer Kobe Japan." no date may have date in Japanese. c. 1890 near VG silkc wearing off extreme cover tips light spotting on end papers. No ownership marks. Rare. . hardcover
Référence libraire : a87440
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Japan Wool Spinner's Association
Woollens & Worsteds of Japan
Tokyo Japan Wool Spinner's Association 1955 Quarto softcover near fine in tan pictorial wraps in spiral binding. Clean unmarked sturdy. text and numerous ads. All in all a fascinating piece of trade group merchandising. enhanced by the presence of 41 squares of actual textiles produced by this trade group. scarce. 95 pp. plus ads from 28 wool manufacturers in Japan. . Tokyo, Japan Wool Spinner's Association, 1955 paperback
Référence libraire : 52947
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Bisland Elizabeth
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn with Japanese Letters 3 Vols
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1906. First trade editions of "The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn" and "The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn" all three volumes bound in original dark blue cloth stamped in red and gold. Small nick to headband of volume I and very mild shelfwear to cloth. A nice clean set of the standard works on Hearn's correspondence Very good set. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001776
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Hearn Lafcadio
Shadowings
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1900. Decorative Cloth. Original decorative publisher's cloth designed by Emma Redington Lee Thayer consisting of light blue lotus blossoms against an aqua background over darker blue cloth. Cover and spine lettering stamped in gold. Illustrated with 5 monchrome plates. Contains 4 pages of ads at rear. An interesting combination of essays sketches and prose fiction by Hearn written while he held a teaching position in Japan. Cloth is bright and clean. A fine copy sans very scarce dustjacket. BAL 7935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001695
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Tokyo and Yokohama Japan
GROUP OF 17 ORIGINAL POSTCARDS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING DESTRUCTION DUE TO ALLIED BOMBING IN WORLD WAR TWO
Seventeen original unmailed postcards. Each 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Produced by Universal Postal Union. All have bw photo on front with title below in blue ink in both English and in Japanese. No ownership marks. All views in Tokyo and Yokohama. VG. . unknown
Référence libraire : a89757
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Japan Postcard Views
GROUP OF 44 ORIGINAL UNMAILED POSTCARDS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN
Forty-four unmailed postcards. Each 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Produced by Japanese Government Railways Tokyo. All views identified in English and most also in Japanese. No ownership marks. Some of the cards are chromolithographic views and some are bw photos to which color has been applied. Most all are excellent strong views; most all are views of items of interest to tourists as Wisteria in blossom at Kowukabe Tea ceremony Chrysanthemum show Nikko Pagoda Hozu Rapids near Kyoto etc. . unknown
Référence libraire : a89758
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Kobe Japan
GROUP OF 30 ORIGINAL POSTCARDS WITH VIEWS OF KOBE IN ORIGINAL PRINTED PAPER ENVELOPE
Thirty fine photo illustrations of Kobe her people countryside and monuments c. 1900. On unmailed unused and not marked postcards. Identification of each view is printed beneath image in both English and Japanese. In original printed paper envelope although current condition of this envelope is poor. Photos are strong bold images and are in VG condition. . unknown
Référence libraire : a89756
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The Bureau of Mines The Department of Agriculture and Commerce of Japan
Mining in Japan: Past and Present
The Department of Agriculture and Commerce of Japan. 1909. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1909 PUBLICATION; hardcover; minor shelfwear w/ head and tail of spine and corners bumped; light tanning of leaves; o/w in very good condition. . The Department of Agriculture and Commerce of Japan. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 011545
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Chamberlain Basil Hall
Things Japanese Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan
London: John Murray. Very Good; Green cloth hardcover with blind embossed decoration and gilt . titles rubbed bumped; former owner's name on ffep; clean but aged pages; . fold out map of Japan intact; tight binding; index. 1905. Fifth edition revised; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Chamberlain was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 552 pages . John Murray hardcover
Référence libraire : 11653
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The 12th Wfb Confab Japan Committee; Japan Buddhist Federation
UNDERSTANDING JAPANESE BUDDHISM
Tokyo: Japan Buddhist Federation. NF/NF; Cream Laminate Boards with Jacket. Previous owners name on fly. 1978. Softcover. This book arose as an effort to help the two sects of Buddhisim Theravada & Mahayana come to a better understanding of one another. Very thorough and well documented. 10 contributing authors. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pp . Japan Buddhist Federation hardcover
Référence libraire : 1786
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Nagai Tadashi
Book of Flowers II
Belgrade: Published by the author 2008. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong paperback. Signed by the photographer on the title page in green ink "Lois. Tad." A very good copy of this collection of photographs - all in bright color on magazine stock paper. Minor shelf wear at the edges more pronounced at the head of the spine. Stapled binding is strong and solid. 23 pp. a collection of the floral photos of Tadashi Nagai the former ambassador of Japan to Belgrade. <br/><br/> Published by the author paperback
Référence libraire : 706
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Ishida Takeshi & Ellis S. Krauss
Democracy in Japan
Pittsburg PA: Univ of Pittsburgh Press 1990. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. Lists as a second Printing. A look at Democracy in Japan after WWII. Cover shows minor wear clean with some highlighted passages inside. 6 x 9 format <br/><br/> Univ of Pittsburgh Press paperback
Référence libraire : 00004 ISBN : 0822954141 9780822954149
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JAPAN TIMES
Nikko Toshogu
Tokyo: The Japan Times. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. Color and black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . The Japan Times hardcover
Référence libraire : 34021
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Buck Pearl S
A Bridge for Passing
London: Methuen 1963. VG Shelfwear bump ink gift inscrption mild spine lean/G Price-clipped edgewear chips tears staining. Continuation of her autobiography. Expanded condition report/scan on request. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Methuen Hardcover
Référence libraire : 024534
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Morris J Malcolm
The Wise Bamboo
London: Michael Joseph 1954. Autobiography. Jacket by Freda Nichols. Expanded condition report/scan on request. 1st Edition. VG Wear Bump Browning/VG PC Wear Chips Foxing. Michael Joseph unknown
Référence libraire : 007815
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Dixon Helen
Playing Foxes
London: Collins 1988. VG Shelfwear mild EPS & edge foxing/VG Edgewear indentations scattered interior foxing. Cross-cultural suspense drama. Jacket illustration by Neil Breedon. Expanded condition report/scan on request. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Collins Hardcover
Référence libraire : 017365 ISBN : 0002233355 9780002233354
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Reischauer Edwin O
The United States and Japan
Cambridge MA: Harvard Univ Press. Very Good; Blue cloth hardcover with gilt titles; clean pages; tight . binding; former owner's name on front end paper. 1951. First Edition; 2nd Printing. Hardcover. A classic volume in the American Foreign Policy Library edited by Summner Wells written in the early post World War II period. ; Oblong Small 8vo 7�" - 8" tall; 357 pages . Harvard Univ Press hardcover
Référence libraire : 12542
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Dalby Liza
Geisha
New York: Vintage Books. Very Good; Pictorial paperback clean pages; tight binding illustrated; . index. 1985. First Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0394728939 . Here is the first inside portrait of Japan's most exotic and mysterious culture. ; B&W Illustrations; Square Small 8vo 7�" - 8" tall; 347 pages . Vintage Books paperback
Référence libraire : 11655 ISBN : 0394728939 9780394728933
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Osborn Sherard
Japanese Fragments with Facsimiles of Illustrations by Artists of Yedo
Chestnut Hill MA: Adament Media Corp. New; Pictorial paperback; clean pages; tight binding; this is a reprint of . the 1861 edition. 2005. Reprint; 1st Printing. Paperback. 1402189168 . Early European observations of Japan and its customs; black and white illustrations. ; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 139 pages . Adament Media Corp paperback
Référence libraire : 11705 ISBN : 1402189168 9781402189166
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Collins Robert J
Japan-Think Ameri-Think An Irreverent Guide to Understanding the Cultural Differences between Us
New York: Penguin Books. As New; Pictorial trade paperback; clean pages; tight binding. 1992. First Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0140148604 . Collins lived and worked in Japan long enough to become a keen observer with a sense of humor. Twenty some years after this book was published it still helps the reader to catch a glimpse of what makes the two cultures see the same thing differently. ; Trade PB; Oblong Small 8vo 7�" - 8" tall; 208 pages . Penguin Books paperback
Référence libraire : 11556 ISBN : 0140148604 9780140148602
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Mayer S. L. editor
The Japanese War Machine
Secaucus NJ: Chartwell Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Red cloth hardcover with gilt titles; . map end papers; clean pages; tight binding; color and black and white . maps drawings and photographs; index. 1976. First Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0890090815 . The Japanese war machine during the Pacific War in text and photographs. ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 255 pages . Chartwell Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 11360 ISBN : 0890090815 9780890090817
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Cooper Michael
Exploring Kamakura: a Guide for the Curious Traveler
Tokyo: Weatherhill. As New; Pictorial paperback; clean pages; tight binding; illustrated; . fold-out map; index. 1988. Second Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0834801442 . I first visited Kamakura in 1956 and this guide would have been perfect then as it is almost 60 years later. ; 12mo 7" - 7�" tall; 159 pages . Weatherhill paperback
Référence libraire : 10754 ISBN : 0834801442 9780834801448
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Livingston Jon and Joe Moore and Felicia Oldfather editors
Imperial Japan 1800-1945: the Japan Reader Vol 1
New York: Pantheon. Very Good; A volume in the Pantheon Asia Library covering politics and . society from late feudal times until the end of the Pacific War. 1973. Later Printing. Paperback. 9780394706689 . Trade paperback shelf worn; clean pages; tight binding; no marks. . Pantheon paperback
Référence libraire : 12555 ISBN : 9780394706 9789780394707
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The Japan Association for the Preservation of Ukiyoe
Exhibition of Hokusai's Masterpieces
soft cover. Good condition--Japan Association Preservation of Ukiyoe Exposition soft cover-clean text-good binding-ship ASAP . paperback
Référence libraire : 25243
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japan
THE GATEWAY TO JAPAN KANAGAWA 1945-1955
1956 first edition. Dai Nippon Printing Co. In English. 4to. 1116pp. color and monochrome illustrations hardcover. VG slight fading of cover cloth in Fairly Good DJ dj a bit worn top spine end chipped; light soiling. . hardcover
Référence libraire : a45426
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Japan
New English-Japanese Japanese-English Dictionary for Chemist
Hardcover. very good condition; NOVI007013; in slipcase . hardcover
Référence libraire : 81336
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PREPARED BY THE JAPAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
SOROBAN the Japanese Abacus Its Use and Practice
RUTLAND VT.: CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO. 1967. 1ST. PAPERBACK. VG. CHARLES E. TUTTLE CO. Paperback
Référence libraire : 047562
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Tompkins Tom
Yokosuka Base of an Empire
Novato CA: Presidio Press 1981. Large quarto paperback. 152pp. Bibliographical Notes Index. Illustrated. First edition. No previous ownership marks. Light reading wear such as mild spine crease. Rear panel shows multiple white specks--from printer actually lack of color due to oil during printing process. Else a clean square unmarked copy. Good or better. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Presidio Press Paperback
Référence libraire : 011328 ISBN : 0891410880 9780891410881
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KURTH J
Die Primitiven des Japanholzschnitts in ausgew�hlten Bl�ttern
Dresden 1922 72 S. mit 4 montierten Farb- und 42 SW-Tafeln. . Orig. dekor. Karton. GOOD. 23x16. unknown
Référence libraire : 1075.Z.70
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SUCCO F
Katsukawa Shunsho Haruaki
Plauen im Vogtland 1922 141 S. mit 45 Tafeln davon 5 farbig und 10 Textabb. Reihe: Ostasiatische Graphik Band III. Vors�tze leicht stockfleckig; eine Farbtafel neu montiert. . Halfcloth. GOOD. 29x24. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1089.Z.70
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Hoyt Edwin
The Kamikazes
Burford Books 1999. clean unmarked copy. black dot bottom edge. Paperback. Very Good. Burford Books Paperback
Référence libraire : 354204 ISBN : 1580800319 9781580800310
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Weinstein Martin E
Human Face of Japan's Leadership: Twelve Portraits
Praeger Pub Text 1989. clean unmarked copy. Paperback. Fine. Praeger Pub Text Paperback
Référence libraire : 354203 ISBN : 0275933512 9780275933517
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Hane Mikiso
Peasants Rebels and Outcastes
Random House Inc 1982. clean unmarked copy. Paperback. Fine. Random House Inc Paperback
Référence libraire : 354215 ISBN : 0394710401 9780394710402
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Tokayer Marvin and Mary Swartz
The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II
New York: Paddington Press 1979. Tiny spot top edge of pages. Rear flap creased. Story of European Jews who fled across the world to the unlikely haven of Japan and their eventual survival in an Asian ghetto. The Fugu Plan was devised in prewar Japan to create an Israel in Asia. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Paddington Press Hardcover
Référence libraire : 03548 ISBN : 0448230364 9780448230368
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HAMANAKA SHEILA AYANO OHMI
IN SEARCH OF THE SPIRIT: The Living National Treasures of Japan
FAIRFIELD NJ: MORROW JUNIOR BOOKS 1999. Signed By the Illustrator . FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FINE/FINE. MORROW JUNIOR BOOKS Hardcover
Référence libraire : 037234 ISBN : 0688146082 9780688146085
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Japan Kanda T
Notes on Ancient Stone Implements &c. of Japan
Tokio i.e. Tokyo: Kokubunsha 1884. Wraps. 4pp. advert laid in. Kokubunsha unknown
Référence libraire : kfk557
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