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Beijing Guide Book
61 pages, illustrated, folded map. eng
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Along the Changjiang River
No publication date, 54 pages, folded map, folded table. eng
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Spry-Leverton, Peter; Kornicki, Peter F.
Japan
192 pages, illustrated, Channel 4 TV tie-in. eng
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Reginaldo, Reggie I
Hanapbuhay Hong Kong Centennial Supplement
71 pages, illustrated, index. eng
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Lawson, Kate
Highways and Homes of Japan
352 pages plus 89 page publisher's catalogue, illustrations by the author, index, ex hospital library, weak hinges, page edges browned, orange pictorial cloth covers rubbed. eng
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Bunce, Vincent
Japan
1st edition. 4to, 32 pages, illustrated. Former library in very good condition glazed pictorial boards, boards are bumped in places. (The Real World). 40026. eng
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Japan : the pocket atlas
1st edition. VG in soft plastic binding in a good dustjacket. 13920. eng
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Bonnart, Frederick (editor)
NATO's Fifteen Nations : Independent Review of Economical, Political and Military Power
Volume 25, number 1, February-March 1980. VG pbk. 104 pages. Includes articles on 'China after Mao' and 'Japan - Economic Giant and Military Pigmy'. 23595 eng
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Fodor, Eugene and Robert C. Fisher (editors)
Fodor's Japan and Korea 1977
Hardback in dust jacket. VG/G. ISBN 0340214171. Associate editor, Richard Moore. 16913. eng
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Hedges, F. H.
In far Japan : glimpses and sketches
Revised edition. Covers worn, spine lettering frayed. 5702. eng
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Lustbader, Eric Van
White Ninja
Hardback reprint in a protected dust jacket. VG/Fine. Jacket illustration by Brian Salmon. 19629 eng
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MacBeth, George
The Samurai
1st UK edition. 8vo, 242 pages, not illustrated. Nr fine condition hardback in nr fine condition dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Dave Roe. 40945. eng
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Sitwell, Isla
In Far Japan : a Story of English Children
Reprint. 12mo, 192 pages, 7 illustrations. Near very good condition hardback bound in blue decorated cloth, prize label on the inside front cover. Endpapers browned. 40829. eng
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Golden, Arthur
Memoirs of a Geisha
VG pbk reprint. ISBN 0099771519. 15500. eng
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Golden, Arthur
Memoirs of a Geisha
Fine paperback reprint. 8891. eng
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Lopez de Ubeda, Francisco, Fulgencio Afan de Ribera, Quevedo, Alonzo de Castillo Solorzano, A. de Castillo et Taleyro, D.A.V. Pinciano, and Carlos de Sepulveda
L'Oeuvre des Conteurs Espagnols
Introduction by M. de Montclar. A collection of risque Spanish stories translated into French. From a total numbered edition of only 35 copies, this is one of ten copies printed on fine Japan paper. Large 8vo, cloth over decorated boards, original wraps bound in. Fine.
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Cordier, Henri
Bibliotheca sinica [with] Bibliotheca indosinica [with] Bibliotheca japonica
12 volumes bound in 7. Together, these three works constitute the standard bibliography of East Asia. Monumental. 8vo. Fine in publisher's cloth.
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Cole, William (Masafumi Yamamoto)
The Illustrated Books and Print Portfolios of Masafumi Yamamoto: A Catalogue Raisonne.
The bibliography and catalogue raisonne of the livres d'artiste and print portfolios of Masafumi Yamamoto (born 1949), one of the world's great printmakers and book artists. Yamamoto has produced illustrated books in collaboration with Yves Bonnefoy, Michel Butor, Kazunari Suzumura, Joan Brossa, Pere Gimferrer, and many others. The author, William Cole, holds a doctorate from Harvard University and has written many scholarly articles and books about books and prints. EDITION LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH THE ARTIST'S INKSTAMP. Includes high-resolution color plates (many full-page) of all of the prints in the books, and exhaustive bibliographical descriptions. Printed on fine paper. Folio. New.
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Cole, William (Masafumi Yamamoto)
The Illustrated Books and Print Portfolios of Masafumi Yamamoto: A Catalogue Raisonne.
The bibliography and catalogue raisonne of the livres d'artiste and print portfolios of Masafumi Yamamoto (born 1949), one of the world's great printmakers and book artists. Yamamoto has produced illustrated books in collaboration with Yves Bonnefoy, Michel Butor, Kazunari Suzumura, Joan Brossa, Pere Gimferrer, and many others. The author, William Cole, holds a doctorate from Harvard University and has written many scholarly articles and books about books and prints. FROM A TOTAL EDITION LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS ONE OF ONLY 35 COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL-SIGNED AND NUMBERED ETCHING BY MASAFUMI YAMAMOTO. Book also signed by the author (in ink) and the artist (with his inkstamp). Includes high-resolution color plates (many full-page) of all of the prints in the books, and exhaustive bibliographical descriptions. Printed on fine paper. Folio. New.
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Lavedan, Henri
Une Cour
THE ONLY COPY PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPAN PAPER of the first edition of this collection of stories. 2 leaves, 349 pp., 1 leaf. On verso of half-title is printed, "Exemplaire unique tirÈ sur papier du Japon pour Mademoiselle Leonie Bert." Leonie Bert was the daughter of French physiologist and politician Paul Bert (1833-1886). 8vo. Original wraps, printed in red. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. Vicaire V, 115, citing only 15 copies on Dutch paper aside from the trade edition.
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SIMON MAIOLO Maioli
Dies caniculares seu Colloquia tria et viginti, quibus pleraque natura admiranda, quae aut in aethere fiunt, aut in Europa, Asia, atque Africa, quin etiam in ipso orbe novo, et apud omnes Antipodas sunt
In-4°; pp. (16), 1177, (3). Dedica a Papa Clemente VIII. Legatura in piena pergamena molle con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Al frontespizio una nota manoscritta coeva recita "Expensis Regiis Villalpandus"; accanto al titolo timbro a inchiostro della biblioteca Borghese. Edizione originale di quest’opera enciclopedica, che fu poi messo all'indice. Fu ristampato in successive edizioni solo a Praga e Francoforte, con privilegi che esplicitamente vengono ottenuti grazie alle censura di una parte del testo. L'opera è strutturata in ventitre colloqui, tra il teologo, il cavaliere e il filosofo, ciascuno dei quali ha un argomento, ad esempio Meteora, Lapides, Metalla, Herbae, Plantae, Ignis ecc.; vi si tratta tra l’altro di fossili, vulcanologia, biologia, entomologia ecc.; molti i riferimenti all'Orbe Novo, in particolare al Messico e al Giappone con l'esplicito richiamo a Xavier, Froes e agli altri viaggiatori Gesuiti. Il libro è concepito come un Museo di rarità di scienze naturali. Evidentemente il Maiolo non esita a descrivere scrupolosamente anche molti aspetti esoterici e soprannaturali, tanto da incorrere nella censura: sono questi gli anni del processo a Giordano Bruno. Il Maioli voleva con questa voluminosa opera condensare tutto il sapere dei suoi tempi, e in particolare censisce le ultime scoperte, siano esse stata fatte per invenzione e sperimentazione, siano esse dei rari ritrovamenti in natura nelle terre che in quegli anni venivano per la prima volta esplorate. cfr. Weeler Gift cat. 70 : "Properties of the load stone p.780, Ethiopian magnet said to repel iron p. 781, Magnetic clock of Gerbert (Pope Sylvester II) p.783. Il Maioli oltre ad interessarsi di scienze naturali fu Canonista, nacque ad Asti verso il 1520, vescovo di Volturara dal 1572, morì 1598. Edizione successive di questa opera sono anche citate in: Krivatsy 7287; Caillet 7023; Hozenav Lancaster 2867; Wellcome I 3994. Ex-libris Mario Carmenati.
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Orazio Torsellino Tursellino Torsellini
De vita Francisci Xaverii … libri sex. Quibus accesserunt eiusdem Xaverii Epistolarum libri quatuor
In-4°; pp. (10), 318, (2),; (8), 161, (3), con un bel ritratto di Francesco Saverio finemente inciso su rame da Theodor Galle; vari esemplari, tra cui quello alla Biblioteca Casanatense di Roma e quella dell’Università di Granada, come il nostro sono prive della carta *6; le Epistole hanno un proprio frontespizio, entrambi con monogramma della Società di Gesù inciso su legno. Nota di possesso manoscritta all’ultima sguardia. Legatura in piena pergamena coeva. Bellissimo esemplare. The third edition of De Vita Francisci Xaverii (the first in Rome 1594, another issues in Antwerp in the same 1596 containing only De vita) and the first of the Epistolae. This 1596 edition of the saint’s biography is better then the one of 1594 because revised by the author and complete. St Francis Xavier (1506-52), a companion of Ignatius of Loyola and co-founder od the Jesuit order, was a leader of the first Jesuit missions to India, southeast Asia and Japan. Orazio Torsellino was an italian Jesuit; he achieved great popularity with this work, which had numerous editions and translations, and with his first and principal early printed collection of Xavier’s letter, including many from Japan, available at the end of the 16th century. This first edition remained standard for many years and also for 17th cent. editions. This is the first collection of writings by St. Francisco Xavier. In 1540, he set off as a missionary to Asia. From there in the midst of ten years of incessant labor, 1542 - 1554, he produced 137 letters and instructions. The translator and editor of this volume, Orazio Torsellini in this place presented 52 letters. This collection of Xavier letters is very important in the story of China and Japan. Streit Iv, p. 290; Cordier col. 128; Sommervogel VIII, col. 140.
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Fabio Ambrogio Spinola
Vita del padre Carlo Spinola della Compagnia di Giesù morto per la santa fede nel Giappone
In-8° (cm 15,3x9,3), pp. (8),mezza 336; 1 folding plate representing the plan do the prison where Spinola was imprisoned in Japan. On title page a woodcut with the monogram of Compagnia di Gesù and the “motto” “pulcra ut –luna- electa ut –sol-”. The binding is contemporary half vellum with gilty title on spine, and yellow edges. The dedication is dated Roma 1628 and it refers to the first edition. This bioghrapy of father Spinola is an account of the missionary voyage he made through Portugal, Brasil, Portorico, England, Lisboa, China and eventually Japan, where he wished to die (from page 97 to the end). He died in Nagasaki in 1622, afer being persecuted and imprisoned. Two ink stamps on title page, few restoration on blank margins.
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Società italo-giapponese ( Nichi-I Ky kai )
Catalogo dell'esposizione di belle arti in celebrazione del XXVI centenario della fondazione dell'Impero giapponese
(2), 18, (2) pp., 100 cc. di tavole (alcune a colori) accompagnate da fogli di guardia con descrizioni bilingue, 1 c. sciolta di errata; 37 cm; Legatura in seta grezza editoriale. Testo in italiano ed in giapponese.
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PASIO, Francesco (Gomez, Pedro; Longobardi, Nicolò)
Copia d'una breve relatione della christianità di Giappone, del mese di marzo del 1598...
In -8°, pp. 109, (b), cartonato, tagli rossi. Prima edizione. Francesco Pasio (1551-1612) fu il primo provinciale gesuita in Giappone, residente a Nagasaki; il libro comprende anche una lettera del vice-provinciale Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), autore del “Compendium”, ovvero un trattato di cosmologia e teologia che sarebbe diventata la prima opera a introdurre la cultura occidentale in Giappone; segue un testo di Nicolò Longobardi (1559-1654), gesuita siciliano che in Cina fu il successore di Matteo Ricci (nominato varie volte in questo testo); la quarta e ultima lettera è un resoconto di una missione presso i territori islamici del Mogol (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). Marca dei gesuiti al frontespizio e capilettera figurati. First edition. Pasio (1551-1612) was the first Jesuit Provincial in Japan: he resided in Nagasaki; the book includes also a letter of his deputy Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), author of the “Compendium”, a cosmology and theology treaty that had to become the first work to introduce western knowledge in Japan; then a text by Nicolò Longoboardi (1559-1654), a sicilian jesuit who replace, in China, Matteo Ricci (mentioned many times in this text); the fourth and last letter is the chronicle of a mission in Islamic areas of Mughal (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). A Jesuit mark on title page and figurative initials. Pasio (1551-1612) was the first Jesuit Provincial in Japan: he resided in Nagasaki; the book includes also a letter of his deputy Pedro Gomez (1533-1600), author of the “Compendium”, a cosmology and theology treaty that had to become the first work to introduce western knowledge in Japan; then a text by Nicolò Longoboardi (1559-1654), a sicilian jesuit who replace, in China, Matteo Ricci (mentioned many times in this text); the fourth and last letter is the chronicle of a mission in Islamic areas of Mughal (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan). A Jesuit mark on title page and figurative initials.
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PASIO, Francesco
Lettera annua di Giappone scritta nel 1601. e mandata dal p. Francesco Pasio V. prouinciale al m.r.p. Claudio Acquauiua generale della Compagnia di Giesù
In -8°, pp. 77, (B); cartonato, tagli rossi. Prima edizione. Pasio (1551-1612) fu il primo provinciale gesuita in Giappone, residente a Nagasaki. La lettera compendia le attività dei Gesuiti in Giappone a cavallo dei due secoli, descrive le condizioni di vita in diverse città e si impegna nel racconto delle condizioni culturali del Giappone a quel tempo. First edition. Pasio (1551-1612) was the first Jesuit Provincial in Japan: he resided in Nagasaki. This letter outlines the Jesuits’ activities in Japan, between XVI and XVII century, also giving descriptions of the various life conditions in many cities, and more widely of the Japan culture at that time.
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VALIGNANO, FROIS, e altri
Nuove lettere delle cose del Giappone, paese del mondo novo, dell'anno 1579 insino al 1581
In -8°, pp. 188, (12); pergamena. Questa rara miscellanea comprende una serie di lettere scritte dai Gesuiti dal Giappone e da Goa: scrivono de Cespedes, Mexia, Fròis, Cabral, e Valignano. La lettera di quest’ultimo include il resoconto della morte di Rodolfo Acquaviva, che fu ucciso a Goa, dagli indigeni, nel 1583. La lettera di Valignano è una delle pochissime, in tutto cinque, lettere dei Gesuiti dall’India pubblicate fra il 1570 e il 1585. This rare collection includes letters written by Jesuits from India and Japan: the authors are de Cespedes, Mexia, Fròis, Cabral, e Valignano. The Valignano letter reports about the assassination, in Goa, of Rodolfo Acquaviva, killed by natives in 1583: it’s one of the five letter of Jesuits from India published between 1570 and 1585.
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MAFFEI, Giovanni Pietro; ACOSTA Emanuel
Rerum a societate iesu in oriente gestarum volume primum. In eo quae contineantur, sequens pagella demonstrat
In-4°, 236cc, (2), legatura in pergamena molle, buone condizioni. Antichi timbri di possesso. Si tratta della traduzione in latino effettuata dal Maffei del lavoro di Acosta Historia das missoes da Oriente. Manuel da Costa (1541 - 25 febbraio 1604) era un gesuita portoghese e bibliografo di Lisbona. Dopo aver insegnato discipline umanistiche e teologia in diverse scuole, come Coimbra, dove la maggior parte delle letture dei gesuiti erano disponibili in forma non censurata, fu scelto come rettore di Braga, poi missionario nelle Azzorre; si distinse per il suo zelo. Scrisse A História das Missões dos Jesuítas no Oriente, Até ao Ano de 1568 (Storia dei missionari gesuiti in Oriente, fino al 1568). Il manoscritto fu inviato a Roma, tradotto in latino, e fu poi consegnato al giovane novizio Giovanni Pietro Maffei (1533-1603) per prepararlo alla pubblicazione. Maffei aggiunse una notevole quantità di testo all'opera di Acosta, intitolata De Japonicis rebus epistolarum. Questa parte contiene traduzioni latine abbreviate di lettere inviate dai Gesuiti che lavorano in Giappone fino all'anno 1564. Nella sua introduzione Maffei si congratula con Da Costa per il suo sforzo nel riassumere il contenuto delle lettere insieme in un breve commento. In-4°, 236cc, (2), vellum binding, good condition. Some possession marks. This is the latin traduction of Acosta’s Historia das missoes da Oriente. Manuel da Costa (1541 – 25 February 1604) was a portuguese Jesuit and bibliographer from Lisbon. After teaching humanities and theology at several schools, like Coimbra where most of the Jesuit letters were available in uncensored form, he was chosen rector of Braga, then missionary to the Azores; he was distinguished by his zeal. He wrote A História das Missões dos Jesuítas no Oriente, Até ao Ano de 1568 (History of the Jesuit Missionaries to the East, until 1568). The manuscript was sent to Rome, translated into Latin, and was then given to the young novice Giovanni Pietro Maffei (1533-1603) to prepare it for publication. Maffei added a considerable amount of text to Acosta's work, entitled De Japonicis rebus epistolarum. This part contains abridged Latin translations of letters sent from the Jesuits working in Japan until the year 1564. In his introduction Maffei congratulates Da Costa on his effort in summarizing the contents of the letters together in a short commentary.
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Statler, Oliver
Shimoda Story
627p. illus. Hardcover Very good conditon in good d.j. good
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Statler, Oliver
Japanese Inn
365p. illus. Hardcover Very good very good d.j. good
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Gibney, Frank
Five Gentlemen of Japan: the portrait of a nation's character
373p. Signed by the author. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Cram, Ralph Adams
Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts
242p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Yee, Chiang
The Silent Traveller in Japan
430p., illus. Illus. by the author. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Reischauer, Haru Matsukata
Samurai and Silk
371p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Ohoka, Makoto
Ohara Collection
Folio 70p., illus. SOFTCOVER. Text in Japanese. Paperback Good condition
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Campbell, Alexander
The Heart of Japan
297+ p. Hardcover Good condition
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Baxter, Katharine Schuyler
In Beautiful Japan: A Story of Bamboo Lands
381p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
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Lawton, Ted W.
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Edited by Robert Considine
221p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
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Cooper, Elizabeth
The Heart of O Sono San
269p., illus. A portrait of traditional Japanese women Hardcover Very good condition
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Tomita, Hiroyuki
Edo Craftsmen: Master Artisans of Old Tokyo
Folio 141p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Du Cane, Florence
The Flowers and Gardens of Japan
249p., illus. Hardcover Good condition! endpapers chipped
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Abegglen, James C. & Stalk, George
Kaisha, the Japanese Corporation
309 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Jiu-Jitsu Combat Tricks: Japanese Feats of Attack and Defence in Personal Encounter
151p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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Fallows, James M.
Looking at the Sun: The Rise of the New East Asian Economic and Political System
517p. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Sawyer, Edith A
The Way of Um . With Introduction by William Elliot Griffis
145p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Sawyer, Edith A
The Way of Um . With Introduction by William Elliot Griffis
145p., illus. Hardcover Fair condition; lacks back-strip
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Ema, Tsutomu
Tozai senshoku bun [romanized from the Japanese] [Textiles of the Orient and Occident]
2 vols., each with 50 pages of color plates. Limited to 100 copies. Hardcover Ex library, very good condition, in worn portfolios
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Feigenbaum, Edward A. & McCorduck, Pamela
The fifth generation : artificial intelligence and Japan's computer challenge to the world
275pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Dalby, Liza et al.
All Japan: The Catalogue of Everything Japanese. Introduction by Oliver Statler
Oversize. 224 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
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Watanabe, Hiroshi
Amazing Architecture from Japan
139 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
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