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196540 pages. Features: New flag for Canada's 98th birthday - article with photos; The Queen Mother - Her Personal Story - part 1 of 4; Jean Seberg's Return to the Top - Burned at the stake on film and in reviews, she begain again in Europe - article with photos; Photo of Miss Patricia Soulliere, "Miss Textile of the Week"; Jerry Marx Survived An Avalanche - article with photos; Fantastic colour photo centerfold ad for the Rambler line of cars; Upsurge in Canada's Track and Field Athletic Performance; Paul Anka and Diana Ayoub, the girl he left behind (and after whom his first hit song is named); Kendo battles on the Fraser River Delta dunes in Steveston - Jim Murray studies the Japanese Martial Art - article with photos; ; Back cover Esso ad with the 'Tiger in your Tank' theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
194696 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for the Lockheed Constellation features illustration of cabin scene in-flight; Attractive color Ford ad features Green car being loaded with luggage; photo of Robert Moses of Chicago wins bubble-blowing contest; Ku Klux Klan article with photo of burning cross and shrouded members; Russian Spy - Nicolai Gregorovich Redin; New Gropings with the Atom; Cordell Hull prepares memoirs; Nice color-photo Camel cigarette ad says "More Doctors Smoke Camels"; Very nice color one-page Coke ad features spring cleaning scene; Gromyko walks out of UNO; Ad for the Town House Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles; Very cute color Schlitz beer ad features bear in nighshirt raiding fridge at night; Guns over Trieste; The Austrian Larder; Arthur Axmann - article with photo; Famine news from Europe; Possible trouble in India - with photo of Gandhi; Trouble for Jewish sports team in Vienna; Shanghai - inflation and theft; Kendo photo from Japan - it has been outlawed by the Allies; Very nice color centerfold ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Nice one-page color-portrait of Mr. Mervyn Le Roy in Calvert Whiskey ad; Ontario liberalizes liquor laws; Five more persons accused of Russian spying in Canada; The Capitolio Diamond Mystery; Argentina fears Yankee 'Nazi' threat; Brief obituaries for Noah Beery Sr., Charles F. Hurley, Martin L. Davey, George Washington, Field Marshal Viscount Gort; Shirley Jane Vetter regains sight after her baby is born; Oil - the big three tangle in the middle east; Color Union Pacific ad features Utah's Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks; Yellow Bole Pipe ad; Mr. Baruch on the Extension of OPA; Billiard article and photo on Willie Mosconi; Attractive one-page color ad for the Martin 2-0-2 aircraft; Gerald Kersh lifts veil on sordid side of London; Color-photo Studebaker ad shows Don Wyman and his father grinding metal while J.F. Rogers and son Peter perform heat-treating; and more. Above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1992No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 46pp. An introductory overview of martial arts and combat sports including Sumo. Ju-Jitsu, Kendo, Fencing, Kung-fu, Wrestling, Boxing, Judo, Aikido and Karate.
2026réf. x-3032190916Palgrave Macmillan 2026. Hardcover. New. 172 pages. 5.83x0.50x8.27 inches. Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
1974réf. G0870402269I5N00Japan Publications 1974. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Japan Publications hardcover
réf. ANAIS-0870402269Japan Publications. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Japan Publications hardcover
2015réf. 1-3841669239Éditions universitaires européennes 2015. Paperback. New. 96 pages. French language. 8.66x5.91x0.22 inches. Éditions universitaires européennes paperback
1920réf. 227341920. Unknown photographer Japanese American kendo tournament photo archive circa early 1930s documents public Japanese American martial arts practice during the interwar period when Issei and Nisei communities used cultural education sport and youth activities to sustain Japanese identity within a hostile racial climate. The strongest images show children or young adolescents in kendo armor competing outdoors before spectators preserving a rare visual record of diasporic martial arts instruction before wartime incarceration disrupted Japanese American institutions. Kendo in North America was closely tied to Japanese immigrant communities before World War II and the North American branch of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai was approved in 1935 with an explicit goal of fostering kendo among Nisei youth placing these photographs within a broader history of cultural transmission discipline and intergenerational identity formation. Nine original silver gelatin photographs mounted on two black album leaves ranging from approximately 2½ x 3 inches to 5 x 7 inches. Four central photographs depict a large outdoor kendo match on a grassy field with child-age participants wearing full bogu armor and holding shinai bamboo swords in competitive formation. Spectators including men in Western suits and brimmed hats sit or stand along the sidelines while automobiles and period dress place the event firmly within interwar American public life. The remaining five photographs show white Americans in leisure scenes automobiles and a naval ship at dock clarifying that the kendo images were preserved within a broader travel album context rather than a single Japanese American family or dojo archive. The kendo images carry particular research value because they document Japanese cultural practice in the United States before World War II when Japanese immigrants and their American-born children negotiated public visibility under exclusion law racial restriction and assimilationist pressure. A later historical study of kendo in the United States notes that wartime conditions led to the suppression of kendo and destruction of equipment and records which heightens the evidentiary value of prewar photographs showing armored youth practice in public. Light wear and rippling from adhesive photographs clear and intact very good overall. Compact but significant Japanese American sports and cultural archive preserving interwar youth kendo community spectatorship and the public performance of diasporic identity through traditional martial art. unknown
1930réf. 228001930. Kendo photo archive group of five press photographs dating from the 1930s to the 1950s documenting the practice of Japanese swordsmanship in both Japan and the United States during a period of war displacement and postwar recovery. The material captures training demonstration and competition settings providing visual evidence of how kendo was practiced across institutional and community environments. These images record both continuity and adaptation showing martial training in prewar Japan wartime or immediate postwar contexts and among Japanese American practitioners maintaining cultural traditions under changing social conditions. Five original silver gelatin photographs ranging in size from approximately 5 x 7 inches to 8 x 10 inches each with typed caption slips agency stamps and editorial markings on the verso. The images include scenes of armored kendo practitioners engaged in sparring with shinai captured mid-strike and counterstrike within dojo interiors and outdoor settings. One photograph shows rows of trainees assembled beneath banners indicating organized competition or instruction. Another depicts two fighters in a wooden-floored dojo observed by an instructor in formal attire emphasizing structured training environments. A U.S.-based image presents a group of practitioners in full armor conducting drills against a brick wall identified in captioning as Japanese American kendo activity. An outdoor scene shows two fighters engaged on uneven ground suggesting demonstration or informal practice. A postcard-format image with Japanese text shows a group of female students participating in kendo training indicating inclusion of women in organized instruction. Across the archive visual elements include protective armor bÅgu bamboo swords and regimented group formations. Produced across decades marked by militarization wartime disruption and postwar reconstruction these photographs document the persistence of kendo as a cultural and physical discipline. The archive illustrates how martial practices were maintained within Japan and transmitted within diaspora communities including Japanese Americans during periods of restriction and reestablishment. The material supports research into Japanese cultural history martial arts practice and transnational identity formation in the twentieth century. Minor edge wear and corner creasing with editorial markings on versos; overall very good condition. A concise visual record of kendo practice across shifting historical contexts. unknown
1880réf. 184811880. Japanese woodblock print 19th century depicts samurai martial practice within a domestic or staged setting providing visual evidence of sword training traditions that informed later codifications of kendo the discipline derived from earlier samurai combat techniques. The composition places a woman in formal kimono in the foreground while a samurai figure engages in training with a bamboo implement in the background his katana remaining sheathed. This pairing of civilian and martial figures situates the image within the social world of late Edo period Japan when samurai identity persisted as both a lived class structure and a cultural ideal despite the gradual decline of feudal governance prior to the Meiji Restoration. Hand colored woodblock print on thick tea paper measuring approximately 11.5 x 9 inches accompanied by a secondary tea paper sheet of similar size containing more than ten vertical columns of kanji text. The image presents detailed coloration and line work with emphasis on textile pattern posture and gesture. The samurai figure is shown in active motion with a bamboo weapon consistent with training practices while the foreground figure's kimono is rendered with attention to layered fabric and ornament. The accompanying text sheet suggests publication or descriptive context tied to the image. Produced during a period when woodblock printing functioned as a primary medium for circulating visual culture in Japan the work aligns with broader traditions of ukiyo e and related print forms that documented social roles performance and martial identity. The depiction of training rather than battlefield combat underscores the transition of sword practice into structured discipline and codified movement anticipating later formalization of kendo as both martial practice and cultural tradition. Light wear consistent with age; colors remain strong and impressions clear. Overall very good condition. unknown
réf. B9783032190918Hardback. New. This Open Access book explores the evolving landscape of non-financial reporting and ESG Environmental Social and Governance performance with a specific focus on small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs and micro-enterprises. Drawing on European regulatory frameworks stakeholder theory and empirical case studies the book examines how SMEs navigate sustainability demands in a context traditionally dominated by large corporations and global standards. The book addresses the historical evolution of CSR the challenges of ESG integration for investors and the methodological development of a composite ESG indicator tailored to SMEs. It introduces innovative tools such as the Mazziotta–Pareto Index and participatory accounting frameworks like CARE and SEMA offering practical insights into ESG measurement and reporting. Through comparative case studies and analysis it bridges the gap between ESG theory and SME realities contributing to both academic research and professional practice. Ideal for scholars in economics finance and sustainability as well as practitioners and policymakers this book advances the conversation on responsible innovation regional development and the future of ESG in the SME sector. Sandra Kendo is an Associate Professor of Monetary and Banking Economics at the Université Catholique de Lille where she teaches macroeconomics finance and financial mathematics. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Université de Lorraine and is a research affiliate of CEREFIGE and a member of the LITL Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Transitions de Lille. Her research focuses on financial stability systemic risk banking competition and ESG integration in financial institutions. hardcover
réf. 0870402269.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1974réf. 106511Japan Publications 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x7x1. Clean tight and unmarked hardcover in jacket E22 Please email for photos. Japan Publications hardcover
1994réf. 106516All Japan Kendo Federation 1994-01-01. Paperback. Like New. Looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear E22 Please email for photos. All Japan Kendo Federation paperback
1994réf. 1065151994-01-01. Paperback. Like New. Looks unread with just a touch of shelf wear E22 Please email for photos. paperback
réf. Q-0297844199Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover
2010réf. Q-1556439040North Atlantic Books 2010-08-03. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! North Atlantic Books paperback
2005réf. Q-1402727968Sterling 2005-05-06. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Sterling hardcover
1995réf. Q-0806909277Sterling 1995-06-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Sterling hardcover
1974réf. Q-0870402269Japan Publications 1974-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Japan Publications hardcover
1974réf. 009599Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Co 1974. Excellent book on the art of Kendo Japanese fencing. 179 pages English text many B/w photographs a must for any student of Kendo or anyone interested in Japanese swordsmanship. Book is very bright and clean small bump to bottom rear of spine. Dustwrapper is also bright and clean tiny spots of wear to bottom front of wrapper not price clipped $12.50. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES CAN BE TAKEN UPON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 26.5 X 19 Cms. Hardcover. Japan Publications Trading Co Hardcover
