Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan
Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1999. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black paper boards. 483 pp. B&W illustrations. Fine. More
Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1999. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black paper boards. 483 pp. B&W illustrations. Fine. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1982. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 292 pp. B&W illustrations. Light bumps to spine head and corners, else fine. More
Japan: Science and Engineering, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Japanese. [238 p.p.] Cream paper boards with brown floral device to front board and title to spine. Bump to front board at tail edge. Dust jacket has some bumping to edges and light chafing, else fine. Laid-in ephemera in Japanese. Hideyasu Sasaki was..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green and yellow paper boards. 210 pp. Numerous illustrations in colour and B&W. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is price clipped. Near fine. The author, until his death in 1978, was one of..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full yellow textured paper boards. 260 pp. Spine slightly tilted. Dust jacket price clipped. Fine overall. "Manga" in Japanese terms means "comics," and comics in Japan are simply the most marvelous multifaceted misunderstood mass-market monster publishing phenomenon ever, anywhere. More
Tokyo: 1970. No Binding. 11.75" x 15.25" 39 x 29.5 cm folder, with 12 brightly coloured monthly plates. Keisuke Serizawa (1895-1984) was a much celebrated fabric and textile designer. He began issuing calendars, each different from the prior ones, in 1946, and continued to do them until his death. The..... More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. Soft cover. 8vo. xii, 381 p.p. Paperback. Small markings along covers. Interior clean, near fine copy. More
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1979. Soft cover. 16mo. Soft cover. xv, 220 pp., [4 pp. glossary]. Front flap is price clipped, spine slightly sunned, else fine. More
London: British Museum Publications, 1985. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 45 pp., [80] colour plates. Fully illustrated. Fine condition. Contemporary Japan is a society overflowing with energy, and nowhere is this better reflected than in the world of printmaking, where the strong traditions of Japan's great artistic past confront..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full grey paper boards. Patterned endpapers. 271 pp. [8] pp. B&W photos. Foxing to top edge of text block. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly foxed, lightly bumped to extremities. More
New York: Mayflower Books, 1978. Forman, Werner (photography). 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Echoes of the Ancient World Series. Full black cloth. B&W pictorial endpapers. 128 pp. Beautifully illustrated. Embossed ex libris stamp to foot of half0-title. Some delamination to extremities of dust jacket, else fine overall. This intriguing portrait of..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. Soft cover. 8vo. Bollingen Series LXIV. Soft cover. 478 pp., [40 ff. B&W illustrations, incl. 3 fold-out illustrations]. Slight creasing to spine, slight curling to covers. Embossed ex libris stamp to half-title. After briefly explaining what Zen is, Dr. Suzuki considers in detail various..... More
Osaka: TM International Academy, 1995. Soft cover. 8vo (small). In jacket with "The Way of the Samurai, East & West" with subtitle on front cover. 170 p.p. Lacks title page. Front free endpaper has been glued to the inner cover. Light soiling to verso of f.f. endpaper. With b/w illustrations..... More
New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill/Tankosha, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. First English edition, fourth printing. Orig. blue cloth with turquoise swirls. 176 pp. Numerous illustrations, many in colour. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, 1" tear to upper corner of front cover, light chipping to spine ends. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Oblong soft cover. 121 pp. Colour photography. Scuff to head of front cover. Worn price sticker to front flap. Fine overall. Characteristic of Japan's cultural beauty is its use of color. More
New York: Harmony Books, 1977. 1st American Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 214 pp. Numerous photographs in text by Takeshi Nishikawa, colour frontis. tipped in. Sunned and creased to spine. Edge toning to interior. Else fine. More
Tokyo: Nippon Television Network Corporation, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8" x 8" English and Japanese. Orig. printed tan paper. 265 pp. Fully illustrated. Spine cocked, slight bumping to lower corners, some slight warping to foot of text block at rear, fine overall. More
Tokyo: The Yomiuri Shimbun, 1984. Soft cover. 8.5" x 9.5" Japanese edition, facing translation. Soft cover. 248 p.p. Colour illustration throughout. A near fine copy. More
Tokyo: The Nihon Kiin, 1973. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover, stapled and glued. 95 pp. each. Spines sunned, bruise to spine foot of Vol. 1, light damp staining to fore edges of both volumes. Light edge toning. More
United States: CINCPAC-CINCPOA, 1945. Soft cover. 8vo. With Kanji translations. Quarter red cloth, russet stiff card boards, duotang binding. x, 360 pp. Spine reinforced with packing tape, . Damp staining to interior. The distribution list at rear indicates that 462 copies went to the Army, 243 copies went to the..... More
New York: Weatherhill, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (super). Soft cover. 139 pp. Numerous colour and B&W photos in text. Some light bumping to lower front corner and creasing to same corner of half-title. Faint sticker ghost to foot of rear cover. Else fine. More
New York: Pocket Books, 1981. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. 4" x 7" First paperback. Soft cover. 206 pp., [24] pp. B&W photos. Creasing to spine, joints, and rear cover. Light edge wear. Foxing to outer edges, mostly to photo plates. VG. The amazing true story! From the ancient world..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full textured brown paper boards. 84 pp. Fully illustrated, mostly in colour, with photographs by Ryo Hata. Dust jacket is price clipped, with previous price stickers to front flap. Small perforation and some sunning to spine. More
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1981. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full textured burnt orange paper. 191 pp., [24 pp.] plates of B&W photos. Spine slightly cocked, small bruise to spine foot. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Dust jacket is bumped and creased..... More