Japanese Design in Art, Volume 5
[Tokyo]: [Dely]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 11.75" x 11.75" N.d., [ca. 1986?]. Text in Japanese. Full black cloth. 208 pp. Fully illustrated, mostly in colour. In custom paper coloured slipcase. Pamphlet laid in. More
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Zen Macrobiotic Cooking: Oriental and Traditional Recipes
New York: Avon, 1970. Soft cover. 4" x 7" Soft cover. 223 pp. Creasing to spine and covers, light edge rubbing. Interior is age toned. The ancient art of selecting and preparing food for longevity and rejuvenation. More
Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa Scenario Book
Tokyo: Square Enix, 2006. Soft cover. 12mo. Text primarily in Japanese. Scarce. Soft cover, in dust jacket and sleeve. 327 pp. Some light bumping to extremities, spine slightly tilted. Fine overall. The Gate has been opened, and the Elric brothers journey has started again. Edward has become 18 years old..... More
The Forty-Seven Ronin Story
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1984. Soft cover. 4.5" x 7" Soft cover. 240 pp. Fine condition. The classic Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. More
The Go Collection of Netsuke: Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full grey cloth stamped with gold lettering to spine and illustration to front board. 60 pp. Beautifully illustrated with colour and B&W photographs. Spine sunned, else fine. No jacket as issued. In custom fine slipcase. More
Japanese Haiku: Two Hundred Twenty Examples of Seventeen-Syllable Poems
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 18mo. Full paper boards. 61 pp. Boards are age toned, rubbed to extremities. Spine cocked. Dust jacket is price clipped, foxed, age toned, chipped to spine ends and foot of front cover, stained to spine foot. More
The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan
London: Unwin Paperbacks, 1989. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 382 pp. [16] pp. B&W photos. Light soiling to spine, wear to front cover. Interior is age toned. More
The New Japanese Architecture
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Soft cover. 223 pp. Heavily illustrated, mostly in colour. Star remainder stamp to top edge. Patch of delamination to spine head. Spine slightly tilted. Fine overall. More
On the Laws of Japanese Painting
New York: Dover Publications, 1952. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xv, 117 pp. [LXVI] B&W plate illustrations. Some streaky sunning to covers, sticker ghost to rear, small spots of rubbing to rear joint, small spot of edge wear to front fore edge, light bump to spine head. More
Nakajima Ki.27A-B, Manshu Ki-79A-B: Japanese Army Air Force-Manchoukuo-IPSF-RACAF-PLAAF & CAF Service
New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1970. Ward, Richard. Soft cover. 8vo. Arco-Aircam Aviation Series No. 20. Soft cover. Unpaginated, approx [48 pp.]. B&W photos and colour illustrations. Light foxing to title page, else fine overall. More
Japan Unveiled: Understanding Japanese Body Culture
London: Hachette Illustrated, 2003. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full coral red paper boards. Patterned endpapers. 215 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Sunning to tail edge, rubbing to spine ends and corners. Light staining to edges of text block. Light bumping and rubbing to edges of dust jacket, covers lightly..... More
Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gansters, Drifters and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes
New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter cream cloth, grey-green paper boards. xiii, 242 pp. [16] pp. B&W photos. B&W illustrations in text. Staining to spine ends. Foxing to top edge of text block. Dust jacket is price clipped, toned..... More
an Introduction to Netsuke
Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (small). First Printing. Brown cloth, 78pp. Illustrated. Errata slip tipped-in; about fine in d/w, front inner jacket cliped. The Origin & Development and Materials of the Netsuke are discussed, with many illustrations showing the world of..... More
Japanese Things: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1981. Soft cover. 4.5" x 7" Soft cover. x, 568 pp. Spot of warping from damp staining to foot of rear cover, o/w fine. More
Fourteen Years of Diplomatic Life in Japan: Leaves from the Diary of Baroness Albert d'Anethan
London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. blue cloth, beveled edges, gilt titles to spine, blind armorial device to front board. 471, 48 pp. ads. With a photogravure frontispiece and 116 other illustrations in half-tone. Bumping and rubbing to spine ends, rubbing to edges, small damp..... More
Repertoire des Estampes Japonaises: Les Artistes et Leurs Signatures les Procedes - Les Oeuvrews et Leurs Prix Dans Les Ventes Biographies et Bibliographies
Paris: Editions Albert Morance. Soft cover. 8vo. French. Grey stiff card wraps, sewn and glued binding. [n.d., ca. 1922 per WorldCat]. 152 p.p. [12] duotone plates, incl. frontis, w/ tissue guards. Darkening to spine and edges, bumping to extremities, 2" crack to spine head, a few short tears. A directory..... More
Momoyama Decorative Painting
New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, Volume 14. Blue and aqua cloth. Gold endpapers. 166 pp. Hundreds of colour and B&W illustrations in text, including one fold-out illustration. Spine tilted, light rubbing to spine ends, some spotting to top edges of boards..... More
Everyday Life in Traditional Japan
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1981. Soft cover. 4" x 7" Soft cover. x, 198 pp. B&W maps and illustrations. Minor bruise to spine head. ISBN sticker to rear cover. Tipped-in slip of blank gold paper to half-title. More
The Kanji ABC
Lo Altos, CA: William Kauffman, Inc., 1977. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 185 pp. Covers and edges are foxed and slightly age toned. Interior clean. Embossed ex libris stamp to title page. More
Shunga: The Art of Love in Japan
New York: Paddington Press Ltd., 1975. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 11" x 8.5" Reprint edition. Oblong. Full orange paper boards. 285 pp. Copiously illustrated, mostly in B&W with some colour. Spine tilted. Foxing to edges of text block (worse at top edge). Dust jacket bumped to extremities, short tear to..... More
Introduction to Japanese Swords
Hollywood, California: W.M. Hawley, 1973. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover, staple bound. 20 pp. B&W illustrations. Covers moderately soiled and foxed. Embossed ex libris stamp to front cover. More
The Silk Road and the Shoso-in
Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, Volume 6. First English Edition. Orig. decorative cloth, 181pp. Illustrated. About fine in a lightly worn but o/w near fine d/w with some small tears at spine. The art and treasures held in the Shoso-in repository. More
Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. Hardcover. 16mo. The Travellers' Library. Full blue cloth. 253 pp., ads. Some light damp staining to cloth, bumping to spine ends. A few small spots of foxing. Near fine. More
Hiroshima
New York: Bantam Books, 1948. Soft cover. 4" x 7" Paperback. 116 pp. All edges burgundy. Spine sunned, delamination to covers. At 8:15 A.M. on a sultry August day, the hum of machinery rose from a big, sprawling industrial town. Suddenly, the great city lay shattered -- obliterated by the..... More
The Japan Christian Year Book 1958
Tokyo: The Christian Literature Society, 1958. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth boards. Advertisements to endpapers. viii, 362 p.p., [46] p.p. advertisements. Two fold-out tables of church statistics. Sunning to spine, wear to spine head, bumping to corners. Stain to fore edge of text block. Creasing to upper corner of a few..... More