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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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
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
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
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
Traditional Domestic Architecture of Japan
New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art Volume 21. Full blue and aqua cloth. 151 pp. Colour and B&W photography throughout. Spine tilted. Embossed ex libris stamp to ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped. Fine overall. More
The 1971 Honinbo Tournament
Tokyo: The Ishi Press, 1976. Soft cover. 8vo. The Ishi Press Go Series. Paperback, 203pp. Illustrated. Light fading on covers and light edge wear o/w about fine. More
Forms of Japan
Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 11.5" x 11" Illustrated paper boards. 303 pp. B&W photographs. Glassine dust jacket has one short tear to head of front cover. Else fine. More
Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print, Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full navy cloth. 364 pp. Copiously illustrated with over 900 images in colour and B&W. Embossed ex-libris stamp of Michael J. Ellis to ffep. Light rubbing to front joint and bumping to spine head of dust jacket. In grey card..... More
Outlanders, Volume 1
Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 1996. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. 8vo (royal). Soft cover. Unpaginated, approx. [190 pp.]. B&W art. Fine. More
Shunga: Erotic Figures in Japanese Art
New York: Crescent Book, 1983. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. FUll black cloth. 112 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Remainder mark to tail edge. Dust jacket has some foxing to edges and flaps, scuff to rear cover. Besides the reproductions of the greatest Japanese..... More
Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1995. Soft cover. 8vo. Paperback, xvii, 211pp. Fine. Collection of essays on previously unstudied areas of Japanese history. More