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[JAPANESE - ENGLISH] CORRESPONDENCE IN FOREIGN TRADE: Elementary Course

By: N/A

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Tokyo, Shinozaki Shorin: 1957

Seller ID: 2996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Textbook in Japanese for the Japanese student to learn to write English-lan guage letters, many sample letters. Burgudy cloth with hand-cut front pastedown label, gold spine lettering. Scarce title from Tokyo publisher of English-language scholarly works. ; 6" x 8-1/2"; 114 pp; Spine rubbed, wear to tips of cloth, notes inside front cover, much underlining throughout, stamps inside rear cover.
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[Souvenir Program] Miyako-Odori (Cherry Dance), Outline of Yokyoku, Heike Monogatari

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Kyoto, Japan, 1957

Seller ID: 5370

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Stiff wraps, perfect bound, illustrated cover, many b&w and color illustrations, text mostly in Japanese with explanation of play also in English, photos of performers, advertisements. ; Oblong, 10" x 7" (25,5 x 18 cm); Slight cover wear, clean and unmarked within.
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ART, LIFE, and NATURE in JAPAN

By: Anesaki, Masaharu

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Boston, Marshall Jones Company: 1933

Seller ID: 4862

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

Issued to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Japan Society, New York. Decorative gray paper boards, black cloth spine, cover lettered in Japanese in black, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with b&w photos on plates. In publishers dust jacket illustrated and lettered in red. This copy with authors presentation inscription on the half-title penned and signed in the year of publication. Scarce thus. ; 6-1/2" x 9-1/4"; xi, 178 pp; Signed by Author; Book lightly worn along edges, solid hinges, pages clean and unmarked apart from inscription, c...
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[Buddhism] " RYUKOKU-EIKA ": PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM of THE HONPA HONGWANJI TEMPLE

By: Anon.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Kyoto, 1961

Seller ID: 4597

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Peach decorated silk cloth over beveled boards, front board with pastedown label, decorative endpapers. Japanese fan-fold, bound at right with brown cords and produced to read from right to left, though in English. List of Plates at front, 37 b&w photos with index at front, text on right panels with photos on left panel (most are full page), Publication label in Japanese tipped-in at rear. Uncommon, OCLC number 271288733, with but one institutional holding, in Australia, also noted is a later 1970 edition with three additional holdings. Heavy/oversized, extra for international postage.; Oblong...
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John M. Brooke's Pacific Cruise and Japanese Adventure, 1858-1860

By: Brooke, John M.; George M. Brooke, Jr. [Editor]

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Honolulu, Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press: (1986)

Seller ID: 6232

ISBN: 0-8248-1027-9

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Charcoal cloth, red foil lettering to spine, endpapers reproduce expedition Track - Chart. frontispiece portrait of Commander Brooke, additional illustration sections within. White dust jacket with cover illustration of Japanese ship. ; 6-1/2" x 9-1/2"; xii, 265 pp; Little exterior wear, prior owner name inked to front free endpaper else clean and unmarked. Jacket with a prominent closed tear along top edge of front panel but little additional wear, in clear protective cover.
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The NEW RADIANCE and other SCIENTIFIC SKETCHES

By: Hearn, Lafcadio (Text); Ichiro Nishizaki (Editor)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Tokyo, The Hokuseido Press: 1939

Seller ID: 4183

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

The aim of this series is to reproduce for the first time in book form some of the sketches and essays that Lafcadio Hearn wrote for Cincinnati and New Orleans newspapers in his American days. Publishers green cloth, front cover embossed with name of publisher, rear cover embossed with publisher's logo, spine with gilt decorations and lettering, top edge black, endpapers with red decorations, publishers slip at rear notes price as 200 [yen] or $1.00 in America. Laid in is the original Niriki store tag with the same 220 yen price. Cream dust jacket with dark blue lettering. ; 5-1/2" x 7-1/4...
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SOME NEW LETTERS AND WRITINGS of Lafcadio Hearn

By: Hearn, Lafcadio; Collected and Edited by Sanki Ichikawa

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Tokyo, Kenkyusha: 1925

Seller ID: 3742

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Black cloth, white spine label, guarded frontispiece portrait of Hearn, four additional plates with samples of handwritten letters.; 5-1/2" x 8"; xvi, 430 pp; Covers lightly worn at corners, soiled. Spine sunned, with small tear at bottom. Spine label a bit worn. Solid hinges. Pages foxed, heavily at front and rear, much less toward the center of the book. No tears or writing, some pages are unopened.
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Handbook of English-Japanese Etymology

By: Imbrie, William

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Tokiyo?, ca 1880

Seller ID: 1200

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

No place, date or publisher noted, Preface dated Tokiyo, September 1st, 1880. Red cloth binding, black titling, dark green endpapers ; 5 x 7.5"; vii, 207, xiv (ind) pp; A bit of spotting to the front board and a tiny bit of corner wear, this copy is otherwise fine--bright color cloth and endpapers and paper lightly toned, pages in pristine condition.
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JAPAN'S WARTIME LEGISLATION 1939

By: Iwado, Z. Tamotsu (Translator)

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Hibiya Park, Tokyo, The Japan Times & Mail: 1939

Seller ID: 2230

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

The present selection of Japanese wartime legislation includes practically all laws enacted at thje 1939-39 session of the Imperial Diet and ordinances issued later on their bases. Red cloth, spine and front lettered in white. A scarce look at the Japanese legal environment prior to their entry into World War II. ; 5-1/4" x 7-1/2"; 320 pp; Ex-library with the usual inside markings, edgeworn, cover letttering rubbed, bumped at the lower right, hinges a bit loose but still holding well, last two leaves with tiny closed tears.
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Japanese Literature in European Languages: A Bibliography

By: Japan P.E.N. Club

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Japan P.E.N. Club: 1961

Seller ID: 1612

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Blue wraps, printed by Kazui Press, Japan. Laid in is separate supplement in white wraps dated 1964, supplement notes August 1961 edition as second.; 7 x 10"; xii, 98+8 pp; Slight cover wear, mostly to edge of supplement booklet. Rear cover and a few pages with a bit of soiling, faint creasing to a few pages..
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A HISTORY OF JAPAN: Vol. I, From the Origins to the Arrival of the Portuguese In 1542 A.D.

By: Murdoch, James; Isoh Yamagata (Maps)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Yokahama etc., Asiatic Society of Japan: 1910

Seller ID: 5002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, green endpapers, seven fold-out color maps, 4 pp prospectus for next series volume at rear. Printed at the "Japan Chronicle" Office, Kobe, Japan. Heavy, extra for international shipping.; 6-1/2" x 10"; viii, 667, [4] pp; Covers worn at top/bottom of spine and at corners with some fraying, a few spots of soiling including a faint ring on front panel and a faint line on the spine, hinges are quite solid (surprisingly so; the book is quite heavy), prior owner name to front flyleaf, faint toning to paper, text block clean and unma...
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BUSHIDO: The Soul Of Japan An Exposition Of Japanese Thought

By: Nitobe, Inazo

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tokyo, Japan, Shokwabo: 1904

Seller ID: 6455

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

White cloth binding, gilt spine lettering and design to front cover, black lettering to front cover, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait of the author. English text followeed by reviews and advertising in Japanese and English. ; 4-1/2" x 6"; 129, 32 pp; Frontispiece tissue guard printed with The Publishers Preface: "Bushido" is a brochure written in English by Dr. Nitobe, formerly Professor of the Sapporo Agricultural College, and was published in the United States where it has been favorably received. We have obtained the author's permission to reproduce it in Japan.; Soiling to covers, slii...
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JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT For Modern Homes

By: Preininger, Margaret

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and Company: 1936

Seller ID: 5390

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Decorative white paper boards, front cover with black lettering, text illustrated with drawings and photographs. Published December 1936. Pages are not numbered. This is a deluxe copy, signed by the author on a blank front flyleaf and protected by the publishers box with title printed on top. Scarce thus. ; 9-1/2" x 12"; Signed by Author; Book has been well-protected by the box and has little wear - slight corner wear, slight cover soiling. The book has seen little use, with most pages still unopened. One page has been opened a bit roughly with a small closed tear seen along right edge...
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SCENE: the Pictorial Magazine (Volume 2, Number 8, December 1950)

By: Tanaka, Togo (Editor-in-Chief)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Chicago, Chicago Publishing Corporation: 1950

Seller ID: 5413

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Stapled wraps. b&w cover photo of Momoye Tada of Chicago shwoing off an assortment of pearl jewelry. Articles within on pearls and on strip tease in Japan, section of text and ads in Japanese follows numbered pages. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 50, [8] pp; Lightly toned paper, little wear, recipient mailing address printed on rear cover.
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[Great Kanto Earthquake] [Newspaper] Illustrated Daily News, four issues comprising Volume I, Nos. 1, 2, [3] and 4 issued September 3, 4, 5 and 6, 1923

By: Vanderbilt, Jr., Cornelius [Cornelius Vanderbilt IV]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.: 1923

Seller ID: 5899

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Tabloid format newspapers, folded at center, illustrated with many photographs. Home Edition. The third issue published omits the volume and issue number from the masthead. ; 11-1/2" x 18"; 32 pp; The first four issues of this newspaper happened to coincide with news of the earthquake of September 1st between Yokohama and Tokyo. The quake and aftershocks caused significant damage and these first issues contain much news and many photographs to report on the events. The first issue also contains some adverts welcoming Mr. Vanderbilt to Los Angeles. Further, the first issue cover notes &...
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OLD TALES OF JAPAN, Volume 1

By: Yasuda, Yuri (Illustrations by Yoshinobu Sakakura)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Japan, Printed by Dai-Nippon Printing Co.: (1947)

Seller ID: 4864

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Foreword by Elizabeth Gray Vining. Three Japanese fairy tales translated into English: The Tongue-cut Sparrow, The Marriage of a Mouse and The Fisherman, 21 delightful color plates. Red paper boards, color cover illustration, red endpapers. This copy with the inked signature of the author on the half-title page. ; 5 x 7"; 93 pp; Signed by Author; Covers lightly rubbed and worn at edges, spine sunned, front cover bowing outward slightly, pages lightly toned, no tears or writing.
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THE OLD AND THE NEW IN JAPAN / L'ANCIEN ET LE MODERNE AU JAPON / LO ANTIGUO Y LO MODERNO EN JAPON

By: [Bank of Tokyo]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Tokyo, Japan, Head Office, Bank of Tokyo: 1960

Seller ID: 2985

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Short history of the Bank of Tokyo, descriptions, b&w photographs and statistics of Japan, text in English, French and Spanish. Stiff wraps, color cover illustration, mauve illustrated endpapers.; 6-1/2" x 6-1/2"; 98 pp; Spine sunned, worn at top corner, internally nice with no wear of note.
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