In Japan: Pilgrimages to the Shrines of Art
London: William Heinemann, 1908. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 207p. Original brown cloth. 19cm. Extremities lightly rubbed (minor fraying). No jacket. Translated from the French by Florence Simmonds. More
London: William Heinemann, 1908. Hardcover. frontis, photos, 207p. Original brown cloth. 19cm. Extremities lightly rubbed (minor fraying). No jacket. Translated from the French by Florence Simmonds. More
[Washington]: War Dept. Military Intelligence Division, 1945. Paperback. iii, [62] leaves, mostly printed on one side. Softcover in original stapled covers. 28cm. Paper backing around spine almost completely gone, exposing the staples. Other modest cover soiling and wear. More
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (c. 1974). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations, index, 144p. Original green patterned cloth. dj (price-clipped). 22 cm. More
Tokyo: Maruzen Company, 1936. Hardcover. 2 vols. frontises, illustrations, xviii, iii, 447, xvii, iv, 449-803p. plus index (vii) and a tipped errata sheet. Original brown cloth. 23 cm. Some uneven cover fading. No jackets. Publisher's original card box present (with some rubbing and modest wear). More
Tokyo & Palo Alto: Kodansha, (c. 1972). 1st ed. of this translation. Hardcover. illustrations, 164p. Original green cloth. dj. 26 cm. Jacket somewhat worn. Text double-leaved and printed on one side of each leaf. Sixteen Miyazawa children's tales translated by John Bester. More
Tokyo: Taisho 6 (1917). Hardcover. 362p. Original blue cloth. 23 cm. Ends of backstrip and corners rubbed. Former owner's name. No jacket. Japanese text. More
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1939. Hardcover. frontis, index, 278p. Original reddish-brown cloth. dj. 19 cm. A couple of modest stains/spots on back cover. Jacket bright but had some wear along edges. Most of the interviews/articles in this book had first appeared in Japan Advertiser where Ms. Moore was a staff..... More
Seattle: Seattle Art Museum distributed by the University of Washington Press, (c. 1999). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (many color), 333p. Hardcover. dj. 31cm. More
Tokyo: Kokon Shoin, (1962). Hardcover. photos, 60p. plus a thin 7" sound recording (33 1/3 rpm) in cover pocket. Original cloth. dj. 26cm. Jacket chipped along edges and scuffed. Corners rubbed. Japanese text. The sound recording apparently contains a translation of a speech by Pablo Casals. More
Tokyo: National Museum of Art, 1992. Paperback. color illustrations, 141p. Softcover in original wrappers. 28 cm. Text in Japanese and also selectively in English. More
Tokyo: Kyobunkan, 1914. Hardcover. portrait (of Frederick Billings and his mother), 2, 273p. Original olive green cloth. 22cm. Corner bumped. Backstrip faded. End leaves browned. No Jacket. Japanese text. Nemoto, who became a distinguished politician in Japan, had come to the United States to acquire a Western education. A Preface..... More
Tokyo: Kokubun Shoin, 1937. Hardcover. 878p. Hardcover. 19cm. Moderate general browning and wear. No jacket. "Maj. Arthur R. Smith HQ V Army Group CCC Taihoku, Formosa 25 November 1945" inked on endpaper. Japanese title and text. Smith, an American WWII Army Intelligence Officer, was sent to Taiwan and Shanghai after..... More
New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, (c. 1983). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations (black & white), index, xi, 351p. Original lavender cloth. dj. 26cm. More
Boston: Houghton Miffln Company, 1932. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. 309p. Original cloth backed yellow boards. 22 cm. Backstrip slightly faded. No jacket. Translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley. More
London: John Murray, 1907. Eighth Edition, revised and partly rewritten. Hardcover. maps (mostly folding, including frontis and pocket), index, ix, [1], 570p. plus 32p. adverts. Original (and still bright) red cloth. 18 cm. The original owner of this volume was from Waterford, Maine and used this for a 1910 trip..... More
Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, 1955. 3d and Rev. Ed. Hardcover. frontis, photos, folding map, index, ii, 321p. Original green cloth. dj. 23cm. Chipping and tears along edges of the jacket which also has several waterspots and some browning on backstrip panel. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Ian Mutsu, who..... More
Kyoto: N. Nogawa, 1927. Paperback. (17) unnumbered leaves with photos of objects printed on one side followed [3] leaves with a numerical price list (priced in Yen) for the objects in yen printed on both sides of each leaf. Softcover in original tied wrapper. Oblong (20 x 13 cm.). Stcicker..... More
London: Edward Goldston, 1928. 1st ed. (2 vols.) 1928. 1st ed. xv, 832p. Original black cloth. 25 cm. No Jackets. The outer pair of of a short row of gilt stars have been partially whited out on both backstrips. A German language edition was also published. More
Tokyo: Kaitakusha Publishing Co., Ltd., n.d. (Preface dated 1944). Hardcover. 219p. Original cloth. 18cm. Backstrip somewhat faded. Numerous ink and penciled notes. Minor staining along edges of lsst few pages and endpapers. No jacket. More
[Nagoya?]: The Nagoya Exhibitors Association, 1910. Paperback. [2]-page "Forwards" at beginning and a [5]-page "Directory of Products and Manufacturers at end; in between are 22 charming color illustrations (21 full-page and one folding). Contents (other than the folding illustration printed in traditional double-page style. Softcover in original tied binding. 21..... More
Tokyo: Togo Gensui Publishing Society, 1937. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. About 80 pages of unnumbered photos and illustrations at beginning, [4], 4, 347, [1]p. Decorated cloth. 31cm. Rubbing and minor fraying along joints and extremities. No Jacket. The first edition of this adulatory work appears to have been published..... More
Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, (c. 1990). Hardcover. illustrations, index, viii, 240p. Hardcover in original black cloth. dj. 23 cm. Translated by Conrad Totman who has signed this copy on the title-page. More
Tokyo: Kodansha International, (c. 1966). 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. colored plates (tipped-in), index, 274p. Original black cloth. Pictorial dj. 36cm. Original cardboard slipcase. Front cover fraying along part of bottom edge. A selection of Japanese woodblock prints of the 17th-19th centuries. English adaptation by C. H. Mitchell. More
New York: Weatherhill/Tankosha, (c. 1982). 1st ed. Hardcover. color illustrations, 298p. Original black cloth. 34cm. More
[New York]: n.d. [ca. 1960?]. Hardcover. [4]p. plus 132 leaves of paper samples. Thin, flexible, cloth-covered cover. Tied. Oblong (19 x 9cm.). Light soiling and wear. An appealing small-format paper-sample book. More