Modern Industry of Japan, 1938
[Tokyo]: Nippon Superior Products Association, 1938. Hardcover. black & white photos, 209p. Original decorated cloth. 26cm. Cover slightly warped. No Jacket. More
[Tokyo]: Nippon Superior Products Association, 1938. Hardcover. black & white photos, 209p. Original decorated cloth. 26cm. Cover slightly warped. No Jacket. More
n.p. Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., n.d. [1956]. Hardcover. photos, 108p. Original black cloth. Oblong (29 x 29 cm.). Minor cocer rubbing. No jacket Ends of backstrip and corners rubbed. No jacket. More
Osaka: Mainichi, (1947). Paperback. Illustrated (mostly black & white on newsprint but there are 3 color plates), 175, [1]p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. Cover scuffing and wear. Content moderately browned. This uncommon volume appears to constitute the first issue of New Japan (1948-1974), a glossy annual volume, full of..... More
[Tokyo]: 1945. Paperback. 4p. Newsprint. 56cm. Two later folds. Rubbed along folds with loss of some lettering. Browned. Half-column story on front page: MacArthur to Institute Women's Suffrage Here." More
[Osaka]: Sankei Shimbun Osaka Honsha, (c. 1997). Paperback. color photos, 243p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30 cm. Catalog of an exhibition held at Tobu Bijutsukan, Aug. 7-Sept. 23; at Okazaki-shi Bijutsu Hakubutsukan, Sept. 27-Oct. 26; and, at Otsu-shi Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Nov. 1-Dec. 7, 1997. More
n.p. n.d. [1950s?]. Paperback. 10p. Sheets stapled in upper corner. 30cm. Horizontal crease throughout. Mimeographed text printed on one side only. A short story/essay about a child given up by his Japanese mother and whose father was an African American sergeant serving a life sentence at Leavenworth. Author not identified..... More
[Tokyo]. Paperback. photos, [20]p. Wrapper. 36cm. Issued to commemorate the first year of Occupation of Japan. More
Tokyo: 1948. Paperback. 16p. Newsprint. 41cm. Later folds. Moderately browned. More
Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shikokai, n.d. [1934?]. Paperback. illustrations, 54p. Softcover in original wrapper. 27cm. Moderate chipping and wear to yapped edges of cover. Lower portion of backstrip neatly reglued. Text in English and French. More
[Tokyo]: Shogun Age Exhibition Executive Committee, (c. 1983). 2nd ed. Hardcover. Illustrated (almost all color), 279p. dj. 28cm. Exhibited at the Los Angeles County Art Museum and at institutions in Dallas, Munich and Paris. More
Kyoto: Business Men of Kyoto, [1937]. Paperback. 24p. Softcover. Narrow 18cm. Laid in is a folded four-page leaflet ("Preparing Ourselves for the Emergency: An Address Delivered at the Initial Meeting of the Movement for National Spiritual Mobilization," by Prince Ayamaro Konoe). More
n.p. n.d. [1923?]. map, photos (4 tinted), 184p. Cloth-covered boards. Later ribbon ties. Oblong 23cm. Cover extremities worn at corners and along joints. Contents sound. Good. Japanese title & text, with captions also in English. Our title appears on the cover (along with the Japanese title). More
NY: The Asia Society, 1963. Hardcover. illustrations, 111p. Original boards. 25 cm. Some browning and minor wear on original cardboard slipcase. No jacket (as issued?). More
Tokyo: Hiromu Toyoshima, The Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, (c. 1937). 2nd Impression. Paperback. photos, 2 folding maps, 54p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Backstrip chipped at bottom. Other modest chipping and wear..Printed slip laid in from Yanji Takada of the America-Japan Society presenting this piece of rather blatant..... More
New York: Hobart Company, c. 1904. Hardcover. illustratons, photos, (80)p. Original bluish green cloth. Oblong 14cm. Ends of backstrip slightly rubbed. No jacket. Three introductory pages of text; balance of book consists entirely of black and white photographs with dsescriptive captions. More
[Tokyo]: 1945. Paperback. photos, [20]p. Wrapper. 36cm. Newsprint. Lead articles: "The Mighty Atom," "The Atomic Bomb" and "Fraternization." More
Tokyo: National Commitee of Japan on Intellectual Co-operation, 1928. Hardcover. xiii, 162p. plus 120 plates. Original cloth backed green boards. 26cm. Modest cover soil. Weat at ends of backstrip. Contents sound. No jacket. More
Tokyo: National Commitee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations Association of Japan, 1929. Hardcover. frontis, xvi, 171p. plus 94 plates. Original cloth backed boards. 26cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. Pastedown portions of endpapers bubbled. No jacket. More
Tokyo: National Commitee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations Association of Japan, 1930. Hardcover. xvi, 176p. plus 98 plates. Original cloth backed boards. 26cm. Cover soiling. Backstrip frayed at ends. Contents sound. No jacket. More
[Los Angeles]: Shin Nichi-Bei Shinbunsha, 1966. Hardcover. 100, 983, [3], 57p. Original red cloth. Card slipcase, 21cm. No jacket (probably never had one). Text in English except that the final 57-page section and other bits here and there are in Japanese. More
Tokyo: Bijutsu-Shuppan-Sha, 1960. Paperback. 1 color photo and 32 pages of black and white photos, 14, (2)p. Original flexible boards. dj. 35cm. Minor ewar on jacket. Japanese text; laid in is a summary in English (caption titled: Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji: Buddhist Temples in Japan). More
n.p. Omnific, (c. 1973). Hardcover. 60, 25p. and 96 color plates (photos). Original red boards. dj. Red slipcase. Oblong 25 cm. Jacket lightly chipped at ends of backstrip, faded around edges, and has just a bit of foxing. Slipcase sound with several waterspots. English text with at least some of..... More
Tokyo: Hakuhodo, Inc., n.d. (1980s). Paperback. illustrations (several color), (36) unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. Oblong 21 x 30 cm. Original somewhat worn white protective envelope present. Sponsored by the Department of Culture and History of the State of West Virginia and presumably exhibited somewhere in West Virginia. More
Tokyo: Nippon BUnka Chuo Renmei, 1941. 48p. Softcover in original wrappers. 21 cm. Red "Hong" stamp on title-page. "Cutural Nippon" Pamphlet series, [No.] XL. An uncommon item. More
Rutland, Vt. Charles E. Tuttle Company, (c. 1969). 1st ed. Hardcover. illustrations, index, 319p. Original red cloth. dj. 22 cm. More