Chinese boycotts versus Japanese bombs: the failure of China's revolutionary diplomacy, 1931-32
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, [1991]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii,363, [1]; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, [1991]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii,363, [1]; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Tokyo: Gyokuzandō, 1872. First edition, fukurotoji, 7" x 5", [1], 17 leaves; the whole consisting of English phrases with Japanese translations on opposite page and pronunciation in katakana; some soiling but generally a good copy in original blue wrappers, sewn in the Oriental manner, lacking the printed paper label on..... More
Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc., [1995]. 8vo, pp. xx, [4], 226, [2]; text illustrations, charts and maps; pictorial paper wrappers, fine. More
Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. lxxxix, [3], 336, [3]; ix, [1], 396, [2]; viii, [2], 385, [2]; 162 illus. and maps throughout, including 16 folding maps and facsimiles; very good, sound set in original red cloth gilt. Standard history of Japan first published in 2..... More
Tokyo: Bunkyudo, 1938. Third edition, 12mo, pp. 4, 2,2, 6, 26, 143, [1], 31, [3]; Shanghainese texts with Japanese furigana and translations, and a 20-page section on Shanghainese slang; full green cloth; boards rubbed at extremities, a couple pages with marginal scribbling, two pages heavily stained with ink resulting in..... More
[Kanagawa-ken]: Yokohama City University, [1990]. First English edition, 4to, pp. xiii, 302; profusely illustrated in color, map, index; fine in original pictorial wrappers, pictorial dust jacket (sm closed tear at upper spine). More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, [2005]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 313, [3]; text illustrations; full black cloth, red title on spine; fine in fine dust jacket. A study of Japanese colonial policy in Japan on how the Ta-pa-ni rebellion is remembered in Taiwan today. More
Tokyo: Shōkokusha, 1990. Approx. 10" x 7.25", pp. 135. [1]; text illustrations (maps) throughout; text in Japanese; purple paper covers; fine in fine creme dust jacket. More
New York: D. Appleton, 1912. First American edition, 8vo, pp. x, [4], 356; photographic frontispiece portrait of Hearn and his wife, 7 plates; original olive green ribbed cloth titled in gilt on front cover and spine, t.e.g., moderate wear to spine ends and a bit less wear to extremities, both..... More
Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, [1970]. 8th printing, 8vo, pp. xviii, 542; 36 illustrations on rectos and versos of 12 plates plus 23 figures in the text; fine copy in original yellow cloth stamped n red and black on spine, in a near fine dust jacket. More
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha: Amsterdam: Harry N. Abrams, n.d., [ca. 1964]. First edition, folio, pp. 554; lavishly illustrated throughout; generally a fine copy in original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine and upper cover, plastic dust jacket, publisher's slipcase. Photographs by Tatsuzo Sato, Shihachi Fujimoto, Yoshio Watanabe, Ken Domon, Yasukichi Irie, and Yukio..... More
Tokyo: Ikeda Gensuke, 1747. Five volumes, fukurotoji, 20, 20, 20, 20, 21 leaves; illustrated title sheet and 20 illustrated pages each depicting two proverbs; original blue paper covers stab stitched, paper labels; covers rubbed, bottom of label for vol. 4 perished, bottom corner of vol. 2 nibbled without loss of..... More
Seoul: Minsogwŏn, 2004. First edition, large 8vo, pp. 718, [2]; illustrated throughout, much in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Text in Korean. History of games in Korea, Japan, and China. More
Hong Kong: Centre of Asian Studies, Univ. of Hong Kong, 1969. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xvi, 232; printed from typescript; near fine in original green cloth lettered in black on upper cover. More
Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 2004. 4to, pp. 102, [2]; color illustrations throughout; text in Japanese; black illustrated paper wrappers, fine in lightly toned pictorial dust jacket. An art book of character portraits, including Char, Amuro, Kamiyuh, Four, and Haman. More
Tōkyō: Kōdansha, [2004]. First edition, folio, pp. 143, [1]; color photographs throughout; fine copy in original pictorial wrappers and publisher's wrap-around band. Gunkanjima (also known as Warship Island) is another name for Hashima, a partly artificially made island near the bay of Takashima-cho, Nagasaki Prefecture. Known for its coal reserves..... More
Tokyo: Shougakukan, 1980. New "wide" edition, 12mo, pp. 1235, 165; reference inserts laid in; full yellow cloth, fine in plastic dust jacket and lightly bumped cardboard slipcase. More
Japan: ca. 1796. Large fukurotoji, 10.5" x 7.5", pp. [108]; old Japanese "grass" script with Chinese elements, 18 extraordinary double-page watercolor illustrations; sewn and bound in the oriental style (fukurotoji) in original speckled beige wrappers; very slightly worn, preserving the original manuscript label label; a very good, attractive example, beautifully..... More
1927. Large accordion bound folio, 14.5 x 17", 15 color prints on linen with some details finished by hand, brocade covered boards; minor corner wear, a couple small worm lines on edges with negligible effect to images, near fine in a very good purple cloth cover. KOIDE Toushou (1823-1889) was..... More
n.p. n.p. 7" x 4½", 20 leaves; 18 images, 12 in color; bound in the Japanese manner; original printed paper wrappers worn, 2" tear to one page, top layer of back cover stripped; housed in a new red cloth clamshell box. A shunga hon, or erotic picture book, with many..... More
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1957. First edition, 1 of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author and the editor, 4to, pp. 161; illustrated from photographs and previously unpublished pen and watercolor sketches by Lafcadio Hearn; small plate removed from front free endpaper, else very good in original red cloth, lettered..... More
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1957. First edition, second printing, 4to, pp. 161; illustrated from photographs and previously unpublished pen and watercolor sketches by Lafcadio Hearn; fine in original red cloth, lettered in yellow, dust-jacket. More
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1957. First edition, second printing, 4to, pp. 161; illustrated from photographs and previously unpublished pen and watercolor sketches by Lafcadio Hearn; original red cloth lettered in yellow, dust-jacket. with small chip out and some creasing at top of spine panel, 5 lines of notes in black..... More
Nikko: Nantaisha, [ca 1920s]. Lithographic color bird's-eye map, 14.5 x 20.5"; multiple panels, depicting the major shrines and temples of Nikko with a border of images of local waterfalls in the area and ritual procession at the bottom, "NIKKO" in English on top border; a few shallow closed tears not..... More
Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1939. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xlii, 485, [3]; Japanese bookseller's ticket inside upper cover, publisher's slip pased to recto of final blank leaf; very good and sound in original printed tan wrappers. Published by The Society for International Cultural Relations. Eighty-four works by 69 writers..... More