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0666855218.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
a52271Osaka and Tokyo 1934. Annual English Supplement of the Asahi Osaka and Tokyo. Folio 188p. Many striking full page color illustrations on rectos only; photo illustrations in text. Beautiful full color front cover fullpage illustration of Geisha. Fairly Good overall light wear spine a bit worn inch chip at head small snag at middle and at heel text toned edge wear and light chipping on wraps a few small chips on some inside leaves in margins only. SCARCE. Pictures available on request. . paperback
a40653Tokyo 1930. Hardcover. Sm.4to. 267pp. charts tables original wraps bound in boards. Label at base of spine and on front wrap. German institution stamp and ink numbers on title page. VG. . hardcover
a40640Tokyo 1937. Hardcover. Sm.4to. 303pp. charts tables Hardcover with original wraps bound in. Label at base of spine and Nazi stamp on front wrap. Nazi stamp and ink numbers on title page. VG. . paperback
a40652Tokyo 1923.Hardcover. Sm.4to. 214pp. charts tables original wraps bound in boards. Label at base of spine. German institution stamp and ink numbers on title page. VG. . hardcover
a40650Tokyo 1924. Hardcover. Sm.4to. 214pp. charts tables original wraps bound in boards. Label at base of spine. VG small bump at edge of front board. . hardcover
a40651Tokyo 1929. Hardcover. Sm.4to. 264pp. charts tables original wraps bound in boards. Color foldout map. Label at base of spine and on front wrap. German institution stamp and ink numbers on title page. VG. . hardcover
198886620New York: George Braziller 1988. First American Edition. Folio. 37cm. publisher's pale orange cloth covered boards titled in white to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 192pp. Very light wear strong tight and bright; internally clean and fresh illustrated throughout with 91 full color full page plates; in a strong clean dustjacket with some very light marginal signs of wear. A near fine copy.<br /> <br /> A lavish collection of Hiroshige's bird and flower illustrations reproduced in high quality. George Braziller unknown
96140101Tokyo ca 1950 JLC Special Services. Stiff color wrappers 15.7 x 21.3 cm. 48p. Englislh text many b.w. photoslists a large number of Officer's & Enlisted men's hotels for R&R issued by SCAP Japan very good. OBSCURE EXAMPLE . . . A LIST OF HOTELS SANCTIONED BY THE U.S. MILITARY JAPAN . . . FOR OFFICERS & ENLISTED MEN ON R & R . . . WHILE STATIONED IN JAPAN . This is an unusual book listing a large number of hotels resorts golf courses cities and seasonal facilities available to U.S. civilian workers as well as U.S. active military personnel. . These hotels have been inspected and certified as clean and safe for the occupation forces of Japan. . With comprehensive index of enlisted & officers hotels . This booklet was compiled by the Commanding General Eighth Army 8248th Army Unit Special Services Hotel Detachment Japan Logistical Command. . Contains a 24 of b.w. photos of each of the twenty-four hotel listed. . With access to swimming hot springs mountain climbing skiiing golf sailing sight seeing scenic places waterfalls fishing hunting tennis &c. . The book was printed by the Yamagata Press Yokohama for SCAP Supreme Command Allied Powers. . CONDITION: This book belonged to "Matthews Safety Branch Field" and bears his penned name on the front top left corner in pen. . Inside the front cover is some penned notes again referring to hotels meals with "21 Feb 52" included. . The third page is a color map of Japan with a list of each of the hotels. There are several penned annotations dates &c on this map indicating useful notes to "Matthews" am American civilian worker in Japan. . On the index page are several notes red lines & details as to the status of the hotels officer vs. enlisted and costs of breakfast lunch & dinner. Room rates were from $1.50-$3.50. . Otherwise the contents are free from marks or issues. . RARE EXAMPLE: This book is seldom found most were merely tossed away after being used. . Color photos are posted to our website. . . unknown
189442914Cleveland OH: Verlag der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft Lauer & Mattill 1894. Oblong 8vo. 6 33 1 pp. 33 photo plates. Olive-green cloth elaborately decortd gilt lettrng & decrtn on frnt cvr mnr soilng shlfwr some rubbng to spine still a G copy. First edition of this scarce travel album illustrating the efforts of German-American missionaries in Japan w/ numerous street scenes in Tokyo as well as pictures of Japanese students their schools and chapels. Verlag der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft, Lauer & Mattill, hardcover
196063316Tokyo: Katonsha 1960. 4to. 231 1 pp. plus 14 pp. illustrated ads. Title in Japanese & English. With 910 photographs. Navy-blue coloured publisher’s cloth slight uniform interior age toning w/ open-backed printed slipcase minor edgewear still VG/VG copy from the library of Otto C. Winzen 1917-1979 pioneering German-American aeronautical engineer was interned during World War II and later significantly advanced material and construction of high-altitude balloons after World War II. First edition of this lavishly illustrated history of Japanese aviation enhanced by over 900 photographs and technical details offered for a myriad of Japanese military and civil aircraft. Uncommon in original slipcase. Katonsha, hardcover
196854925Tokyo: Nihon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai Japan Broadcast Publications 1968. 8vo. 255 1 pp. 100s of photos colour photos diagrams. Brown boards white lettering w/ d.j. mnr creasing edgewear minor sunning to fore-edges spine still VG/VG- inscribed from Japanese architect Kyugoro Wakamatsu to Arnetta Guion. First edition of this scarce early work on the Urasenke School of the Japanese tea ceremony who was born Hanso Soshitsu b. 1923 and is the 15th in the long line of Japanese tea masters and great grandson to Sen Rikyu. Worldcat locates 1 copy National Diet Library. Nihon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai, Japan Broadcast Publications, hardcover
199154580Tokyo: Dentsu 1991. Folio. 238 pp. With 100 colour plates over 100 text illustrations in black & white. Green silk publisher’s binding gilt lettering on spine printed label on front cover in red & black w/ green silk open-backed slipcase NF/NF copy. First edition of this splendid work published in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of Dentsu Inc. reproducing historic Japanese paintings used in the company’s annual calendars from the years 1958-1990. Dentsu, unknown
196262609Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau 1962. 12mo. xvi 17-142 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher’s ads. With colour frontisp. 123 text photo illustrations. Tan publisher’s cloth black lettering w/ d.j. cover art illust. of young woman in kimono and wearing elaborate headdress and wisteria blossoms chipping head of spine tidemark to back fore-edge of spine edgewear still VG/G copy w/ w/ Japan Publication Trading Co. label on rear flyleaf. First edition stated of No. 26 in the Japan Travel Bureau’s Tourist Library Series and one of the scarcest titles detailing the necessary accessories for Japanese dress including the Obi Obijime Han-eri Braided Cords Katakake Tebukuro Kanzashi purses head coverings footwear and more. Japan Travel Bureau, hardcover
190040351Weissenburg im Elsas: Druck u. Verlag v. C. Burckardt's Nachf 1900. A very good copy light toning colors vibrant. 1 sheet. Chromolithograph. 33.5 x 43 cm 13 1/4 x 17 inches. Template for the construction of a Japanese infantry cap on thin cardboard. Many such military related items were printed during the German Imperial period. C. Burckhardt Nachfolger was a successor firm to Imagerie Wentzel and one of the largest producers of paper lithographic items. Druck u. Verlag v. C. Burckardt's Nachf unknown
197554004Tokyo: Japan Photographers Society 1975. First edition. Oblong small 4to. 80 pp. several hundred b&w and color photographs. Decorative stiff wrappers. Tips lightly bumped. A very good copy. Provides a visual evolution of photography in Japan; prepared for an exhibition arranged chronologically. Text in Japanese. WorldCat locate only six copies none in North America. Japan Photographers Society unknown
188015399Japan 1880. Very good overall. Original hand colored albumen photo titled '510 Women in Bed'. Showing two women eyes closed reclining under a floral patterned quilt. A small incense box rests on the floor in front of the futon with hanging wall prints in the background. 10 3/4 x 8 1/4". Image slt faint at lower right corner. unknown
1911160181911. Ephemera. Very good condition. A four page hand written letter on textured paper bamboo like surface with a color image titled "Geisha Girl's Music" concerning a trip to Nagasaki Japan from Kobe "At sea Japanese Inland Sea August 8 1911". With many details on life in Japan at the time including descriptions of sampans junks street life food the respectful comportment of Japanese citizens mountain scenery waterfalls Japanese wages and a Damascene Gold metalwork and Satsuma porcelain factory visit. With a charming illustration of two Geisha playing musical instruments with a patterned screen behind them. Folded 4 3/4 x 7" HK580. unknown
1911160221911. A four page hand written letter on textured paper bamboo like surface with a color image titled "View of Miyajima Aki" dated August 5 1911. Describing a trip from Yokohama to Kobe with many details on life in Japan at the time including descriptions of Mt. Fujiyama the construction of native boats with wooden pegs the taking on of the crew of the Empress "which was wrecked about a week ago". Also a description of Kobe's mountains falls and food. With an illustration of the famous Itsukushima shrine's red entrance gate or torii built over the water. This shrine has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is dedicated to the three daughters of the Shinto deity of seas and storms. Folded 4 3/4 x 7". Very good. HK580. unknown
188715810London: Trubner & Co 1887. Paperback. Very good overall. With a Japanese story The Story of the Old Bamboo-Hewer A Japanese Romance of the Tenth Century by trans. by F. Victor Dickens 59pp illustrated with three handsome folding chromolithographs of a landscape the Upbearing of Lady Kaguya and Fujisan from the Pass of Gokanya. Other articles include An Essay on Brahui Grammar by Theodore Duka; Art - a Version in Chinese by Marquis Tseng. H.W. Freelnad; Some Useful Hindi Books by G.A. Grierson; Original Vocabularies of Five West Caucasion Languages by Mr. Peak & Dr. R. N. Cust. 8vo 189pp ills throughout unopened. Gray paper wraps title in black at front cover and spine; ads to rear cover. Covers chipped slt chipped at edges spine ends. Trubner & Co paperback
1935151501935. Very good. Ca. 1935. No. 148783 with coupon sheet attached. Cream paper printed in red black & green with gift inscription on the verso "To Capt. P. J. Norton From his old Friend Bill Leach with 'Okinawa' written in on the bond and with the name & identifying information including fleet of the American recipient at the upper left. Slt marked on verso light pink marks to edges o/w very good. HKD580. unknown
192542280Tokyo: Kyo Bun Kwan 1925. 8vo. xii 236 2 pp. Frntsp. numerous plates. Burgundy cloth gilt lettrng & decrtn on frnt cvr & spine mnr bmpng hd of spine shlfwr still a VG copy. First edition of this excellent work on Japanese culture including sections on the Imperial coronation of 1915 wedding of 1924 worship of the Emperor Shinto dances Burial Customs Ancestor worship Bushido and more. Kyo Bun Kwan, hardcover
198663683Oxford UK & Philadelphia PA: Aperture Book 1986. 4to. 80 pp. Photo illustrations throughout. Phoot-illustrated softcovers NF copy from the library of Los Angeles photographer Bill Bronstein b. 1949. First edition of this exhibition portrait of post-War Japana through the lenses of noted Japanese photographers Eikoh Hosoe Shomei Tomatsu Masahisa Fukase and Daido Moriyama. Aperture Book, paperback
200529303<p>New York:: Random House 2005. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. During World War II there were few fates that could befall a soldier so hellish as internment in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Surviving the Sword gives voice to these tens of thousands of Allied POWs and offers us a powerful reminder of the terror and depravations of war and the resilience of the human spirit. draws on the diaries of American British Dutch and Australian Fepows Far Eastern prisoners of war some of whose recollections are published here for the first time. The survivors' narratives reveal not just a litany of horrors but are a moving testament to the nobler instincts of humanity as well detailing how the POWs prevailed over horrible conditions even finding or creating a precious few creature comforts and sustaining the rudiments of culture learning and play.</p> Random House, hardcover
194223536Australian Red Cross Society 1942. Otherwise very good condition. Two-page circular on thin salmon colored paper. The circular lists 10 directions for sending letters including one-page only and of a strictly personal character typed or clearly written. ". any person may send a letter to a prisoner of war In Japanese hands but in view of difficulties of transmission it is urged that until information is received from the Japanese as to prisoners of war and their places of internment letters should be sent only once a month and by close relatives only." <br /> <br /> The Central Red Cross Bureau based in Melbourne was the go through organization for such mail. Letters could be posted the sheet gives instructions on how to address such a letter at any post office and they would be forwarded post free by ordinary mail without stamps. "Upon arrival in Melbourne the Red Cross will arrange with the proper authorities for their onward dispatch." The piece is coded at upper front right 10 M / 30 / 6 / 42 indicating that 10000 were printed on June 30 1942. The circular measures 8 ¾" x 5 ½"; 2 ¾"; closed tear coming down from top; fold mark; upper right corner dinged. Australian Red Cross Society unknown
