Japon

The Threat of Japanese Multinationals : How the West Can Respond

Ex - library with a bookplate on inner cover and a label removed from fep, stamps on prelims and page block. Cover is slightly grubby, there is a short gap in the binding at the title page, otherwise pages clear and tight. Ex - Library

THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY. Tales of New Japan.

pp. viii, 305, (1)[Publisher's catalogue]. Chapter drawings. Front endpaper loose. Rear endpaper torn with loss. Penciled ownership of Rosalie H. Murphy. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Spine and front cover decorated with a color vignette of an elaborately dressed Japanese woman. Extremities worn. Spine darkened. Hardbound. Mary Fraser (1851-1922), novelist, travel writer and autobiographer, was born in Rome, the daughter of American sculpture, Charles Crawford. After her education with Elizabeth Sewell, Mary married an important British diplomat, Hugh Fraser. She accompanied him to China, Japan and South America. These exotic settings enlivened her romantic stories. TRAVEL/3

The Wide World, The Magazine for Men, January [Jan.] 1916, Vol. 36, No. 213: Down the Amazon / Housekeeping in Far Japan

Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Doctor's Story - Thrilling narrative from Hudson's Bay country from the ship's doctor, Dr. Craig, of the Canadian survey steamer "Minto"; The Princess Haamoura - a stirring tale of love and adventure on the South Seas island of Aitutaki; Two Girls on a Ranch - Part I - City girl Miss Laura Colston describes how she and her sister Mildred adventured to run a ranch in the wilds of Arizona - article with photos; Under False Colours - A very strange story of life in the United States Army in which the author enlists with another man's papers and is rapidly promoted; A City in the Rocks - a photo-illustrated visit to the remarkable ancient city of Petra; Mr. X.'s Ghost - a decidedly creepy story; Raiding the "Moonshiners" - David A. Gates, a high official of the U.S. Revenue Service, describes an eventful raid on "moonshine" stills in the wilds of Kentucky, and the thrilling battle which followed; Down the Amazon From Source To Mouth - Part IV - J. Campbell Besley and his party continue their dangerous trip down the Amazon, losing one man who was shot with a poison arrow; A Persistent Stowaway - time and again an Irishman bobs up in most unexpected fashion; Housekeeping in Far Japan - A bright little photo-illustrated article describing the experiences of the first white woman to be seen or set up house in a village in remote Satsumaland, in the extreme southern corner of Japan; Five Men in a Boat - the terrible tale of mutiny and murder on the last voyage of the barque "Veronica"; Sensational six-page two-color ad for the Burlington Watch Company; and more. pp. 6 [ads], [3], 196-284, 7-40 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book

LA VIE QUOTIDIENNE AU JAPON A L'EPOQUE DES SAMOURAI 1185-1603

FAMOT. 1977. In-8 Carré. Relié. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 355 pages. Frontispice en couleurs. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte.

The Wide World Magazine for Men, April 1916, No. 216, Vol. 36 - Two Young Americans in Japan and Korea

Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book

Monosyllabisme et polysyllabisme dans les emprunts linguistiques, avec un inventaire des phonèmes de Pékin et de Tokio

[89] pp., 22cm., brochure originale (avec 3 étiquettes), extrait du Bulletin de la maison franco-japonaise (t.VIII), cachet, texte et intérieur sont frais, peu commun, X107346

Nouvelle Carte de l'Asie dressée par A. R. Frémin, d'après les voyages et les itinéraires les plus récents, revue pour la partie septentrionale par J. Klaproth

Carte entoilée sous étui, format 79 x 56,3 cm, frontières rehaussées à l'aquarelle, Publiée par Ch. Berthe, Graveur, rue St Jacques, n°66, Paris, 1829 Rare exemplaire de cette belle carte revue pour toute la partie sud par le célèbre orientaliste prussien Julius Klaproth (1783-1835). Belle carte d'Asie couvrant de la péninsule d'Arabie et de la Turquie d'Asie à l'Archipel des Aléoutes, en passant par la Russie d'Asie, le Royaume de Perse, le Turkestan, les royaumes de l'Hindoustan, l'Empire Chinois, l'Empire Birman, l'Empire d'Annam, l'Empire du Japon, etc... Bon état (petits frott. et petite tache d'encre en marge, étui fendu, tache claire sur deux panneaux latéraux mais bon exemplaire par ailleurs). Rare copy of this beautiful map revised for the entire southern part by the famous Prussian orientalist Julius Klaproth (1783-1835). Beautiful french map of Asia covering from the Arabian Peninsula and Asian Turkey to the Aleutian Archipelago, passing through Asian Russia, the Kingdom of Persia, Turkestan, the kingdoms of Hindustan, the Chinese Empire, the Burmese Empire, the Empire of Annam, the Empire of Japan, etc... Français

Die Party bei Herrn Tokaido. Begegnungen im heutigem Japan.

The Coming War with Japan. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with numerous maps in the text, and endpaper maps; white fleck boards, black cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

GERMANY'S HOUR OF DESTINY. With Preface by William R. Shepherd.

62p. Inked ownership. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Second edition. Remains of album mountings on rear wrap. Spine repaired. WWI 13

The Japanese Enterprise System : Competitive Strategies and Cooperative Structures

Sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Light edge wear. Typical (but minimal) library markings. Ex - Library

Japon. Art et civilisation.

français In-4 de 495 pp.; relié toile rouge à la Bradel de l'éditeur. Riche iconographie en héliogravure. Sans jaquette.

Le Japon hier et aujourd'hui.

français In-4 de 286-(1) pp.; album à la Bradel de l'éditeur, sous jaquette illustrée, étui. Riche iconographie.

Drama: "What has she made to do so?"

?First Edition, inscribed by the author "Dedicated to my good comrade Harold Heslop..... S. Fujimori", and with the English title (above) given in Ms., text in Japanese, [2], 160, [6] pp., striking paper wrappers in red and black, a good copy. A more polished translation of the title would be "What made her do it?"

The Story of the Geisha Girl. With Illustrations in Colour and Tone Specially Executed By Japanese Artists

8vo. xv, [1], 160 pp. Colour frntsp., numerous plates, photos. original tan cloth (ptotected by transp. dust wrapper), some age yellowing to the pages, plates perfect. First edition of this scarce cultural history of the Geisha.

Zen and Shinto. The Story of Japanese Philosophy.

Le conducteur de métro suivi de Echec au roi

Stock, Nouveau Cabinet Cosmopolite, 1995, 180 pp., broché, jaquette très légèrement défraîchie, bon état général.

Ikebana card book. Inenobo. Shoka Style 1

15x21 cm (album), br. illustrata, 20 tavole con fotografia a colori, testo in giapponese

Shodai Mizuhogama - Gefäßkunst.

(23) einseitig bedruckte Blatt (leichter Karton) am oberen Rand mittig mit Metallniete zusammengehalten (Fächerform). Photoillustriertes Deckblatt mit Deckeltitel. Guter bis sehr guter Zustand. "Der 'Fächer' erscheint anläßlich der Ausstellung Shodai Mizuhogama...". Photographie: Takahiro Tobari. 10 farbige Tafeln: Altes Shodai, Sammlung Mizuhogama und Arbeiten der Werkstatt Mizuhogama. Mit einem Text zur Geschichte der Werkstatt.

Sueharu Fukami

Book is in excellent condition with bumped lower corner as the only blemish, otherwise AS NEW. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Exhibition catalog, 92 pages with a great many full page, often two page, full color prints of the artist's work on a black background.

Cent questions sur le Japon.

français In-12 de 237 pp.; broché sous jaquette illustrée. Edition bilingue : français et japonais.

Japanese Naval Vessels at the End of World War II. With a Foreword by John B. Lundstrom. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and tables in the text; green boards, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Yata-No-Kagami: emblema ed immagine dell'antico Giappone. (Note di antropogeografia e di civiltà Asiatiche.)

pp. 25-60, 5 photogr. pls. (1 col.), notes. 8vo. Offprint, orig. wrs. Stamp on front cover, very good otherwise.

Nuages flottants. Traduit du japonais par Corinne Atlan.

Broch?. 418 pages.