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1883859891883. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN VOL III PART I. Yokohama: Lane Crawford & Co Kelly & Co. 1883. Reprint of original edition published in 1874. 104 pp. 8vo. blue leather boards stamped in gilt spine missing boards chipped detached partially disbound. Complete. Includes: Geerts Dr. Useful Minerals and Metallurgy of the Japanese. St. John Capt. Observations on the Bay of Sendai. Lindo J. A. Description of a Trip to Niigata along the Shinshiu Road and back by the Mikuni Pass. Gribble Henry. The Preparation of Vegetable Wax. As is. $45.00. unknown books
1888859911888. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN VOL IV. Tokyo: Hakubunsha 1888. Reprint of original edition published in 1876. vii 178 pp. 12 folding plates. 8vo. blue leather boards stamped in gilt spine missing boards chipped detached partially disbound. Complete. Includes: Geerts Dr. Preliminary Catalogue of the Japanese Kinds of Woods. Smith R. H. Experiments upon the Strength of Japanese Woods. Kanda Takahira. On Some Copper Bells. Geerts Dr. Useful Minerals and Metallurgy of the Japanese: Quicksilver. Lindo J. A. On Some Japanese Woods. Scott Capt. On the Winds and Currents of Japan. Dupen J. H. On the Temperature of the Japanese Waters. Brunton R. H. Notes taken during a visit to Okinawa Shima - Loochoo Islands. Eldridge Stuart. On the Arrow Poison in use among the Ainos of Japan. Geerts Dr. Useful minerals and Metallurgy of the Japanese: Gold. Robertson Russell. The Bonin Islands. Poate T. B. On Cotton in Japan. Marshall D. H. Motes of a Trip from Yedo to Kioto via Asama-yama the Hokurokudo and Lake Biwa. Chalybeate Springs. As is. unknown books
1884859901884. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN VOL III PART II. Yokohama: R. Meiklejohn & Co. Kelly & Co. 1884. Reprint of original edition published in 1875. 138 pp. 8 folding plates at rear. 8vo. blue leather boards stamped in gilt spine missing boards chipped detached partially disbound. Complete. Includes: Descharmes Capt. Itinerary of Two Routes between Yedo and Niigata. Brunton R. H. Constructive Art in Japan. St. John Capt. An Excursion into the Interior Parts of Yamato Province. Goodwin C. W. On Some Japanese Legends. Geerts Dr. Observations on the Climate at Nagasaki during the year 1872. see plates at end of volume Gubbins J. H. Notes of a Journey from Awomori to Niigata and of a visit to the Mines of Sada. Dallas Charles H. Notes Collected in the Okitama Ken with an Itinerary of the Road leading to it. Aston W. G. An Ancient Japanese Classic. Grigsby W. E. The Legacy of Iyeyasu. Dallas Charles H. The Yonezawa Dialect. As is. unknown books
85987ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN VOL III SUPPLEMENT. n.p. n.p. n.d. ca. late 19th c. 87 pp. 8vo. blue leather boards stamped in gilt spine and front cover missing boards chipped detached. Complete. Includes: Satow E. The Revival of Pure Shin-Tau. As is. unknown books
1906859991906. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN VOL IX PART I. Tokyo: n.p. 1906 Reprint of original edition from 1880. 108 iv. 8vo. blue leather boards stamped in gilt spine missing boards chipped both boards detached. Text disbound with some chipped pages not affecting text. Complete. Includes: Quin J. J. The Lacquer Industry of Japan. Chamberlain Basil Hall. Notes on the Dialect Spoken in Ahidzu. Ishikawa I. On "Kaki-no-shibu." Ewing J. A. Notes on Some Recent Earthquakes. Geerts Dr. A. J. C. The Mineral Springs of Ashi-no-yu in the Hakone Mountains. Milne J. Evidences of the Glacial Period in Japan. Aston W. G. Hideyoshi's Invasion of Korea - Chapter II - The Retreat. Geerts Dr. A. J. C. Analyses of Ten Japanese Mineral Spring Waters. As is. unknown books
1929424811929. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. December 1929 Second Series Volume VI. Tokyo: The Asiatic Society of Japan 1929. 8vo. grey paper-covered blue cloth-backed boards; 150 pp. three plates. Some spotting to cloth; slight crack to front hinge. About very good. With an article on ancient Japanese place names by John Batchelor. unknown books
191232356London: Japan Society 1912. First edition. Paper wrappers. Spine ends and front wrapper with small chips frnt wrapper with some soiling and a small sticker thin stain along fore edge throughout binding tight good or better. 98 pp. Illus. with b/w plates and musical scores. Sm. 4to. Includes articles on: The Japanese as I have Known Them by Douglas B.W. Sladen; Japan Ahead in Music by Alfred Westarp; Yoshitsune the Boy Hero of Japan by Arthur Diosy; and The Kano School of Painting by Stewart Dick. Japan Society unknown books
1930414361930. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS. December 1930. Second series vol. VII. Tokyo: Asiatic Society of Japan 1930. 8vo. grey paper-covered wrappers; prelims. 205 pp. report. Ink ownership. Missing one half of first plate at fold. Slight rubbing and sunning to wrappers. Contains C.R. Boxer's "Jan Campagnie" article. Very good. unknown books
1929352391929. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS. December 1929. Second Series Vol. VI. Tokyo: Asiatic Society of Japan 1929. 8vo. blue cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; 149pp. A very good copy with an article by J. Batchelor on Ainu place names etc. Kirkwood stamp. unknown books
1913417251913. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS. Tokyo: Asiatic Society of Japan 1913. Four issues of the Transactions from vol. XLI as follows: June 1913 part I; June 1913 Part II; August 1913 part III; December 1913 part V. 8vo. grey paper-covered grey cloth-backed boards. Title and contents pp. detached from one vol. Some soiling and edgewear at boards; one vol is ex-library. Overall very good. unknown books
1928430611928. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Volume V December 1928. 8vo. blue cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; 122 pp. Slight soiling at boards wear to extremes. Very good plus. unknown books
1935352431935. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS. December 1935. Second Series Vol. XII. Tokyo: Asiatic Society of Japan 1935. 8vo. blue cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; 191pp. ads. A very good copy. The whole issue is devoted to "INARI: ITS ORIGIN DEVELOPMENT AND NATURE" by Rev. D.C. Buchanan. Kirkwood stamp. unknown books
1925394651925. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS. Reprints Vol.1. Japanese Classics. Tokyo: December 1925. 8vo. blue cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; 165pp. Front hinge cracked. Good. unknown books
1936430551936. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Second Series Volume XIII July 1936. 8vo. blue cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; prelims. 134 pp. Report and ads. Ownership stamp to front board and ffe. Near fine. unknown books
1919417291919. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS. Vol. XLVII December 1919. Tokyo: Asiatic Society of Japan 1919. 8vo. grey paper-covered grey cloth-backed boards; prlimes. 171 pp. report. Soiling and sunning at boards edgewear. Good. unknown books
1925430481925. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Reprints Volume I. December 1925. 8vo. blue cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; 165 pp. Front hinge cracked; slight soiling to front board. unknown books
1958430491958. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Third Series Volume 6 December 1958. 8vo. black cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; vii 96 pp. Near fine. unknown books
1959430531959. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Third Series Volume 7 November 1959. 8vo. maroon cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; prelims. 241 pp. Near fine. unknown books
1926362501926. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS. December 1926. Second Series Vol.III. With Frederick Starr's "Japanese Toys and Toy-Collectors." 8vo. blue cloth-backed grey paper-covered boards; 179pp. Slight soiling and wear else very good. unknown books
1900857941900. MAP - JAPAN IMPERIAL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE. Engraved by N. Matsudaira printed by G. Yoshii at the Toyodo in Tokyo 1900. This huge 5.33'x 6'164 x 183 cm map has a colored inset of the political divisions of the empire and another inset of Taiwan and environs as well as a superbly detailed map of Japan itself. There is some weakening of folds but overall in good condition folded and enclosed in a printed cover box. A monumental work in English throughout. By no means common. unknown books
222895Original stiff color wrappers with white silk ribbon tie; 6 1/8" x 8 3/4"; 12 pages including front and back cover; illustrated with 6 color halftones 1 b/w halftone and 1 map; very good; 1915. Booklet/prospectus for a tour from San Francisco to Japan for the Coronation of the new Emperor at Kyoto Kisen Kaisha Co. thur the Trans-Pacific Line. Scarce. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1907788321907. Paperback. Good. 1 Article of Association. n.p.: 1907. 9p. Wrapper. 22cm. Stitching gone.; 2 Autograph Letter unsigned dated Fed. 22 1910 acknowledging receipt of a contribution to the Society by the Honduran consul signed receipt laid in; and 3 three copies of a printed broadsheet which reprints a Dec. 1901 "Act concerning the Red Cross Society of Japan" on one side and the rules of Medals and badges and Rules of Subscriptions on the other side. All items sound but with a fair amount of spotting/staining. <br/><br/> paperback books
1853WRCAM53554Edo 1853. 31; 31; 61pp. plus a loose sheet. Original paper wrappers stitched. Contemporary manuscript annotations in red ink in one volume. Scattered worming heavy in places. Some dampstaining and dust soiling. About very good. Three fascinating Japanese manuscript accounts of the arrival of Commodore Perry to Japan in 1853. Then first URAGA KUROTONE NI KANSARU or "The Black Ship Arriving in Uraga" comprises the official government report of events when Perry steamed into Uraga Bay. This volume contains contemporary edits to the text in red ink. The second account of Perry's arrival EDO URAGA BIKOKU FUNE TORAI IKKEN or "Arrival of the Ships at Uraga" contains a double-page manuscript sketch of the coastline of Uraga Bay together with the disposition of Perry's ships. The final volume consists of a third manuscript entitled GASSHUKKO SHOKAN WAGE UTSUSHI a copy of the report on the Perry arrival prepared by Abe Masahiro Chief Senior Councillor in the Toguwara Shogunate which includes translations of the letters from Fillmore and Perry delivered by Perry on July 8 1853. Also with a single manuscript sheet that provides a description of Perry's ship. <br> <br> Vital contemporary manuscript accounts of this monumental transformation in Japanese foreign relations from significant Japanese participants in events. unknown books
1973WRCLIT80946Tokyo 1973. Six issues. Printed wrappers. Some tanning at wrapper edges heavy tanning to upper portion of upper wrapper of #5 otherwise very good. Whole numbers 1 2 3 5 6 and 8. Text largely in Japanese but with some English- language text by English-speaking contributors. The fifth number is a special tribute number to S. Oshima and combines the REPORT with the BULLETIN and includes text by Colum Kennelly Kirkup Raine Tuohy et al. WADE p.466. JOCHUM 1162. unknown books
188358137Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers 1883. First edition. 169 illustrations. xiii 301 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Green cloth stamped in black and gilt designed by the author. Spine ends chipped extremities rubbed. Very Good. First edition. 169 illustrations. xiii 301 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Lee and Shepard Publishers unknown books