Monthly Changes of Japanese Street-Scenes, Calendar for 1906
Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, 1906. 1st ed., octavo, 28 pages of wood-block prints in colour, silk stab ties, some light wear otherwise very good condn. Japanese crepe paper calendar.
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The Eastern Wonderland ; or, Pictures of Japanese Life.
London: Cassell, ( 1895). Octavo, original pictorial decorated cloth boards, b&w illus, dec endpapers, pp 215 plus publisher's catalogue. N.d., c. 1895. Sunday School prize inscription front endpaper. Light rubbing to edges. Very good condition. "Written with the object of giving English children ... some idea of Japanese life and.....
A Grammar of the Japanese Written Language, with a Short Chrestomathy
London: The Author, 1872. 1st ed., large octavo, restored in half-leather with marbled sides. New endpapers, pp iv, 117, iii. Ex-library. Lacks p. 83/84, otherwise in very good condition, beautifully restored. The author was a diplomat, scholar, and one of the leading Japanologists of the time. His books were among.....
We Japanese. Vol. II: Being descriptions of the characteristics, history, legendry, tradition, drama, images, shrines, temples, customs, manners besides numerous other subjects.
Hakone (Japan): Fujiya Hotel, 1947. Volume II (only) traditional sewn silk Japanese silk wraps, b&w illustrations throughout, 200 pp. Front and rear pastedowns torn. Previous owners' inscriptions. Good condition. Written and published for the historic Fujiya Hotel, in Miyanoshita in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.
We Japanese. (Two Vols.) Vol. I: Being descriptions of many of the customs, manners, ceremonies, festivals, arts and crafts of the Japanese [...]. Vol II: Being descriptions of the characteristics, history, legendry, tradition, drama, images, shrines [..]
Hakone (Japan): Fujiya Hotel, 1947. Two volumes, traditional sewn silk Japanese silk wraps, b&w illustrations throughout, each volume 200 pp. Very good condition. Written and published for the historic Fujiya Hotel, in Miyanoshita in Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan.
The Way of the Samurai
2016. Ed. and introd. John Baldock. Octavo, original silk cloth boards decorated in gilt, colour illus, pp 160. In original decorated slipcase. Near fine condition in like slipcase. Originally published in 1900 (under the title Bushido: the Soul of Japan), 'The Way of the Samurai' was one of the first.....
Japanese Views and Characters by T. Takagi
Kobe, Japan: Takagi Photo Co, {c. 1919). K Tamamura. 1st ed., oblong 8vo., unpag., 47 (of 50) hand coloured collotype plates (lacks 3 plates), captions in English below each image, interleaved tissue, string tied, original cover wrap with title and publisher details and hand-coloured sketch, professionally bound in modern padded.....
The Wheel, A Japanese History
Tokyo: Toyo Kogyo Co., 1981. Large 8vo, paper wraps, colour illus, pp 109. Spine darkened, faint marking to edge of half-title page, o/w clean and in very good condn. Publicity letter loosely inserted. Attractively illustrated history of the wheel in Japanese culture, produced to mark the 50th anniversary of Mazda.....
Flower Arrangement Art of Japan
Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1962. Decorated wraps with pictorial onlay, bound by silk thread and enclosed in illustrated silk-covered boards with pictorial onlay and closing toggles. B&w illus, pp 125. Label from Kanazawa with inscription pasted on title page. Printed in Japan. Near-fine condition in near-fine wraps and near-fine.....
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