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.....
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.
London: Frances Lincoln, 2007. Small quarto, pictorial wraps, colour illustrations, pp 94. Fine condition. Selection from three centuries of haiku, including the work of classic poets such as Basho, Buson and Chiyo-Ni, illustrated with images from the renowned Japanese collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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.....
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.....
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.....