Search Results: Asia from Appledore Books, ABAA

1961. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon 1961 sampling of 100 Japanese textiles for springtime. Photographed in vivid, rich color, with accompanying Japanese text at each plate. Solid and VG- in its russet cloth, with light wear at the spine ends and along the outer hinges and light soilijg to the panels. Square quarto, over 100 textiles photographed.

Japan: MPL, 1940. Printer Wrapper. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon Japanese photoplay/screenplay of Warner Brothers's 1940 "All This, And Heaven Too", starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. Grainy film stills punctuate the text, which is in both English and Japanese. Well-preserved and VG in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 28 pgs. No. #10 in the MPL series of film scripts. The next, as advertised, is to be "The Lost Weekend", no. 11 in the MPL series.

New York: G.W. Dillingham Company. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. VG in its dark, decorative cloth, with blindstamped design to the panels and bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Very light soiling to the panel edges, light foxing at the endsheets. Thick 12mo, 325 pgs. Translated from "La Bible Dans L'Inde" by Louis Jacolliot.

1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Interesting Japanese publication (c. 1950) looking at the use of Japanese screens as walls. Includes text (in Japanese), floor plans and over 100 crisp black-and-white photos. A VG folio in its printed wrappers, with very light soiling to the panels.

New York: The Beechhurst Press, 1954. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1954 1st American edition. Tight and VG (with light foxing at the top and fore-edges) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling at the rear panel and light wear to the spine ends. Quarto, 238 pgs. of text plus 192 crisp black-and-white reproductions.

New York: The Century Co, 1925. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1925 1st edition. VG in its dark cloth, with light soiling to the panels. Octavo, 223 pgs. Signed by Author.

Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 2005 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (with very light spotting at the fore-edge) in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 230 pgs.

Japan, 1951. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The uncommon 1951 Japanese photoplay/screenplay of Columbia Pictures's version of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salsman", which starred Fredric March as Willy Loman. Clean and well-preserved and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Grainy stills of the film punctuate the script, which is in both English and Japanese. Octavo, 97 pgs. A bleak tale broght to the even bleaker landscape of post-War Japan.

1971. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. Beautiful 1971 study of the design patterns of Japan's Heian Period (795-1100 AD). Clean and Near Fine in its very attractive silver and blue checkered cloth. Folio, roughly 80 lavish tipped-in plates (with accompanying Japanese text) in rich, vivid color. Both the book and its interior are in pristine condition. This copy also includes a bright, Near Fine example of the publisher's box, which has its matching, silver and blue checkered cloth. A lovely production.

Boston: Hickling, Swan and Brown, 1855. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1855 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with very light foxing and soiling to the interior. Decorative blindstamping at the panels and bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Thick 12mo, 299 pgs. Edited by C.C. Felton.

Tokyo: The America-Japan Society, 1920. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A very sharp copy of the 1920 1st edition. Tight and Near-Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 312 pgs. Also includes a 1 pg. ALS from 1920 presenting this book from The America-Japan Society.

Japan: Shogakukan, 1976. 1st. Collectible; Fine/Fine. Handsome, lavish 1976 2 volume "Shogakukan" Atlas of Japan. Detailed color maps thruout, an exhaustive study of the nation's topographic make-up. An immaculate set, complete in 2 vols. Both volumes Fine in bright, Fine dustjackets (and including publisher's plastic outer jackets as well). Also includes well-preserved examples of the publsiher's printed slipcases. Folios, text in Japanese.

Japan, 1965. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. First Thus. April 1965 issue (Vol. XI No. 4) of this wonderful magazine documenting life in post-War Japan. Includes articles (written in English) on "Japanese Birth Control Method", "Ancient 'Keyhole' Tombs" and "Cultured Pearls". Digest-sized octavo, 64 pgs. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers.

Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1993. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY DONALD WAGNER on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1993 1st edition. Fine (with unflecked gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 573 pgs. Part of Brill's wonderful "Handbook of Oriental Studies" series. Signed by Author.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. An impressive copy of the 1904 1st edition, IN THE PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in its gilt-decorated, olive-green boards. And in a crisp, VG example of the original dustjacket, with a thin band of clear tape cleanly and evenly applied along the top-edges, and very light soiling to the panels. Octavo, 524 pgs. plus Bibliography and Index and publisher's ads at the rear.

Tutland, VT: Charles Tuttle, 1976. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The 1976 1st American edition, following the 1916 London limited edition and the 1976 London trade edition. A very soid copy. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, 162 black and white plates, 8 color plates. Also includes a lightly-worn example of publisher's cardboard slipcase.

New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1890. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1890 1st American edition. G+/VG- in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt title-lettering to the front panel. Some staining to the panels, particularly along the lower edges and spine base. Still though, presentable and, internally, very clean, with no writing or markings of any kind. 12mo, 66 pgs.

Paris: Librairie Plon, 1951. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1951 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original wrappers. And in a VG example of the glassine dustjacket, with very light chipping at the edges. Octavo, 252 pgs., crisp black-and-white reproductions thruout.

London: Oxford University Press, 1947. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1947 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with chipping along the top-edges and at the spine ends. Still though, a presentable copy. Thick octavo, 730 pgs. Also includes the Word-List accompanying the text.

1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. Beautiful 2 volume set showcasing the "old textiles of Thailand". Each volume pristine in its ribbon-tied decorative cloth. 100 plates in all (50 in each volume), each a sampling of Thai textiles in rich color. Double folio, also includes a solid, VG example of the publisher's ivory-clasped chemise, with light fading along the edges and at the spine. A lovely production. Text in Japanese.