Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1974. First edition thus. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Introduction by Sanki Ichikawa. pp. 216 + pub's ads. A very sharp, bright copy, binding firm, no marks or scribbles.
London: Barry Davies Oriental Art, ND. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Lrge 4to. No date, introduction dated 2002. pp. 304 + 116 col plates, w/ detailed bibliography and glossary of Japanese terms. Light wear to edges of dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy.
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1994. First edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. pp. xiv, 255. Some light wear, to tips, cover edges, page edges darkened, internally a clean, unmarked copy, binding firm.
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Barendrecht, NL: Batavia Publishing, 2004. First edition. Card wraps. Fine. pp. 76, illus. w/ original b&w photos. Number 209, no explicit limitation but possibly of only 300 copies. Signed by author to inside front cover. Harrowing personal account of the Japanese invasion of Dutch East India in WW2 and its treatment of female POWs including accounts of Japanese brutality and torture. Essentially as new and unread.
London: John Murray, 1905. First edition. Cloth. Good. The Wisdom to the East Series. 12mo. pp. 64. Red cloth, white embossed design to cover. Front hinge is cracked, board edges lightly rubbed, still a decent, clean copy, binding firm.
USA: Gold Star Books, 1965. First edition . Mass Market Paperback. Good +. Slightly rubbed to covers, pages toned, but a decent, clean, firm copy, no marks or scribbles.
NP, ND. Thin threadbound card . Good +. An undated facsimile of Utamaro's famous black and white woodblock printed book, 'Scenes of Suruga and Mai', of 1790, measuring 19cm x 26cm. Unpag, 25 leaves w/ 46 reproductions. With light wear to covers, which show some crease marks and handling; some light wear to some pages. This facsimile probably date to the latter half of the C20th, possibly c. 1960-1990. Images from the original book are available online at the British Museum.
Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont : Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha and Charles E Tuttle Company Inc, 1965. First English edition with revised text in one volume. Original Cloth. Fine/Nr Fine. Sm 4to. pp. 516. Some 400 b&w gravure illust. and 12 col. plates. Gilt titles to spine, blue cloth, col. patterned endpapers. The first major examination of the topic, the first to be translated into English and still a standard reference. In the original slip case. One description mentions a lid to the spine. This slipcase lacks a lid although it appears that there may have been a lid which has been removed. Otherwise the slipcase is in excellent condition with the title strip to side intact. The dust jacket remains in fine condition with just a small closed tear to hd of spine, now repaired with archival tape. Book is fine.
Tokyo, ND. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good +. Kabuki theatre program, nd in English, but sometime in the 1950s, text in Japanese. pp. 32, 2 pages b&w photos of performers, a few pages of text in English to rear offering synopses of performances, inc Chujohime Koseki no Matsu; Yoshida Goten; Futatsu Chocho Kuruwa Nikki; Oharame, etc, and names of performers, for a run from Nov 2 - Nov 26 at the Imperial Theater, Tokyo. Cover a bright colour repro. of a striking ukiyo-e woodblock print.
New York: Grove Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 8vo. pp. 442 + 2-page bibliography of relevant material to rear. PON neatly to flyleaf. Page edges slightly toned, spine of unclipped jacket slightly darkened, but a very sharp, well kept copy in very good or near fine overall condition. Published as Grove was building up its reputation as the most influential publisher of Japanese literature in translation in the West.
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1970. Good +. Thirteenth Printing, 1981. A decent sound copy, binding firm, internally clean and unmarked, page edges slightly grubby, light wear.
Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Second Printing, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. pp. 247. Page edges toning, but a very clean, unmarked copy.
Tokyo : The Japan Magazine Co., 1910. Ties. Good +. A small quarto size (18.5cm x 26.4cm) magazine of arts and cultural affairs. In thin card covers, text block bound with black silk ties. Several photog. illus and reproductions. An informed commentary on Japanese arts and society with articles on The Forty Seven Ronin, arts reviews, 'Nikko, the Mecca of Japan', etc. With a reproduction of an attractive traditional Japanese ink wash drawing to cover. The cover has darkened considerably, and the inside of the covers shows light spotting. Otherwise a firm, sound copy, with no marks or inscriptions. 15 pages of ads to rear. Uncommon.
London: The Library Association, 1959. Good +. pp. 16. Small stapled pamphlet, thin card wraps. A checklist of books on and about Japan published from 1945 to the date of publication. Useful material for any researcher seeking sources of immediate post-war commentary on the topic. Scarce. Ex-library, a little fragile but perfectly serviceable.
Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Japan Publications Trading Company , June, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/fair. Slim 4to. pp. 94. Gilt kanji to upper board, gilt titles to spine. Bound in blue buckram. 35 colour photog. plates illustrate main text with further b&w photog. plates to rear on how to make various sakura dolls. In a tatty but unclipped DJ. Wear to lower front corner, some minor staining to lower corner to first few lower page corners. O'wise, a decent, sound copy, with no marks or inscriptions.
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. [nd] 1933. Silk-covered boards tied with silk ribbons. Title on red paper label with gold highlights pasted to front cover. Front pastedown and ffep illustrated with fans, and an artists's hanko. Frontis. shows an illustration of two dolls in kimonos; with tissue guard. Numerous b&w photo, plates and illustrations and tissue protected reproductions of colour prints. Extremely well cared for, a beautiful copy and superb example of Japanese book design. Not in box. Slim 8vo.
Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1968. Reprinted with permission of Dodd, Mead. Dark green buckram binding, gilt title to spine, covers a little darkened, rear cover has a slight bump to top edge, else a very good copy. Reprints the 1923 Dodd, Mead edition. With a preface by Albert Mordell. pp. 339.
