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Tokyo: The Tokio Marine & Fire insurance Co Ltd, 1979. Hardback in slipcase, text in Japanese, with accompanying soft back book containing the English translation of the essays. Grey cloth with the Kanji character "kura" embossed on the front board, 317 pages, illustrated with many photographs in colour by Ishimoto Yasuhiro, plus drawings, plans and diagrams etc. 9 X 12.25 inches. The translation is in plain wraps in grey dustwrapper affixed to the spine, decorated again with the "Kura" kanji. The translation is 40 pages and includes the contents to the main book, the following essays: The Storehouse in Japanese Life by Kwazoe Noboru, The Rural Storehouse by Miyamoto Tsuneichi, The Storehouse in the City Setting by Ichibangase Yasuko and The Museum as a Modern Storehouse. Also translated is the index to the photographs. Not translated are: The Storehouse in Japanese Literature: an antholgy, and A survey of Towns with Storehouses. The book is in very good condition a bit faded… Read More

Ellsmere: The Medlar Press, 1998. Limited edition of 888 copies, this copy numbered 507. Brown buckram with gilt lettering to spine and front board, with barbel vignette in black line on the front. 190 pages, illustrations. Yellow silk ribbon page marker. 5.25 X 7.5 inches.Near fine copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

London: Hutchinson & CO. Ltd., 1925. No date or edition given. [1925] Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front board. 126 pages. illustrated with a colour frontipiece, five furthe colour plates, and 17 full page plates done in line. All byHarold Gaze. 7.5 X 10 inches. The book is very good, although a bit faded on the spine with a couple of discoloured and bleached looking patches. Inside there is spotting to the early pages and on the page edges. A brief gift inscription to the front free endpaper, and Brighton booksellers stamp to rear pastedon corner. All complete and in good order. Gilt lettering on the spine is dulled, that on the front is bright. All plates present as called for, one plate misplaced according to contents list. All hinges sound and solid with no splits to endpapers. No dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrold Gaze.

London: Hutchinson, 1991. Young follows in Conrad's footsteps,to explore Conrad's East both real and imaginary.Illustrated with line drawings and enpaper route maps of the region.303 pages.6.5 x 9.5 inches.very good book,a bit faded and dust soiled on the top edge in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper a bit rubbed on some edges.. First Edition. Illus. by Salim.