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(Paris, France: Picaron Editions, 1996. stiff paper wrappers, glassine front cover, string bound. Picaron Editions. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, glassine front cover, string bound. xxxvii, 99+(1) pages. Text in English, French, and German. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Table of contents, index. Color and black and white illustrations. Binding by Studio Corazza, design by Rik Gadella. Printed on recto only. Light tanning at edges of text. Two advertisement cards laid in.
SIGNED ILLUTRATED HISTORY & TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF JAPAN. We Japanese, being descriptions of the characteristics, history, legendry [sic], tradition, drama, images, shrines, temples, customs, manners besides numerous other subjects. Vol. I, 200 pages, 355 illustrations; Vol. II, 200 pages, 389 illustrations. by de Garis, Frederic, Sakai, Atsuharu and Yamaguchi, H.D.K - 1947
by de Garis, Frederic, Sakai, Atsuharu and Yamaguchi, H.D.K
![SIGNED ILLUTRATED HISTORY & TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF JAPAN. We Japanese, being descriptions of the characteristics, history, legendry [sic], tradition, drama, images, shrines, temples, customs, manners besides numerous other subjects. Vol. I, 200 pages, 355 illustrations; Vol. II, 200 pages, 389 illustrations. by de Garis, Frederic, Sakai, Atsuharu and Yamaguchi, H.D.K - 1947](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/719/604/1482604719.0.m.jpg)
SIGNED ILLUTRATED HISTORY & TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF JAPAN. We Japanese, being descriptions of the characteristics, history, legendry [sic], tradition, drama, images, shrines, temples, customs, manners besides numerous other subjects. Vol. I, 200 pages, 355 illustrations; Vol. II, 200 pages, 389 illustrations.
by de Garis, Frederic, Sakai, Atsuharu and Yamaguchi, H.D.K
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Yokohama, Japan: Yamagata Press, 1947. First editions, later 1947 printings.
PUBLISHED 2 YEARS AFTER END OF WW2: HISTORY AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF JAPAN--2 ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BINDINGS SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PRESIDENT OF FAMOUS HOTEL.
Two volumes, 8 1/2 inches tall, silk-covered paper wrappers, traditional Japanese string binding with folded rice paper pages, decorative vertical paper label to covers. Volume 1 signed in ink on front endpaper by Alsuharu Sakai (collaborator) Tokyo, Xmas 1948, with Japanese characters; Volume 2 signed on pictorial frontis by K.M. Yamaguchi, President, Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, 20th Jan, 1949, with Japanese characters. Vol. 1 cover edges worn, top edge soiled, overall good+; Vol. 2 minimal wear to cover edges, text edges darkened, otherwise very good. Both volumes in archival custom mylar covers.
MIYANOSHITA is one of the Seven Hot Springs of Hakone, Japan. The hot springs have been an attraction for tourists and pleasure-seekers for hundreds of years going back to the beginning of the Edo period. The Fujiya Hotel is one of the oldest in Japan, founded in 1878. Notable guests include Charles Chaplin, Helen Keller, John Lennon, and Prince Albert (later George VI) of the UK. The Main Building, the Comfy Lodge, Restful Cottage, the Flower Palace, and the Annex Kikka-so Inn are all registered as important cultural assets. These books, signed by an author hotel president, respectively, were printed 2 years after the end of World War II. The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.
PUBLISHED 2 YEARS AFTER END OF WW2: HISTORY AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF JAPAN--2 ILLUSTRATED VOLUMES IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BINDINGS SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PRESIDENT OF FAMOUS HOTEL.
Two volumes, 8 1/2 inches tall, silk-covered paper wrappers, traditional Japanese string binding with folded rice paper pages, decorative vertical paper label to covers. Volume 1 signed in ink on front endpaper by Alsuharu Sakai (collaborator) Tokyo, Xmas 1948, with Japanese characters; Volume 2 signed on pictorial frontis by K.M. Yamaguchi, President, Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, 20th Jan, 1949, with Japanese characters. Vol. 1 cover edges worn, top edge soiled, overall good+; Vol. 2 minimal wear to cover edges, text edges darkened, otherwise very good. Both volumes in archival custom mylar covers.
MIYANOSHITA is one of the Seven Hot Springs of Hakone, Japan. The hot springs have been an attraction for tourists and pleasure-seekers for hundreds of years going back to the beginning of the Edo period. The Fujiya Hotel is one of the oldest in Japan, founded in 1878. Notable guests include Charles Chaplin, Helen Keller, John Lennon, and Prince Albert (later George VI) of the UK. The Main Building, the Comfy Lodge, Restful Cottage, the Flower Palace, and the Annex Kikka-so Inn are all registered as important cultural assets. These books, signed by an author hotel president, respectively, were printed 2 years after the end of World War II. The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.
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10 YEARS PICARON EDITIONS 1986-1996
by Actherberg, Roel, et. al
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The Collected Poems of James Elroy Flecker - From the Private Library of Lillian Hellman
by Flecker, James Elroy
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New York: Martin Secker, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to., 119pp. #228 of a Limited Edition of only 500 copies printed. Publisher's original light yellow cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine. Square, tight and fairly clean throughout with a bit of toning to page edges. Moderate wear to edges and tips. Age darkening, particularly to the spine. From the library of Lillian Hellman with her ownership signature on the ffep, "Lillian Hellman, September, 1925". Not in perfect condition but a very interesting and collectable copy.
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A Ramble Round the World by Baron de Huebner. Original of 1875 - 2 vol. in one
by by Lady Herbert
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Hardcover. Good. Hardcover Good hardcover with nicely decorated, gilded front binding and spine Some damage to top and bottom of spine and some scuffs at the edges of the binding Binding still tight, although front hinge slightly cracked, Pages clean and complete, no marks or notes, in all a clean, bright copy Very scarce in this edition Ships from Hawaii.
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The Story of Greyhound 1:55 1/4
by Moser, P. W.
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Harrisburg, PA: The Harness Horse, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 4to, rough weave grey flecked cloth stamped in blue titles and surround of front cover pictorial pastedown, 42 pages, illustrated. A fine, apparently unused copy. RACING BREEDING EQUESTRIAN.
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[DREAMY SILVER PRINT PHOTOGRAPH ca. 1910]. Woman seated on a river bank
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S.l., 1910. Good. 168 x 115 mm, photograph bowed and slightly crinkled. Lovely, romantic photograph of a young woman wearing a white shirt and broach, holding a long branch which she dangles into the water; her gaze is drawn to the other side of the river, her expression seemingly wistful. We have been unable to identify the subject of this remarkable vintage photograph. From the Dorothy Sloan collection of Women in the West.
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Webster's New International Dictionary with Reference History, India Paper Edition
by Webster WT Harris and F Sturgis Allen
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Brown leather-like fabric bound cover with gilt embossed lettering, embossed cover detail, and 5 raised bands on spine; gold red and dark brown. This has a lot of shelf wear, front cover edges are rubbed and chipped. The spine has been rubbed and corners bumped. Spine is straight. Binding is tight. Red marbled end sheets and paste downs are clean and bright. Title page and index page have multiple creases and tears but the print is readable. Contents are in very good condition. Thumbed index tabs. Page edges have a lot of dust. All reference pages are clean and not marked
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Collie Drawn Sleigh and Girl
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. Collie Drawn Sleigh and GirlOriginal photo 10x8, Photographer, date, and location unknown. Excellent condition. Purchased on line.
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Novices: A Study of Poetic Apprenticeship
by Eshleman, Clayton
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Mercer & Aitchison, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket (As Issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A stated First Printing. 80pp. An account of the author's apprenticeship, under the aegis of Cesar Vallejo. Includes a 2pp text by Charles Olson. One of 50 deluxe copies signed by the author, with a handwritten poem of the authors tipped in at the back.
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Otto at Sea (Revised Edition)
by Du Bois, William Pene
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New York: Viking, 1958 Blue cloth and grey pictorially stamped in blue, minor shelf wear and bumping to corners (not affecting pages), damp stain to rear endpaper; color pictorial dust jacket with some waviness along bottom edge and damp stain along rear fold, foxing, small hole in front fold, light chipping to extremities, original price intact ($2.50). This book was made during a time when Du Bois was redoing his earlier work to take advantage of advancements in color printing. While the text of Otto at Sea remains untouched, the new artwork makes the book "quite different and more complex..." Bader page 182.. First Revised Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Illus. by William Pene Du Bois. Small 4to.
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A Copy of Verses on the Unemployed and the Great Distress in England
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London: W.C. Such, Printer and Publisher. Very good. Broadside. Undated, ca. 1922. 25 x 19 cm (ca. 9.75" x 7.5"), on newsprint or similar stock. Old folding creased, closed tear with archival repair on verso; very good. Although this song--a lament for England's poor and unemployed--may have been written as early as the 1890s, this edition, with its plea to "Please buy a copy from an unemployed ex-service man," was printed in the aftermath of World War I. Unemployment in England became a significant problem around 1920, as the country's economy slowed, trade decreased, and debts incurred by the war loomed large. Reincorporating the demobilized troops into the civilian workforce and providing sufficient resources for those disabled during the war proved particularly challenging. We locate copies of this song sheet at the British Library, Bodleian (Ballad-Roud # V20673), and the University of Warwick.
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Vietnam: A History
by Stanley Karnow
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This book is in good condition. There is a lot of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is also a substantial amount of staining on the cover boards. The pages are yellowed and tanned. There are also markings throughout the book. "The roots of this book reach back to the early 1950s in Paris, where I began my professional career as a journalist. France, supported by the United States, was then fighting to retain its hold in Indochina against the Vietminh, the Communist-led nationalist movement there. As I reported on the French end of the war, I soon became acquainted with the names and places in Vietnam from a distance, But I scarcely imagined that they were to be part of my own experience. Then, in 1959, I was assigned to cover eastern Asia; the region that included Vietnam became my beat for more than two decades. I visited Vietnam most recently in 1981 for seven weeks, the longest permitted an American correspondent since the Communists gained control of the entire…
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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Descent of Man. an Atlantic Monthly Press Book
by Boyle, T. C
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Stories. : Little Brown & Co, 1979. . First American paperback edition. . Paperback.. Near Fine. . One or two tiny dots to front, otherwise immaculate copy of first printing of paperback of author's scarce first book. Extremely rare, issued at the same time as the unobtainable hardcover first.
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Wounds of Hong Kong 港傷 - Portraits of the Hong Kong Protesters and Their Stories
by Choi Wai Man, Ko Chung Ming
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Hong Kong: Brownie Publishing, 2020. 1st edition. Paperback. like new/no dj as issued. Hong Kong, 2020, in Englishand Chinese. 7.5 - 6 inches, 140 pages. Like new condition. Ships from Hawaii. ==. "The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting."Scars and bruises may fade, but we must remember what caused them. The purpose of《Wounds of Hong Kong》is to record police brutality. All 24 interviewees have sacrificed in their own ways during the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement. Among the thousands wounded, they are only a few. I would like to sincerely thank them for sharing their experience, insights, and feelings to me. I remember at the beginning of the resistance outbreak in June of 2019. As a photographer/journalist, I felt unsure. Protesters all covered their faces with masks, so how could I tell their stories? How can I search their ethos beneath the masks? However, my worry was quickly swept away as I realized that they weren't the only ones…
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A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE SECRET SERVICE
by Deacon, Richard
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London: Frederick Muller LTD, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in NF condition with penicl marking to inner board, trace edge wear noted, light bumping to spine ends else a bright and solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with owner's pasted stamp to front cover, trace edge wear noted else bright, intact and whole. JEX 1/21
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Foundations and Limits of State Power in China
by Schram, Stuart R. (ed)
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School of Oriental & African Studies, Univ of London, 1987 First Printing in dust jacket as new, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, slight quiet soil to unlaminated jacket, neat gift inscription to endpaper, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; xxx + 367pp indexed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Blood Brothers .The Criminal Underworld of Asia
by Lintner, B
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New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. First edition thus. Hardcover. As New/as new. Lifts the lid on organised crime in Asia. Scarce. 470pp. Fine in fine d/w. Stated First Edition in this edition - March 2003. Size 16.5 x 24cms. Please note: Due to International mail delivery problems, we currently ship items only to Australian addresses.
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Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present
by Basdeo Mangru
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Chicago: Adams Press, 1999. Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Slight corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 108 pages.
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Stalking the Elephant Kings: In Search of Laos
by Christopher Kremmer
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Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. x + 213 pages.
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THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO
by WAUGH, Teresa
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NY: Facts on File, 1984. NEAR FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Facts On File. HARDCOVER. 1984. FIRST American Edition. AS NEW, bound in Gobi-desert-brown boards in shades of gray pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Small push to points, else FINE. A modern translation from the Italian by Maria Bellonci. Magnificent color photographs throughout by Sergio Strizzi from the film Marco Polo directed by Giuliano Montaldo.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.
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