Japanese history, culture and language.
Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1964. Noguchi, Yoshie. First Edition. Hardcover, 63ppg. Very well preserved for a children's book. Very good to near fine condition. Light foxing to end papers. Rest of pages are clean and bright. No markings throughout. Dust jacket has only minor creasing.....
The Hokuseido Press. Signed. 4To Hardcover. 141pp. Signed and dated with a thoughtful inscription by author on front end-page. Bound in textured original purple silk covered boards with red title, black lettering and gold flecks. Spine-ends covered with green ornamented silken pieces, with tan silk ties. Gorgeous fan decor end-pages.....
Princeton University Press, 1994. Hardcover. 504 pages. Red cloth boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is wrapped in mylar and has some shelfwear and a some minor scratches.
W.H. Allen, 1961. Benvenuti. 1st edition. Hardcover. Folio. 59pp. Pages are unmarked with plenty of lovely full page and cut color illustrations from Benvenuti throughout. Binding square and tight. Illustrated boards are vibrant with light edge rubbing. Includes titled and illustrated glassine jacket in good condition- two tears present on.....
Kodansha, 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 381pp. Dual lingual text, with Japanese a vis to English, remains unmarked. Cherry red cloth boards are titled in silver foil and remain clean and pointed. Similarly titled spine is square with hinges tight. Includes jacket in very good condition, unclipped and glossy. Marked.....
Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers, 1953. Overseas Edition. 4To Hardcover. Contents unmarked on white pages with b/w photography, text in Japanese. Bound in dark blue cloth and silver gilt lettering. Jacket in good shape, unclipped with lighty rubbed edges and a few small closed tears on spine ends. Binding tight and.....
Westview Press, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 331ppg. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square; green cloth boards are clean with minimal shelf wear. Dust jacket is in good condition with small chips along the edges, sticker residue to upper right corner and small flaked spots on side.....
T. Hasegawa, 1894. 1st printing. Enlarged English Edition. Softcover. 12mo. 1st printing of no. 21 in Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale Series. Silk stitched binding secure. Untitled spine lightly chipped. Profusely illustrated with beautiful color woodblock prints on folded crepe paper (chirimen-bon). Folded edge of the cover/copyright page has been opened.....
Matthew Meyer, 2018. Revised. Paperback. 8vo. 223pp. Contents are unmarked with color illustrations throughout. Binding remains square and tight. Covers are clean with only a slightly lifted fore edge from reading.
Yamaguchi Publishing House, 1990. 30th impression. Translated. Hardcover. 8vo. 379pp. Text is unmarked on white pages. Bound in bright white cloth with stamped titling in black on the cover and spine. Corners are very slightly bumped though cloth remains clean. Spine slightly canted with hinges secure. Glossy jacket included in.....
Routledge, 2001. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 198pp. Text is unmarked on white pages. Glossy covers are clean with minor edge wear; binding is squared and tight.
McFarland & Company, Inc., 2018. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 218pp. Text remains unmarked on white pages. Binding is squared and hinges are tight, Covers are bright and clean with negligible imperfection at the corners and bottom edge of the front cover which are bumped.
Stanford University Press, 1982. 1st. 8Vo Hardcover. 287pp. Text is unmarked on bright, clean pages. Bound in red cloth boards with silver gilt lettering and crisply pointed corners. Jacket price remains unclipped and mostly intact; edges are lightly bug eaten. Binding is stiff and square; hinges are fully attached.
Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1984. 1st ed. 4th printing. Paperback. 12mo. 260ppg. Text is clean and unmarked, though there is an ex-libris sticker and a bookstore stamp on the half title page. The spine is slightly canted and sun bleached but hinges are intact and barely creased. Corners are bumped.....
Yamanaka & Co., 1934. Vol. II. 12Mo Oblong Hardcover. 100pp. Third edition, volume 2 only. Text is unmarked on warmly toned pages with fully colored illustrations throughout. Open sewn binding is intact and hinges are secure. Bound in heavily soiled tan boards with rubbed edges and bumped corners. Moderate foxing.....
State University of New York Press, 1996. Translated. 8Vo Hardcover. 381pp. Black boards are crisp and glossy with minimal surface wear. Binding is square and hinges are fully attached. Pages are bright but text is underlined throughout in black pen; still a legible reading copy.
State University of New York Press, 1996. 8Vo Hardcover. 381pp. Translated by Yamamoto Seisaku and Robert Carter. Text is unmarked on clean, white pages. Black boards are glossy and crisp with minimal surface wear. Binding is stiff and square; hinges are fully attached. Watsuji's Rinrigaku has been regarded as the.....
Lexington Books, 2008. 100th Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 83pp. Text unmarked on white pages. Binding square and uncracked. Glossy covers pointed and clean.
Kingyo Press, 2014. 8Vo Softrcover. 217pp. Glossy pages are unmarked with vibrant photos throughout. Covers are crisp with minor edge wear and tape covering spine. Binding square, spine is unbroken. Light soiling on bottom of text-block. Chip present on inner flap.