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Pageant of Japanese Art

JAPANESE ART · 1952 · Boston Book Company

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

1952. JAPANESE ART. PAGEANT OF JAPANESE ART. Volume 2. Painting 2. Tokyo: Toto Bunka Co. [1952]. Folio. grey cloth covered boards. Illustrated throughout. Vol. 2 only. A near fine copy in the dust wrapper. .

Masterpieces of the Japanese Color Woodcut

BOLLER, WILLY · 1957 · Boston Book Company

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

1957. Boller, Willy. MASTERPIECES OF THE JAPANESE COLOR WOODCUT: Collection W. Boller. Boston Book and Art Shop, [1957]. Folio, 187 pp. with numerous plates of which several are in color. Fine, in a lightly soiled dust jacket. .

Glimpse at the Art of Japan

JARVIS, James Jackson · 1970 · Boston Book Company

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

1970. JARVIS, James Jackson. A GLIMPSE AT THE ART OF JAPAN Philaadelphia: Albert Saifer, 1970. A facsimile reprint of the 1875 edition. 12mo. grey cloth, spine in gilt. A very good copy that shows light sunning at the spine. .

Japan and Her People

HARTSHORNE, Anna C. · 1902 · Boston Book Company

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.87 | ¥26,352)

1902. HARTSHORNE, Anna C. JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE. Illustrated. In two volumes. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. (1902). 8vo. crimson cloth, with gilt design, t.e.g.; vol.1: x + 377pp. vol.2: vi + 374pp. + map. A beautiful set in spine darkened somewhat soiled cloth jackets. .

Transactions

ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN · 1959 · Boston Book Company

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1959. ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. Third Series, Volume 7, November 1959. 8vo. maroon cloth-backed, grey paper-covered boards; prelims. + 241 pp. Near fine. .

Bonchi

YAMASAKI, Toyoko · 1982 · Boston Book Company

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

1982. YAMASAKI, Toyoko. BONCHI. A Novel. Translated by Harue and Travis Summersgill. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, (1982). Later printing. 8vo. As new, in the dust jacket. .

English Pilot

[FACSIMILE] THORNTON, John · 1970 · Boston Book Company

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.22 | ¥28,747)

1970. [FACSIMILE] THORNTON, John. ENGLISH PILOT. The Third Book. Describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Straits, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers..in the Oriental Navigation. (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Series of Atlases in Facsimile, Fifth Series, Volume III. A facsimile of the ...

Bird's Eye View of Nara

MAPS · 1900 · Boston Book Company

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

1900. (MAPS). BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF NARA. Osaka: K. Kawakami, [c. 1900]. Folding panorama, c. 22" x 25", colored green and view. Some notes by contemporary tourist added to key. Heavily worn at folds and edges (partly separated at folds). .

Japanese Flower Arrangement: A Complete Primer

IKEBANA · 1963 · Boston Book Company

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1963. [IKEBANA]. JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT: A Complete Primer. By Ellen G. Allen. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1963). Inscribed by the author. 8vo. purple cloth; 86 pp. many illustrations. Fine, in a slightly edgeworn and soiled dust jacket. .

Emakimono: The Art of the Japanese Painted Hand-Scroll

JAPANESE SCROLLS · 1959 · Boston Book Company

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

1959. [EMAKI] EMAKIMONO: The Art of the Japanese Painted Hand-Scroll. Foreword and photographs by Akihisa Hase. Text by Professor Dietrich Seckel. Translated form the German by J. Maxwell Brownjohn. London: Jonathan Cape, (1959). 4to. green cloth; 238 pp. with 68 color plates....

Early Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations

TREAT, PAYSON J. · 1932 · Boston Book Company

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1932. TREAT, Payson J. EARLY SINO-JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. Offprint, inscribed by the author, from the Pacific Historical review, March 1932. 19 pp. in plain wrappers with light wear and soil. Very good. .

Chita: A Memory of Last Island

HEARN, Lafcadio · 1917 · Boston Book Company

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

1917. HEARN, Lafcadio. CHITA: A Memory of Last Island. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1918]. Later printing. 8vo. green cloth. Ink ownership. Slight soiling at boards. Very good. .

History of the Missions in Japan and Paraguay

CADDELL, Cecilia Mary · 0 · Boston Book Company

$120.00 (€108.87 | £90.82 | ¥19,165)

18. CADDELL, Cecilia Mary. HISTORY OF THE MISSIONS IN JAPAN AND PARAGUAY. New York: D. & J. Sadleir & Co. [n.d.]. 8vo. xvii + 180pp.; iv + 102pp. Front hinge cracked, front flyleaf missing. Just a touch of foxing or staining at edge of text. Rubbing of boards, cloth worn at sp...

Islands and Empires

DODGE, Ernest · 1976 · Boston Book Company

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1976. DODGE, Ernest S. ISLANDS AND EMPIRES. Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, (1976.) Signed by author. Part of the set "Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion", vol. VII. Illustrated. 8vo. black cloth stamped in...

Japanese Wood Engravings

ANDERSON, William · 1908 · Boston Book Company

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

1908. ANDERSON, William. JAPANESE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. New edition. London: Seeley and Co. 1908. 16mo. blue cloth decorated in gilt; 219pp. + ads. Mild wear at boards, else good. .

Jih Pen Hsing Ming Tz'u Tien, Jih Pen Ti Ming Tz'u Tien

(Dictionary of Proper Nouns, Japanese) · 1979 · Boston Book Company

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.52 | ¥12,138)

1979. [Dictionary of Proper Names, Japanese] JIH PEN HSING MING TZ'UTIEN, JIH PEN TI MING TZ'U TIEN. Peking: 1979, 1982, 1983. 4vols. 8vo. boards with fabricoid spines, gilt. The three volumes of personal and family names are indexed by romanization, kana and radical for ease ...

Selected Writings 1872-1877

HEARN, LAFCADIO · 1979 · Boston Book Company

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

1979. HEARN, Lafcadio. SELECTED WRITINGS, 1872-1877. Edited and Compiled by Wm. S. Johnson. Indianapolis: Woodruff Publications, 1979. An out-of-series copy, it has the colophon page but it is not numbered. This is a collection of Hearn's writings for Cincinnati newspapers. A ...

Bibliographie Des Principales Publications de L'Empire Japonais

(Bulletin de la Maison Franco-Japonaise) · 1941 · Boston Book Company

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1941. (Bulletin de la Maison Franco-Japonaise) BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES PRINCIPALES PUBLICATIONS DE L'EMPIRE JAPONAIS. Paris: Geuthner, 1941. Tokyo: N.S.H.K.K. 1941. Tome XII, No. 2-4. Large 8vo. blue cloth-backed, yellow paper covered boards. 373 pages. Good. .

Jih Pen Hsing Ming Tz'u Tien, Jih Pen Ti Ming Tz'u Tien

(Dictionary of Proper Nouns, Japanese) · 1979 · Boston Book Company

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.52 | ¥12,138)

1979. [Dictionary of Proper Names, Japanese] JIH PEN HSING MING TZ'UTIEN, JIH PEN TI MING TZ'U TIEN. Peking: 1979, 1982, 1983. 4vols. 8vo. boards with fabricoid spines, gilt. The three volumes of personal and family names are indexed by romanization, kana and radical for ease ...

Japan: Ancient Buddhist Paintings

BUDDHIST ART · 1959 · Boston Book Company

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

1959. (BUDDHIST ART). JAPAN: ANCIENT BUDDHIST PAINTINGS. Preface: Serge Elisseeff. Introduction: Takaaki Matsushita. New York: New York Graphic Society, (1959). Folio-size, white paper-covered boards; 21pp. + 32 color plates. Fine, in a dust jacket with one 3-inch tear. .