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One Season Here

ROSENBERGER, Francis Coleman · 1946

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1946. ROSENBERGER, Francis Coleman. ONE SEASON HERE. Poems, 1943-1946. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, (1946). 8vo. green cloth. First edition. Fine, in a slightly sunned dust jacket, with a touch of soiling. .

Pageant of Japanese Art

JAPANESE ART · 1952

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

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

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

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. .

Running Wild

BALLARD, J.G. · 1989

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

1989. BALLARD, J.G. RUNNING WILD. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1989). First American edition. 8vo. Fine, in the dust jacket. .

Peg Woffington

READE, Charles · 1855

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1855. READE, Charles. PEG WOFFINGTON. A Novel. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855. First American edition of Reade's first novel. 8vo. blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine; 303 pp. Contemporary ink ownership to ffep, ownership stamp to title page. Wear to extremes, slight rubbing...

Glimpse at the Art of Japan

JARVIS, James Jackson · 1970

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

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. .

Center of Attention

HOFFMAN, Daniel · 1974

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

1974. HOFFMAN, Daniel. THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. Poems. New York; Random House, (1974). First edition, review copy. 8vo. black cloth. Fine, in a near fine dust jacket, miminally soiled at the spine. Publisher's review slip laid. .

Venus Invisible

CRANE, Nathalia · 1928

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

1928. CRANE, Nathalia. VENUS INVISIBLE and Other Poems. Illustrations by Ruth Jonas. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. 1928. First edition. 8vo. black cloth-backed patterned paper-covered boards. Minimal soiling to spine. Front hinge tender; 1/2 edgetear to one page. Near fine ove...

Circular Letter

BURGESS, GELETT · 1949

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,771)

1949. BURGESS, Gelett. CIRCULAR LETTER. New York: [N.P.], 1949. A cyclostyled letter, signed by Burgess in blue crayon. Single sheet of orange paper. The letter opens "Dear Editor and (I hope) Friend:" and was probably for distribution to university campus publications. Burges...

Filthy Lucre

BAINBRIDGE, Beryl · 1986

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1986. BAINBRIDGE, Beryl. FILTHY LUCRE or the Tradedy of Ernest Ledwhistle and Richard Soleway. A Story by Beryl Bainbridge, written June to August 1946. (London): Duckworth, (1986). First edition. 8vo. olive cloth. Fine, in a slightly soiled dust jacket. .

History of the Game Birds

FORBUSH, Edward Howe · 1912

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

1912. FORBUSH, Edward Howe. A HISTORY OF THE GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS of Massachusetts and adjacent states. [n.p], Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, 1912. 8vo. green cloth, spine in gilt. Illustrated with drawings and photographs throughout. A very good co...

Japan and Her People

HARTSHORNE, Anna C. · 1902

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,340)

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. .

In the Cut

MOORE, Susanna · 1995

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

1995. MOORE, Susanna. IN THE CUT. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Advance uncorrected proof. 8vo. printed wrappers. Fine. .

Kneel to the Rising Sun

CALDWELL, Erskine · 1935

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

1935. CALDWELL, Erskine. KNEEL TO THE RISING SUN and Other Stories. New York: Viking Press, 1935. Second printing. 8vo. beige cloth. Ink ownership; slight ink notation to half-title. Slight foxing to spine, endpapers. Just about fine overall, in an edgeworn dust jacket with a ...

Bimini

HEMIGWAY, Ernest · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1970. HEMIGWAY, Ernest. BIMINI. First appearance of this excerpt from Islands In The Stream. Esquire Magazine, October 1970. Large format, original illustrated paper wraps. A very good copy with only light creasing and soiling at the wraps. .

Transactions

ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN · 1959

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

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. .

Works

FIELDING, Henry · 1907

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1907. FIELDING, Henry. THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING. 12 vols. New York: The Jensen Society, 1907. One of one thousand sets. 8vo. blue-green cloth, paper spine labels, t.e.g. Ex-lib. A very good set with some soiling at the boards and sunning to the spine labels. Rear pastedowns...

Game

LONDON, Jack · 1905

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

1905. LONDON, Jack. THE GAME. New York: The MacMillan Co. London: MacMillan and Co. 1905. First edition. 8vo. green cloth. Front board stamped in red and grey, spine stamped in grey and gilt, t.e.g. This is the variant noted in BAL as having Metropolitan Magazine Co. stamp on ...

Bonchi

YAMASAKI, Toyoko · 1982

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

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. .

Professor How Could You!

WILSON, Harry Leon · 1924

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

1924. WILSON, Harry Leon. PROFESSOR HOW COULD YOU! New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp. 1924. First edition. 8vo. red cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt. Slightly cocked, top corners just bumped. Small patch of dampstain to top-edge of a few leaves. About very good in a...