Kaaterskill Books ABAA/ILAB

The Publication of American Historical Manuscripts

Dunlap, Leslie W. and Shelley, Fred, eds · 1976

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Iowa City, Univ. of Iowa Libraries, 1976. First edition. Cloth. xvii, 107 pp. 8vo. Gift card from Friends of the Libraries laid in loose. A fine copy. No dust jacket.

Report of the Council for 1938. Asiatic Society of Japan

Japan, Asiatic Society of · 1938

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

[Tokyo], [Asiatic Society of Japan], 1938. First edition. Self wrappers. 4 pp. 8vo. A very good clean copy with edgewear.

Camera Annual. 44 Selections from Tourist Photo Contests

Japan Travel Bureau. Nihon Kotsu Kosha · 1948

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Tokyo, Japan Travel Bureau, 1948. First edition. Paper covered boards. Unpaged [48 pp]. Illus. with 1 color & 43 b/w photos. Folio. Contestants and winners names tipped in to rear. Spine ends chipped and torn, boards soiled, a good copy.

Bibliographic Materials in the Japanese Language on Far Eastern Archeology and Ethnology

Beardsley, Richard K; John B. Cornell and Edward Norbeck · 1950

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Ann Arbor, Univ. Michigan Press, 1950. First edition. Paper wrappers. 74 pp. 4to. Center for Japanese Studies. Bibliographical series: No. 3. 1063 items described. Still helpful. A very good+ copy.

Contemporary Japan. The Individual and the Group. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge. New Series-Volume 50, Part I. 1960

Matsumoto, Yoshiharu Scott · 1960

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1960. First edition. Paper wrappers. 75 pp. 4to. A very good copy with a small tear at the head of spine, sunned and lightly stained wrappers.

The Complete Journal of Townsend Harris. First American Consul and Minister to Japan

Harris, Townsend. Mario Emilio Cosenza, ed · 1959

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1959. Second edition. Cloth. xix, 616 pp. Illus. with 16 b/w photos. 8vo. Douglas MacArthur II, preface. Bookplate and signature of the Asian scholar Ross H. MacDonald. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket.

Howling with Sakutaro. Cries of a Cosmic Waif

Kurth, Frederick · 2004

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Los Angeles, Zama Zama Press, 2004. First edition. Cloth. xix, 317 pp. 8vo. Robert C. Epp, trans. Includes matching book mark, publicist's letter and book review. Frederick Kurth engagement in 36 imagined psychoanalytic sessions with Japanese poet Hagiwara Sakutaro (1886-1942)...

House of the 10,000 Pleasures. A Modern Study of the Geisha and of the Streetwalker of Japan

Harris, Sara · 1962

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

New York, E. P. Dutton, 1962. First edition. Cloth. 273 pp. 8vo. A very good+ copy in an edgeworn dust jacket.

The Lure of Japan

Akimoto, Shunkichi · 1934

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Tokyo, Board of Tourist Industry Japanese Government Railways / Hokuseido Press, 1934. First edition. Cloth. xvi, 371 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. Sm. 8vo. A.F. Thomas, intro. Small 4 page advertising brochure from Hokuseido Press laid in loose. A very good unopened (uncut) cop...

Petit Guide Du Japon. Comprenant Une Description Speciale Des Coutumes, de L'Histoire, de L'Industrie, de L'Instruction, de L'Art Et Des Arts D'Agrement Japonais; Des Attractions, Etc.

Direction Generale du Tourisme Chemins de fer du Government Japonais · 1939

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Tokyo, Direction Generale du Tourisme Chemins de fer du Government Japonais, 1939. Later printing. Paper wrappers. vi, 154, 10 pp. Illus. with 38 b/w photos and 1 map. 12mo. Tourist guide. Text in French. A very good copy.

Kobijutsu. Quarterly Review of the Fine Arts. Number 29. March 1970. Kohoku District Issue

Sansaisha · 1970

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Tokyo, Sansaisha, 1970. First edition. Paper wrappers. 149 pp. Illus. with 4 color & 16 b/w plates + intext reproductions. 4to. Table of Contents in English and Japanese. Text in Japanese. Principal articles: Art of Kohoku District, Ancient Tumuli of Kohoku and Their World, Cu...

[a Collection of 23 Auction Catalogues of Japanese Art]

Sotheby's (Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.) · 1994

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

New York / London, Sotheby's (Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.), 1994. First edition. Paper wrappers. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w plates. Various Sizes. Works of Art. October 1 and October 2, 1974. Porcelain and Pottery Inro and Lacquer Wares and Sculpture. 26 February ...

[a Collection of 3 Auction Catalogues of Japanese and Korean Works of Art]

Christie's (Christie, Manson & Woods) · 1990

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York, Christie's (Christie, Manson & Woods), 1990. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. 166, 189, 254 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. Sm. 4to. (1) The Properties of Ranney School.. [and] the Collection of Roman Vishniac. April 20 and 21, 1989. Sale 7486. Lots 210...

Japan in Silhouette

Hall, Trowbridge · 1925

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

New York, Macmillan Company, 1925. First edition. Cloth. ix, 353 pp. Illus. with 32 duotone photos. Sm. 8vo. Nice evocative photos. A good copy, spine ends worn, spine darkened. No dust jacket.

Japan. The Official Guide

Tourist Industry Bureau · 1959

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Tokyo, Japan Travel Bureau, 1959. Seventh edition. Cloth. lxv, 1015 pp. Illus. with 32 color and b/w maps, 28 of which are folding. 16mo. A very good copy with wear along the rear joint; one map with small tear, one repaired else remainder near fine.

New Map of Japan

Yoshita, K. Nihon-Kenkyu Sha · 1946

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Tokyo, K. Yoshita / Nihon-Kenkyu Sha, 1946. First edition. Paper wrappers. 1 pp. Illus. with 1 folding color map with map insets. 77 x 108 cm. Map is very good, bright and clean; wrapper is chipped.

Summation No. 7. Non-Military Activities in Japan. For the Month of April, 1946

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers · 1946

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

[Tokyo], General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, 1946. First edition. Paper wrappers. 269 pp. Illus. with b/w charts and maps (3 folding). 4to. A very good copy, wear to spine ends especially the head, light soiling on wrappers, publisher's errata laid-i...

Economic Policy in Postwar Japan. Growth Versus Economic Democracy

Yamamura, Kozo · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Berkeley, Univ. California Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth. xvii, 226 pp. Illus. with 65 tables. 8vo. A very good copy in an edgeworn dust jacket.

A Visit to the Old Post Town in Japan

Banzai, Mayumi · 1972

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Tokyo, Takeuchi Books Ltd. 1972. First edition. Paper covered boards. 131 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sm. 4to. Michio Ueda, illus. A very good copy, glue residue on bottom of title page, in a very good dust jacket with a few tiny chips.

Mask and Sword. Two Plays for the Contemporary Japanese Theater

Masakazu, Yamazaki · 1980

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Tokyo, Univ. of Tokyo Press, 1980. First edition. Cloth. 215 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w photos. 8vo. Modern Asian Literature Series. J.Thomas Rimer, trans. Inscribed by the author. A near fine copy in a very good, lightly soiled dust jacket.