Lorrin Wong, Bookseller

Japanese Corporate Philanthropy

London, Nancy R · 1991

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,995)

NY: Oxford University Press, 1991. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., The author examines the major legal and functional aspects of Japanese corporate philanthropy, treating the legal basis of philanthropy, taxation and the philathropic sy...

Pictures From the Water Trade: Adventures of a Westerner in Japan

Morley, John David · 1985

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Boston: Atlantic Monthly, 1985. 1st printing of 1st US edition., End papers lightly foxed otherwise very good hard cover book/ light edgewear otherwise very good+ price clipped dust jacket, The mysteries of the Japanese water trade.

Travels in the Land of the Gods, 1898-1907: the Japan Diaries of Richard Gordon Smith

Gordon Smith, Richard · 1986

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY: Prentice Hall, 1986. 1st1st printing of 1st US edition., Fine hardcover book in fine dust jacket., Richard Gordon Smith was an Englishman who converted his interests in shooting and fishing into a life long globetrotting travel adventure. However, upon his first sight of J...

Japanese Antiques With a Guide to Shops

Salmon, Patricia · 0

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Tokyo: Art International PuLittle Brownishers. 5th printing., Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Capsule histories, traditional uses and modern living suggestions for Japanese antiques, Including woodblock prints, Imari porcelains, netsuke, chests &...

Der Japanische Holzschnitt: Ein Abriss Seiner Geschichte

Kurth, Julius · 1922

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Munchen: R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 1922. One inch binding separation at head of spine (binding intact) & end papers tanned otherwise good hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

Staying on the Line: Blue-Collar Women in Contemporary Japan

Roberts, Glenda S · 1994

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,117)

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Roberts spent a year at a large garment manufacturer in the Kansai region & examined why some women would rather work in a blue collar envir...

The Japanese Way of Politics

Curtis, Gerald L · 1988

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

NY: Columbia University Press, 1988. 2nd printing., Light foxing on end papers otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very good paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., An analysis of the first three decades of the rule of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Japan Design: the Four Seasons in Design

Ikko, Tanaka & Koike Kazuko Editors · 1984

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984. Slight rubbing otherwise a clean, unmarked near fine paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book)., Japanese design reflects the influences of its neighbors, mainly China and Korea but also Russia, and the West. It is, nonethele...

The Japanese Police System Today: an American Perspective

Parker Jr, L Craig · 1984

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

NY: Kodansha, 1984. Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., An in depth overview of law & order in Japan based on interviews from the beat cop to legal scholars.

Japanese Patterns of Behavior

Lebra, Takie Sugiyama · 1982

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1982. 3rd printing., A clean, unmarked good+ paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).

Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval

White, Merry Isaacs · 2002

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in plain boards/ no dust jacket, as issued., White challenges the notion of the monolithic sameness of the Japanese family and finds numerous fractures.

Who is to Be Tried? : Incident at Sagamihara

Ohtani, Sueyoshi · 1978

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Los Angeles: ITS Information, 1978. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., In 1972 the movement of American military forces from the quiet base at Sagamihara Japan triggered public protests. The author explores conflicting public opinion among...

Speed Tribes: Days and Nights With Japan's Next Generation

Greenfeld, Karl Taro · 1994

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,117)

NY: Harper Collins, 1994. 1st printing of 1st edition., Fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket., Japan's Gen X.

City Life in Japan: a Study of a Tokyo Ward

Dore, RP · 1958

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Berkeley: University of Calif. Press, 1958. 1st printing of 1st edition., Previous owner's ink name on front end paper otherwise fine hard cover book/ chipped at base of dust jacket spine otherwise very good dust jacket., A description of how the inhabitants of this lower midd...