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Princeton, Univrtdoyu of Tokyo/Princeton University Press. 1995, First Edition. Cloth. Book, Octavo, blue cloth spine over bone white cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 347 pp. including index, appendices and scholarly apparatus. Illustrated wtih a copule of sketch maps. Translated from the original Japanese by Joyce Ackroyd. The first ever scholarly translation into English of this classic source work on the reign of Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu, and the first ever autobiography known to Japanese literature. This volume in perfect condition; very tight, clean, unmarked and unread with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt, in a tight, crisp, sharp, brright, unblemished dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. New Old Stock. BRAND NEW. As New/As New.
Madison, WI, Elvehjem Art Center/University of Wisconsin. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0932900240). Cloth. Book, First Edition. Quarto, maroon cloth covered boards with white spine titles. 352 pp. plus Errata Sheets. An unprecedented work of art history documentation and reference. The Van Vleck collection perhaps the most important Western collection of Japanese prints and the almost 4,000 prints by 137 artists included in the collection includes the renowned Goodell Collection pluls a substantial collection of prints from the estate of Frank Lloyd Wright. This catalogue raisonne/checklist is ILLUSTRATED with thunmnail black and white images of every print in this collection (duplicates only listed but not illustrated). An exceptional work of scholarship and an invaluable ferference work for collectors and curators. This volume is tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unblemished, in a tight, clean, bright unclipped dust jacket with a couple of short closed edge tears else fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. UNCOMMON. Fine/Fine.
New York, Doubleday. 1965, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Edition stated. Large octavo, black cloth spine over pumpkin colored cloth covered boards. Map endpapers 224 pp. A complete guide and calendar to the many national and local religious festivals of Japan including Buddhist, Shinto and animist observations including flower viewings, New Year traditions, Bon and other ancestor worship related ceremonies. Includes extensive history and traditions. Illustrated wtih black and whtie drawings and a section of full color photographs of ceremonies and celebrants. A very tight, clean, bright,unmarked volume with bright spine titles and fresh boards. In a tight, crisp, sharp, clean unclipped dust jacket with two very short very closed edgetears (virtually invisible beneath mylar protector). Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.
Boston, Lee and Shepard. 1901, First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Book, First Edition. Small octavo, in decorated yellow cloth boards. Illustrated with "original japanese color pictures" (color tinted). There is slight loss of color in robe of bowman on cover and nominal soil/wear. This is an unusually fresh and clean copy. Near Fine.
New York/Tokyo, Weatherhill/Heibonsha. 1980, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 104 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series. A complete index to the full series. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unblemished volume in a very tight, crisp, glossy, sparkling price-clipped dust jacket. Very Fine in Very Fine dust jacket. A beautifully preserved collector's copy. AS NEW. SCARCE. As New/As New.
New York, Bonanza. 1964. Cloth. Book, Quarto, red cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 351 pp. including index and bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs and reproductions. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt titles, in a tight, crisp, sharp, price-clipped dust jacket which shows just a tinge of yellowing/soil, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.
New York, Hermitage House. 1952, First Edition. Original Cloth. Book, Octavo, brown cloth covered boards. Top edge stained brown. Color illustrated endpapers of Kabuki stage. A complete guide for Westerners to the origins, history and contemporary actors, playwrights and musicians in the various forms of Japanese traditional theater, including Kabuki, Noh and Bunraku. Illustrated with color frontiispiece photo and 19 black and white photographs by Isamu Noguchi. Contains the complete translations of three full Kabuki plays. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume in a dust jacket with some faint minor soil and some wrinkles at bottom rear panel but no mark from dampstain. Fine in very good dust jacket. Fine/Very Good.
Boston, Dana Estes and Company. 1904, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Imperial octavo, red cloth covered boards iwth white decoration and gilt title and spine titles. 438pp. Generously illustrated with over 300 photographs in black and white (many full page) with 16 full page chromos from photographs in full color, full page, plus a full page color map of japan. A complete survey of the landscape, dress, religion, architecture and customs of the Japanese people at at time when the vestiges of feudal Japan still predominated. A wonderful picture of a now lost culture which however still represents the heart of Japanese tradition. A very sound, clean volume with bright, crisp, unmarked interior. No creases, tears, stains etc. Tissue guards all crisp and in place over color plates which are all pristine and bright. A very occasional fleck of faint foxing to margin of a handful of pages. The boards show excellent color with clear gilt. There are a couple of spots and speckling of even lighter fading along the very edge of spine and front edge of board. Despite the minor defects noted here this is a very attractive copy of this title, in well above average condition. Very good plus. Very Good.
Tokyo/New York, Charles E. Tuttle. 1977. Cloth. Book, Later printing. Small quarto black cloth covered boards with embossed calligraphy, gilt title and gilt spine titles. 249 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs illustrating every detail of Korean Karate free fighting techniques. A clean, tight, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volumed in a crisp, sharp, glossy, brilliant unclipped dust jacket. in original publisher's card slipcase with printed paper label. Fine in fine dust jacket. New Old Stock. AS NEW. As New/As New.
New York/Tokyo, Weatherhill/Heibonsha. 1977, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, First Edition. Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 166 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series and errata page. Very generously illustrated throughout with 153 photographs including 41 in full color. A beautiful book production as are all of the titles in this exquisite series with typically high standards of critical commentary and selection of representative works of art. A tight, clean volume with very fresh bright boards, internally fresh, unmarked and unblemished in a tight, bright, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A beautifully preserved collector's copy and virtually as new. Fine/Fine.
Tokyo, Kodansha. 1976, First Edition. Photoillustrated Softcover. Book, Tall small folio, (10.25" x 12.75"). Colorfully photo-illustrated stiff self wraps (trade paperback). 28pp. plus regional guide/map. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs of finished pieces plus details of glazes and firing techniques and diagrams and maps of kilns. An excellent detailed sort guide to the renowned wares of the kilns of Kiseto, Setoguro. TEXT IN JAPANESE. A very tight, clean, fresh, stiff, square, crisp, stiff, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Fine.
Rutland, VT/Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0804806608). Soft cover. Book, 12mo black and white photo-illustrated stiff self wraps (paperback) with orangeand green decoration. 147 pp. including bibliography and glossary. Generously illustrated throughout with 159 black and white photographs demonstrating the judo techniques and throws for self defense particularly directed to women. A tight, clean, stiff, crisp, square, unmarked volume with flat uncreased spine. FINE. Fine.
Tokyo/New York, Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai/Dodd Mead. 1938, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Thick Quarto, sand colored cloth covered boards with gilt cover decoration and spine titles. 239pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with 147 full page plates from photographs 11 of which are in full colour including the frontispiece with printed titled tissue guard. A still unsurpassed explication of the spirit of Japanese art and culture comprised of the texts of 11 lectures given by Professor Harada in the United States (mostly in Oregon) in the years 1935-36. A beautiful book production. This volume is a beautiful, unmarked and apparently unread volume. Very tight, clean and fresh pages with crisp tissue guards on the color plates. The only defect is a faint yellowing to the extreme top edge of the boards, else fine. In a very heavy, crisp, stiff dust jacket which has a couple of mere flecks of soil and some signs of faint dust darkening, else fine. This is a very handsome example of this title and he faults noted are niggling and noticeable only on close inspection. AS NEW. New/As New.
Tokyo, Nippon Bunka Chuo Renmei. 1940, First Edition. Illustrated Wraps in Chemise. Book, First Edition. 10 volumes in decoratively illustrated chemise with ties and ivory fasteners. The correspondence course is in four parts which are monotone, pink, lavender, green and orange illustrated wrappers . The "Pamphlets" are in brilliantly multicolored illustrated wrappers of delicate hand made paper, each with a pictorial central illustration surrounded by color floral motifs and bound with bright colored silk ribbon ties. Each of the "course" parts is approximately 40-50 pages and each of the "pamphlets" is approximately 16-20 pages. All are generously illustrated throughout with full page black and white photographs of the arrangements. A beautiful fragile collection of finely produced pamphlets covering mlutiple phases of the art of flower arranging, including, Ikebana, Nae-Ire, Moribana, Kansui-ike and Ikenobo, as well as a history of the art. Single page table of contents included. This set is in excellent condition with all of the "course" pamphlets crisp, square, stiff, unmarked and unread with flat uncreased spines and virtually as new. A couple of the "pamphlets" have very shallow nicks or chips to the fragile edges but they are also all in fine condition. The chemise shows some rubbing and dulling to the outside decoration but the inside decoration is unmarred as is the Japanese title label. A Very Fine to very near fine set in a very good plus chemise. Lovely, fragile and SCARCE. Fine.
New York, Macmillan. 1904, First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Book, First edition, second printing. Octavo, original olive green cloth covered boards with gilt chrysanthemum decoartion and gilt and black titles on front panel with matching gilt title and decoration on spine. Top edge gilt. 541pp. including index an bibliographical note. A perceptive and sympathetic examination of Japanese culture and religion from perhaps the only Westerner that the Japanese have ever fully embraced as one of their own. A classic examination of the Japanese mentality and history. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt. Faint foxing to endpapers (none in interior). Near fine. Fine.
Ithaca, NY, State University of New York Press (SUNY). 1984. (ISBN: 0873957547). Soft cover. Book, Octavo, blackand white photo-illustrated stiff wraps. 180pp. including index, selected bibliography and notes. A very tight, square, crisp, clean, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Fine.
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1976, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Large thick octavo, plum colored cloth spine over charcoal grey paper covered boards. 606pp. indcluding biographical note on author, including extensive index and glossary of Japanese terms and Japanese and Chinese names. Donald Keene, one of the twentieth centuries most distinguished Western scholars of Japanese literature produces here his most ambitious work on the period leading up to the Meiji restoration of Western influence on Japanese literature. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a very crisp, sharp, tight, dust jacket. with just a few small flecks of soil and one or two tiny edge nicks. Fine in near fine dust jacket. A handsome copy. Fine/Fine.
Tokyo/New York, Charles E. Tuttle. 1973, First Edition. (ISBN: 080480656X). Decorative Paper. Book, Octavo, black cloth spine over hand made decorative paper covered boards. 260 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white reproductions of the full range of popular art expressions of the horrific supernatural beings of Japanese folk tales and literature. Reprodctions of paintings, prints and book illustrations. 25 pp. introduction by Terence Barrow followed by hundreds of illustrations each with a short note and commentary by Nikolas Kiej'e. A great survey of the grotesque in Japanese art and culture and an excellent reference work. This like new, very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread in a very tight, crisp, sparkling dust jacket. New Old Stock. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW. As New/As New.
Tokyo/New York, Kodansha International. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0870113941). Soft cover. Book, First Edition stated. Small folio, mustard yellow photo-illustrated stiff card wraps (paperback). 88 pp. including list of shops, sources and notes on the illustrated baskets. One of the ahrd to find "Form and Function" series of books on "everyday objects" by Kodansha. Very generously illustrated throughout with beautifully arranged and photographed black and white photographs of the wide range of traditional Japanese bamboo baskets for every use. Presented so that the natural beauty of the objects glows from the page. This volume very tight, crisp, stiff, square, fresh, clean, bright, unmarked and unread with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. AS NEW. As New.
Berkeley, CA, University of California Press. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0520035550). Hardcover. Book, Square small quarto, yellow cloth covered boards. 298pp. including index, bibliography and glossary. Generously illustrated with black and white photographs of performers, stage sets, costumes and accoutrements. With and detailed introduction to the history of Kabuki theater followed by four full scripts of Kabuki plays in translation along with photographs of the staging and performance of each play and illustrations and discussions of details of of the traditions of performance, set construction and costuming. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright volume with fresh cloth, unmarked and unblemished in a crisp, sharp, bright, dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A perfect copy. Fine/Fine.
Lincolnwood, IL, Passport Books. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0844284351). Hardcover. Book, Thick octavo, forest green coated paper covered boards. 558 pp. A reference work with everything Japanese listed from A-Z in encyclopedic form. A very tight, clean, fresh, volume with bright, sparkling gilt, unmarked and unread in a crisp, sharp, tight, brilliant dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually AS NEW. Fine/Fine.
Jamaica Plain, Mass. Yang's Martial Arts Association. 1991, Later Printing. Hardcover. Book, Fourth Printing. A complete survey of the basic, techniques shared by all martial arts schools. This is a very fine copy, clean,with no marks, unblemished and unread. Very fine. AS NEW. As New.
Tokyo/New York, Kodansha. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0870112864). Cloth. Book, First Editon, first printing. Small quaro, brown cloth covered boards. 150 pp. including index, glossary and selected bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white and color reproductions and photographs of historically significant Japanese portrait sculptures, predominatly of Buddhist bodhisattvas, buddhas, priests and monks. A very tight, clean fresh, unmarked volume in a crsip, tight, clean, glossy, bright price-clipped dust jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.
Rutland, VT/Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle. 1958, First Edition. Cloth. Book, True First Edition, first printing. Square small quarto, patterned cloth covered boards. Hand made paper endpapers. 168 pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white and colored photographs and unique decorative maps in color. A very scarce true first edition of this often reprinted classic by one of the West's most knowlegeable authorities on Japanese art. A very tight, clean, bright, unmarked volume in a tight, crisp, fresh copy with the "pre-publication" price clipped but the regular price still showing. Fine in fine dust jacket. SCARCE. Fine/Fine.
Tokyo, Graphic-Sha. 1987, First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Ill.: Kuniko Ishihara. Book, Small quarto, silvered cloth covered boards with calligraphic decoration and titles. 112pp. including notes on each photograph and a section of diagrams of courtyards and interior gardens in rear. Very generously illustrated throughout with vibrant, cristal clear full and double page photographs by Ohashi giving a brilliant view of this precious limpid style of indoor gardens for residences and public buildings as well as traditional architecture. Original Japanese folded paper publisher's price bookmark laid in. Text in Japanese and English. A very tight clean, fresh, shining, unmarked volume in a crisp sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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