1914. AUBERT, Louis. LES MAITRES DE L'ESTAMPE JAPONAISE. Paris: Librairie Armand Colin, 1914. First edition. Large 8vo, 284 pp., 55 plates inserted. Front wrapper bound in to green cloth binding with leather title label. Near fine. More
1964. BASHAM, A. L. STUDIES IN INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. Calcutta: Sambodhi Publications Private Ltd., 1964. 248 pp. 8vo., caramel colored cloth with paper spine label. Cloth boards are rippled, endpapers slightly so, interior fine. Dust jacket is price-clipped with a closed 3 inch tear on front panel, crease and..... More
1933. BERGMAN, Sten. SPORT AND EXPLORATION IN THE FAR EAST; A Naturalist's Experiences in and around the Kurile Islands. London: Methuen & Co., (1933). Translated from the Swedish by Frederic Whyte. Thirty-two illustrations and a map. Bookseller's label to rfep. 8vo., orange cloth. Lean to spine. Cloth is discolored; worming..... More
1973. BRINKER, Helmut. DIE ZEN-BUDDHISTISCHE BILDNUSMALEREI IN CHINA UND JAPAN von den Anfangen bis zum Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts; eine Untersuchung zur Ikonographie, Typen- und Entwicklungsgeschichte. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1973. Munchener ostasiatische Studien, Band 10. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Octavo. x,279 pp. + [38] black &..... More
1912. BROU, A. SAINT FRANCOIS XAVIER: 1506-1548, TOME PREMIER, & TOME SECOND, LIVRE SIXIEME: UNE ANNEE AUX INDES (1548-1549). 2 VOLUMES. Paris: Gabriel Beauchesne & Cie, 1912. xvi + 445/487 pp. 8vo., half calf with raised bands, gilt spine lettering and marbled paper covered boards. Ex-library with no external markings..... More
1880. CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall. THE CLASSICAL POETRY OF THE JAPANESE. London: Trubner & Co., 1880. 8vo., orange cloth, lettered in gilt; ads. + xii + 227pp + 79pp ads. External tear to spine hinge, about 4". About good. (Cordier 638, Wenkstern 89). More
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1926. Chikamatsu Monzaemon. MASTERPIECES OF CHIKAMATSU, the Japanese Shakespeare. Translated by Asataro Miyamori; revised by Robert Nichols. London & NY, 1926. 8vo, xiv + 359 pp., with 74 illustrations. An interesting series of photo illustrations portraying the famous actors of the day, as well as translations of major plays in..... More
1929. CODRINGTON, K. De B. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MEDIAEVAL INDIAN SCULPTURE. London: Edward Goldston, 1929. 32 pp. + 24 b/w plates. 8vo., terra cotta colored printed wrappers. Very good, light soil to edges of wrappers, 1/2 inch closed tear at top of front joint. Interior clean and..... More
1858. DALTON, William. THE ENGLISH BOY IN JAPAN Or, The Perils and Adventures of Mark Raffles. London, Edinburgh, and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1858. Illustrated. 12mo., blue cloth, title and illustration in gilt to spine, gilt vignettes to front board. Pencil ownership to ffep. Volume is askew, with..... More
1941. DE BENNEVILLE, James S. GEORGE BRANDT. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, (1941). Octavo. [iv],9-178 pp. In a worn publisher's binding of orange cloth with gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. The book is sunned at spine, showing general light soiling overall, and the bottom fore-corner of the upper..... More
1996. De Sabato Swinton, Elizabeth. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter : Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World. Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT, (1996). Fine Folio Soft Cover. More
1996. De Sabato Swinton, Elizabeth. The Women of the Pleasure Quarter : Japanese Paintings and Prints of the Floating World. Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, VT, (1996). Fine Folio, green cloth in dustwrapper. More
1914. DER LING, Princess. TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1914. Later printing, Illustrated from photographs. ix,[5],383 pp. Octavo, terra cotta cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. Cloth is lightly sunned at spine and shows general, faint soiling. Clean within and a...... More
1911. DOUGLAS, Sir Robert K. CONFUCIANISM AND TAOUISM (NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS SERIES). London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1911. Reprint of 6th revised edition. With a Map. 287 pp. 12mo., mustard-yellow cloth stamped in gilt and black. A beautiful, clean copy, corners sharp, gilt vignette (temple) on front cover bright..... More
1896. EASTLAKE, F. W. & N. KANDA. A NEW POCKET JAPANESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. [n.p.] Sanseido [1896]. 904 + [4] pp. 48mo., 3 3/4 inches tall, 1 1/4 inches thick. Red cloth stamped in gilt, blind and black. Light soil to cloth, corners gently bumped. Front and rear hinges have been crudely..... More
1903. EDWARDS, Ernest Richard. ETUDE PHONETIQUE DE LA LANGUE JAPONAISE: THESE POUR LE DOCTORAT D'UNIVERSITE DE PARIS, PRESENTEE A LA FACULTE DES LETTRES A LA SORBONNE. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1903. 208 pp. 8vo., quarter cloth (black) with gilt spine lettering and marbled paper covered boards. Ink ownership to front..... More
1958. [EPHEMERA] VIETNAM PRESS/VIET-NAM THONG TA'N XA. [Saigon:] Vietnam Press [n.d. ca. 1958]. 28 + [2] pp. 8vo., printed illustrated stapled wrappers in red, yellow and black. Very good, small shallow dampstain to bottom edge of text and covers (not affecting interior text). B/w photo reproductions. The Saigon agency's self-promoting..... More
1913. GOOKIN, Frederick William. JAPANESE COLOUR-PRINTS AND THEIR DESIGNERS. New York: Japan Society, 1913. A Lecture Delivered Before the Japan Society of New York April 19, 1911. To which is appended a catalogue of a loan collection of Japanese colour-prints exhibited at the Fifth Avenue Building April 19 to May..... More
1911. GREY, L. J. H., Colonel THE INDIA OF THE FUTURE AND ITS DEFENCE. A new edition, greatly enlarged up to 1910, of THE INDIA OF THE FUTURE (1907). With a Preface by Lieut.-General Sir Edmond R. Elles. London: William Clowes & Sons, Ltd., 1911. Reprinted from the UNITED SERVICE..... More
1907. GRIFFIS, William E. THE JAPANESE NATION IN EVOLUTION. Steps in the Progress of a Great People. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1907. First edition, inscribed in the month of publication: "For the Rev. Isaac Jennings, with the best wishes of the author, Wm. Elliot Griffis. Ithaca, N.Y...... More
1900. GRIFFIS, William E. THE PATHFINDERS OF THE REVOLUTION, A Story of the Great March Into the Wilderness of New York in 1779. Boston & Chicago: W.A. Wilde Co., (1900). First edition. Illustrated by W.F. Stecher. 316 pp. 8vo., green cloth printed and illustrated to upper board in green and..... More
1918. HAVELL, E. B. THE HISTORY OF ARYAN RULE IN INDIA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DEATH OF AKBAR. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company [n.d. ca. 1918]. First American edition (English sheets). xxxi + 583 pp. 8vo., brown cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Light rubbing, a...... More
1931. (HEARN, Lafcadio). BLUE GHOST. A Study of Lafcadio Hearn. [By] Jean Temple. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, (1931). 8vo, blue cloth, spine stamped in white; 228pp. + ads. Spine sunned and worn, with some wear at heel and crown, moderate soiling, this copy is just good... More
1920. HEARN, Lafcadio, transl./annot. by Prof. R. Tanabe. DIARIES & LETTERS. Tokyo: Hokuseido, 1920. First edition, first printing. 401 pp. + [6] pp. 12mo., dark blue cloth stamped in gilt, bound Western-style. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown, library bookplate to rear pastedown. Good plus, ex-library with no external markings. Spine..... More