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Otis, Clara Paine . LETTERS FROM ACROSS THE SEA TO YOU
Tokyo 1957 1st Konishi.8vo., 212pp., wraps in original pubisher's box. VG, top corner very slightly bumped, in Fair Box, worn. (a58435)
$50.00 Abraham, J. Johnston . THE SURGEON'S LOG BEING IMPRESSIONS OF THE FAR EAST
NY 1912 Dutton. Ship voyage from England to South Pacific and Japan. Lg.8vo., 338pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, cover rubbed and a bit worn, occasional light foxing. (a58301)
$55.00 de Becker, J.E. . SEXUAL LIFE OF JAPAN BEING AN EXHAUSTIVE STUDY OF THE NIGHTLESS CITY
NY n.d. (c. 1902) American Anthropological Society. Lg.8vo., 386pp., illustrations, yellow cloth hardcover with black rectangle on spine. VG, light cover wear, no DJ. (a58218)
$64.00 Allen, William C. . A QUAKER DIARY IN THE ORIENT
San Jose 1915 1st Wright-Eley Company. 8vo., 101pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, cover very light warped. no dj. (a58109)
$27.00 Baxter, Katharine Schuyler . IN BEAUTIFUL JAPAN A STORY OF BAMBOO LANDS
NY 1904 Hobart. 8vo., 381pp., photo illustrations, glossary, original illustrated hardcover.. VG, new endpapers, light wear. (a57825)
$33.00 Young, James R. . BEHIND THE RISING SUN
NY 1941 1st Doubleday. 8vo., 334pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Young (to Mrs. Gatch.) VG, head of spine end lightly frayed, light wear at top edges, no DJ. (a57778)
$44.00 Field, Henry M. . FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN; FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN (2 VOLUMES)
NY 1877 1st Scribner, Armstrong. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Small octavos, 355pp., 424pp., original green cloth.. VG, new endpapers in each volume, light wear to spine ends, light water staining on margins in Volume 2. 2 volumes (of 3). (a57475)
$50.00 Atsuharu Sakai for H. S. K. Yamaguchi Managing Director Fujiya Hotel . WE JAPANESE VOLUME II
1947 Fujiya Hotel. Being descriptions of many of the customs, manners, ceremonies, festivals, arts and crafts of the Japanese besides numerous other subjects. 8vo., 200p., 389 numerous illustrations, silk cloth covered stringbound wraps with mounted paper label on front. Signed copy by H. S. K. Yamaguchi, the Managing Director of the Hotel. Original delicated printed dust jacket with mounted spine label. Good plus, lower front corner creased, in Good DJ, closed cut on front, wraps bit soiled, worn at spine ends. (a57455)
$26.00 Loonen, Ch. . LE JAPON MODERNE
Paris 1894 1st Plon. In French. 8vo., 326pp., 35 gravures 'd'apres des photographies japonaises, original printed wraps bound in new wraps. Good, original wraps are chipped and worn. RARE. (a54704)
$55.00 Scarangello, anthony . A FULBRIGHT TEACHER IN JAPAN
Japan 1957 1st Hokuseido. 8vo., 148pp., hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a54448)
$27.00 Spry, W. J. J. R.N. . THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CHALLENGER' VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1876 1st Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. 8vo., 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, original green cloth with gilt ship on front board and gilt soldier and publisher's logo on backstrip. VG, some slight spotting on fore-edges, slight wear on lower spine end and corners. (a51920)
$600.00 Hearn, Lafcadio . KOTTO: BEING JAPANESE CURIOS WITH SUNDRY COBWEBS
NY 1902 1st Macmillan. First edition, first printing with background of title page incorrectly printed upside down. Hardcover. Octavo, 251pp., photo illustrations, original olive green cloth with gilt and black decoration on front.Top edge gilt. VG, light cover wear, corners gently bumped. (a51652)
$220.00 Chamberlain, Basil Hall . A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN INCLUDING THE WHOLE EMPIRE FROM SAGHALIEN TO FORMOSA
London 1907 8th edition, revised and partly rewritten, John Murray. Small octavo, 570pp, 32pp. (ads), plans and folding maps, numerous illustrations, large foldout map in rear pocket (this map has one 5 inch closed tear along bottom fold line and one inch closed tear in lower margin not near the map itself), limp red cloth hardcover. Collated complete. Owner signed twice, once on title page. Collated complete. near VG, some light wear overall. (a50042)
$145.00 Kirtland, Lucian Swift . SAMURAI TRAILS A CHRONICLE OF WANDERINGS ON THE JAPANESE HIGH ROAD
NY 1918 1st Doran. 8vo., 300pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. VG, light soiling and uneven fading of cloth. (a49914)
$45.00 Hearn, Lafcadio . IZUMO BLICKE IN DAS UNBEKANNTE JAPAN
Frankfurt a Main 1907 Literarische Anstalt Rutten & Loening. Translated to German by Berta Franzos. Limited edition. 8vo., 313pp., full vellum with fine glit and black decorated panel on front board and spine. Nice bookplate of Hannah Pollak. VG, light cover wear. (a47135)
$100.00 Seitz, Don C. . SURFACE JAPAN SHORT NOTES OF A SWIFT SURVEY
NY 1911 1st Harper. 4to., 158pp., illustrated with many nice fullpage mounted color photogravures, hardcover. Owner signed and dated. VG, some wear on board edges and corners, slight bumping of lower corner of leaves, in new mylar DJ. (a46556)
$90.00 Savage-Landor, A.H. . THE HAIRY AINU THE MOST PECULIAR PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
Boston 1895. In The Youth's Companion, October 3, 1895 at pp. 465-465. Complete issue (pp. 461-473) with original printed cover. 4to., wraps. Good, folded horizontally, spine worn. (a43949a)
$39.00 Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah . JINRIKISHA DAYS IN JAPAN
NY 1900 Harper. Sm.8vo., 386pp., monochrome photo illus., decorated boards. Good, new endpapers, light cover wear. (a42834)
$40.00 (occupied japan) Office of Strategic Services . JAPANESE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
no date (1945 ?) OSS. 'This brochure is one of the series designed for the instruction of persons going to the Far East....One of the mistakes which the totalitarian countries make is to confuse education with indoctrination. It seems apparent that both the Nazis and the Japanese have made this error...In order to avoid such difficulties, men must be trained in accuracy and in perception of the truth, even when it is unfamiliar.' Large 4to., 71pp., monochrome photo illustrations, spiral bound stiff wraps. Monochrome photo illustrations of Japan and Japanese on every page. Owner signed (Marian N. Smith). VG. Scarce. (a42795)
$245.00 Tamagawa, Kathleen . HOLY PRAYERS IN A HORSES EAR
NY 1932 Ray Long. Memoir of child of mixed Japanese and American parents. 8vo., 264pp., monochrome photo illus., hardcover. Owner bookplate and signature. Good, cover worn and somewhat soiled, no DJ. (a42792)
$25.00 Patric, John . YANKEE HOBO IN THE ORIENT
Florence 1945 8th ed. Revised, enlarged, illustrated, redesigned and republished by the author. 8vo., 511pp., hardcover. One and one-half page manuscript signed inscription by author. VG, no DJ. (a42772)
$35.00 Boyd, Corabel Tarr . AROUND THE WORLD 1929-1930 LETTERS BY CORABEL TARR BOYD
n.p. n.d. (1930?) Japan, China, India. 4to., 183 leaves, mimeo on rectos only, full leather binding with name of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Parlin printed in gold on front. Good, leather rubbed, faded and worn, spine ends worn. Probably unique copy. Rare. (a42747)
$300.00 Pumpelly, Raphael . ACROSS AMERICA AND ASIA NOTES OF A FIVE YEARS' JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD AND OF RESIDENCE IN ARIZONA, JAPAN AND CHINA
NY 1870 2nd revised, Leypoldt & Holt. Lg.8vo., 454pp., woodcut illustrations, index, green cloth with gilt picture of globe on front board. Owner signed on titlepage and on end paper. Good, new endpapers, corners and spine ends a bit worn. (a42651)
$85.00 Arnold, Sir Edwin . JAPONICA
NY 1891 1st Scribners. 4to., 128pp., illustrations by Robert Blum, attractive pictorial front board with Egret in Pine Tree in front of Setting Sun. Good, slight soiling on leaves, light wear on spine ends and corners. (a42461)
$65.00 Murray, David . JAPAN
London 1894 6th revised, with new illustrations, a map and supplementary chapters. Hardcover. Octavo, 495pp., monochrome photo illustrations, map, hardcover. VG, spine faded. (a42460)
$35.00 Scherer, James A. B. PhD . JAPAN TO-DAY
Philadelphia 1904 1st Lippincott. Sm.8vo., 323pp., photo illustrations, original pictorial red cloth. VG. (a42459)
$33.00 (travel guide) . HOW TO SEE KANTO AREA YOKOHAMA TOKYO NIKKO KAMAKURA HAKONE FUJI
Tokyo 1950 Japan Travel Bureau. Sm.8vo., 200pp., monochrome photo illus., maps on end papers, printed red cloth. Good, light soiling. (a42125)
$50.00 Tristram, Canon H. B. . RAMBLES IN JAPAN
NY no date. Revell. Large octavo, 306pp., 45 illustrations by Edward Whymper, map, pictorial cloth hardcover. VG. Attractive book. (a41942)
$74.00 Schalek, Alice . JAPAN DAS LAND DES NEBENEINANDER EINE WINTERREISE DURCH JAPAN, KOREA UND DIE MANDSCHUREI
Breslau 1925 1st Hirt. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 404pp., mit 193 eigenen aufnahmen, cloth. VG, light wear on top spine end, slight bit of wrinkling in text. (a38663)
$49.00 Fraser, Mrs. Hugh . LETTERS FROM JAPAN A RECORD OF MODERN LIFE IN THE ISLAND EMPIRE ( 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
NY 1899 1st. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Large octavos, 394pp., illustrations, 387pp., illustrations, pictorial cloth. Top edges gilt. Owner signed on front free blank of each volume. VG, light bumping to corners, light rubbing to cloth. 2 volumes (a38528)
$122.00 Scherer, James A. B. PhD . YOUNG JAPAN THE STORY OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Philadelphia 1905 1st Lippincott. Much on childhood, adolescence, education, etc. Sm.8vo., 328pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, small chip (1/4 inch) in the spine cloth and is a bit soiled. (a37591)
$35.00 Haring, Douglas Gilbert . THE LAND OF GODS AND EARTHQUAKES
NY 1929 Columbia. 8vo., 203pp., photo illus. Numbers at base of spine. Ownership blindstamp on front free blank. Good, light wear. (a36960)
$27.00 Hedges, F. H. . IN FAR JAPAN
Tokyo 1946 Second Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 329pp., illustrations, cloth. Attractive book with silk paper cover and delicate end papers. VG, text lightly toned. (a36908)
$30.00 (japan) . USEFUL NOTES AND ITINERARIES FOR TRAVELING IN JAPAN
Tokyo 1910 Eighth Edition 1910. The Welcome Society. 12mo., 37pp., ads, illustratioms, foldout maps, colored pictorial wraps. Small Chamber of Commerce stamp on front. Near VG, spine worn, light rubbing, light wear. (a36884)
$150.00 Dauthendey, Max . DIE ACHT GESICHTER AM BIWASEE JAPANISCHE LIEBESGESCHICHTEN
Munchen 1924 (1911) Albert Langen. 12mo., 277pp. VG, pages lightly, evenly, browned (not brittle), no DJ. (a32388)
$28.00 Harben, H.D. . JAPAN AND BACK
Welwyn 1936. Sm.8vo., 281pp., wraps. Near VG, several spots of adhesive residue where several price tags were previously affixed to cover. (a31823)
$45.00 Yonezo, Osawa . BUNKA HENSEN SHI (HISTORY OF CULTURE, END OF TOKUGAWA PERIOD THROUGH THE MEIJI PERIOD)
Bazan 1931 Nansen Nippo Sha. Oblong Folio (10 inches x15 inches), text in Japanese, hundreds of photo illustrations of people, soldiers, buildings, hot air balloon, political cartoons, women's hairstyles, etc. Leather backstrip, gilt decorated silk-covered boards. All edges gilt. Large gilt emblem on front. Good, spine worn, end papers lightly foxed; internally VG. Binding secure. Large heavy book. (a31631)
$475.00 Harrison, John A. . KITA YEZO ZUSETSU OR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF NORTHERN YEZO BY MAMIYA RINSO
Philadelphia 1955. In The Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 99 No. 2, April 15, 1955 at pp.93-102, illus. Printed in double column. Whole issue has several unrelated articles. Sm.4to., wraps. VG. (a31377)
$45.00 Yule, Emma Sarepta . IN JAPAN: WITHOUT CLOCK OR CALENDAR
Boston 1935 1st Stratford. 8vo., 269pp., photo illus., hardcover. Good, some spotting on end papers, cover stained and lightly worn, no DJ. (a29696)
$36.00 Anesaki, Masaharu . ART, LIFE, AND NATURE IN JAPAN
Boston 1932. Marshall Jones. Hardcover. Octavo.,178pp., illustrations, index, cloth. Good plus, light wear, corners worn, no DJ. (a29023)
$25.00 Levy, Howard S. and Ryooji Sasaki . UNSUNG HERO THE LATE NAGAO RYUZO CONVERSATIONS
Yokohama 1967. Records a conversation with Mr. Nagao Ryuuzoo held April 13, 1963. Mr. Nagao lived in China for 40 years and dedicated his life to improving Sino-Japanese relations. Parallel English and Japanese text. Sm.4to., 84pp., red wraps. VG. Scarce. (a27661)
$40.00 Nitobe, Inazo . JAPANESE TRAITS AND FOREIGN INFLUENCES
London 1927 Kegan Paul. Hardcover. Octavo, 216pp., doublepage color frontis, red cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, faint spotting on cover, faint foxing on end papers, no DJ. (a25550)
$55.00 Little, Francis . THE LADY OF THE DECORATION
NY 1907 (1906) Century 12mo., 236pp., decorated hardcover. Owner signed. Near Fine. (a22415)
$29.00 japan . STUDENT LIFE IN KEITO UNIVERSITY
Tokyo c. 1958. Sm.8vo., 60pp., photos, wraps. Good, some soiling and wear to covers. (a21035)
$25.00 Otis, Clara Paine . SOJOURN IN LILLIPUT MY SEVEN YEARS IN JAPAN
NY 1962 Carlton. 8vo., 240pp., hardcover. Signed by Otis. VG, spine lightly faded., no DJ. (a20776)
$27.00 Sitwell, Sacheverell . BRIDGE OF THE BROCADE SASH TRAVELS AND OBSERVATIONS IN JAPAN
London 1959 Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 8vo., 314pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. VG in VG DJ. (a14504)
$20.00 Yee, chiang . SILENT TRAVELLER IN JAPAN
NY 1972 1st Norton. Sm.4to., 430pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. (a11013)
$20.00 (japan) . JAPAN THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
Tokyo 1959 Japan Travel Bureau. 12mo., 1015pp., foldout maps, original red cloth. VG. (a11007)
$20.00 Richardson, Norval . MY DIPLOMATIC EDUCATION
NY 1929 Dodd Mead. Author was in diplomatic missions in Cuba, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Chile and Japan. 8vo., 337pp., photo illus., hardcover. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a10929)
$26.00 Tiffany, Francis . THIS GOODLY FRAME THE EARTH: STRAY IMPRESSIONS OF SCENES, INCIDENTS AND PERSONS IN A JOURNEY TOUCHING JAPAN, CHINA, EGYPT, PALESTINE AND GREECE
Boston 1895 Houghton Mifflin. 8vo., 361pp., cloth hardcover. Good, shelf worn, cover a bit rubbed. (a10422)
$30.00 Dickson, Walter . JAPAN
NY 1901 Collier. 8vo., 834pp., with 2 supplementary chapters of recent events by Mayo Hazeltine, red cloth. Good, no DJ. (a8369)
$20.00 Japanese Government Railways . AN OFFICIAL GUIDE TO JAPAN. A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS.
Tokyo 1933 Japanese Government Railways. 12mo., 506pp., illustrations, 36 large maps, bright red limp cloth with gorgeous color Japanese woodcut end papers. Publisher' copy with Japanese Railways stamp on half title. Very Near Fine, slight fading and fraying on divider ribbons, corners very slightly bumped. Appears to be unused, maps do not ever seem to have been opened. Quite unusual in this amazing condition! (a82160)
$175.00 Yamaguchi, K. W. . WE JAPANESE COMBINED EDITION THREE VOLUME IN ONE
Japan 1950 Fujiya Hotel. Being descriptions of many of the customs, manner, cermonies, festivals, arts and crafts of the Japanese beside numerous other subjects. Octavo, 600p., 889 illustrations, accordian folded pages, cloth covered paper wraps. VG plus, slight toning. (a80491)
$29.00 McDonald, Etta Blaisdell and Julia Dalrymple . UME SAN IN JAPAN
Boston 1910 (1909) Little Brown. About women and children and family life in Japan. Hardcover. Small octavo, color frontis, photo illustrations, glossary, red cloth with mounted color photo illustration on front. VG plus, slight chipping of spine lettering. (a77157)
$24.00 Clarke, Joseph I. C. . JAPAN AT FIRST HAND, HER ISLANDS, THEIR PEOPLE, THE PICTURESQUE, THE REAL
NY 1920 (1918) Dodd Mead. Hardcover. Octavo, 482pp., illustrations, red cloth. Owner bookplate. Good plus, light cover wear, end papers toned. (a77011)
$24.00 Peri, A. Penitent ( George Cullen Pearson) . FLIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PARADISE
NY 1886 1st Putnam. Much about life in Japan. Hardcover. Small octavo, 389pp., unusual and attractive brown and beige patterned cloth hardcover with orange lettering. Bookplate of Atkinson. VG, light wear on corners. (a75161)
$129.00 Thos. Cook & Son . SPRING TOURS TO JAPAN & CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES 1914
1914 Thos. Cook. Program No. 7. Small octavo, 32pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a74066)
$39.00 MacFarlane, Charles . JAPAN: AN ACCOUNT, GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
Hartford 1856 Silas Andreus & Son. Hardcover. Octavo, many engraved illustrations, bound in coarse green cloth with mounted leather spine label. VG, very faint water line in top corner of each page. No ownership marks. (a72842)
$210.00 Mishima, Sumie Seo . THE BROADER WAY, A WOMAN'S LIFE IN THE NEW JAPAN
NY 1953 1st John Day. Hardcover. Octavo, 247pp., cloth. Signed presentation copy from Mishima. VG plus, light foxing on fore-edges, in VG DJ, lightly chipped on spine ends and lightly worn. (a72802)
$40.00 Carpenter, Frank G. . JAPAN AND KOREA
NY 1925 1st Doubleday Page. Hardcover. Large octavo, 310pp., 106 photo illustrations, end paper map, cloth. VG, light cover wear, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a72766)
$49.00 Fraser, Mrs. Hugh . LETTERS FROM JAPAN A RECORD OF MODERN LIFE IN THE ISLAND EMPIRE
NY 1904 new edition in one volume, Macmillan. Hardcover. Large octavo, 387pp., 250 illustrations, pictorial blue cloth with large bird in ivory on front. Water stain on front cover, and light water effects through first 1/4 of book near hinge and lower margin. Good. No ownership marks. (a72751)
$39.00 Scherer, James A B . THE ROMANCE OF JAPAN
New York 1926 1st Doran. Hardcover. Octavo, 326pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, cloth. VG, light wear, occasional light foxing, in Good DJ, a bit worn, chipped on edges. (a72617)
$30.00 Menpes, Mortimer and Dorothy . JAPAN A RECORD IN COLOUR
London 1905 (1901) Adam & Charles Black. Hardcover. Octavo, 207pp., color illustrations, blue cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, cover a bit faded, lightly worn. (a72616)
$35.00 Isaka, Takashi (editor) . JAPAN
Tokyo 1927 Rotary Clubs of Japan. 4to. 146pp. plus about 30pp., of illustrated advertisements, monochrome photo illustrations, large color foldout map, stiff wraps with lovely color illustration on front. Owner signed. Near Fine in original plain Good DJ, light wear. Attractive book! (a72615)
$175.00 Batchelor, Dr. John . AINU LIFE AND LORE ECHOES OF A DEPARTING RACE
Johnson 1971. Reprint from original edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 448pp., monochrome illustrations, yellow cloth. Owner name stamp and number on end paper. VG plus, no DJ. (a72614)
$70.00 Wilkinson, Hugh . SUNNY LANDS AND SEAS A VOYAGE IN THE SS. 'CEYLON' NOTES MADE DURING A FIVE MONTHS' TOUR IN INDIA, THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MANILA, CHINA, JAPAN, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA
London 1883 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., frontis folding map, illustrations, attratcive blue cloth cover with gilt and black decoration and lettering. Good, new end papers, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$390.00 Weale, B. L. Putnam . THE RE-SHAPING OF THE FAR EAST 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1911 (1905) Macmillan. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. Octavos, 548pp., 535pp., photo illustrations, index, original maroon cloth. Small paper labels on lower spines and Athenaeum bookplates (a few other small institution markings). VG, light wear. 2 volumes. (a71124)
$99.00 Foght, Harold & Alice . UNFATHOMED JAPAN, A TRAVEL TALE IN THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS OF JAPAN AND FORMOSA
NY 1928 1st Macmillan. Hardcover. Octavo, 438pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a70802)
$35.00 Griffis, William E. . THE JAPANESE NATION IN EVOLUTION
NY 1907 1st Crowell. Hardcover. Octavo, 408pp., photo illustrations, red cloth. Top edge gilt. Owner signed (Charle Potter). Near Fine, slight fading of spine. (a70798)
$49.00 Hartshorne, Anna C. . JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Philadelphia 1902 1st John C Winston. Small octavos, 377pp., 374pp., many fine photogravures by Gilbo and Co., original maroon cloth with very bright gilt picture of three large flying cranes on both front. Signed by Julia Howe Allegheny, 1909. VG plus, light fraying of spine ends. Lovely set. (a70796)
$120.00 (japan) . PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARY OF THE VISIT OF GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA TO JAPAN AT THE INVITATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY SHIGERU YOSIHIDA MAY 10TH TO MAY 23RD 1961
1961. Some of Americans on the trip: Mrs. Charles Webster, Mrs. Erastus Cornig, Mrs. Herman Ruhm, Mrs. Lynn McNaughton, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Beebe, Dr. and Mrs. John Carmody, Mr. and Mrs. John Swartley, Mr and Mrs Gerlad Holbrook. Most all photos in album show members of the tour. Many dinners, sightseeing and meetings, are shown as well as about a dozen gardens including Korakuen, Chinzanso, Kyurinso Villa, Sankeren, Yoshida in Oiso, Nagoya Castle, Todaiji Temple, Nomura in Kyoto, Sentogosho Palace, Ryoanji Temple, Nijo Castle.Hardcover. Oblong 4to, many photo illustrations, hardcover covered with padded silk cloth. Decorative string ties and gilt lettering on front board VG plus, slight uneven fading and soiling on cover. (a70744)
$100.00 Japanese Government Railways . AN OFFICIAL GUIDE TOJAPAN A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS
Tokyo 1933 Japanese Government Railways. 12mo., 10 illustrations, 14 plans, 36 maps, gorgeous colorful end papers from prints by Hiroshige, red cloth. Fine. Almost impossible to find a copy in this beautiful condition. (a70733)
$250.00 Dautremer, Joseph . THE JAPANESE EMPIRE AND ITS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
London 1910 Fisher Unwin. Translated from French. Hardcover. Large octavo, 319pp., 20 illustrations, map, original brownn cloth with gilt lettering and gilt circular design with red dot on front. Top edge gilt. VG plus, small piece of opaque tape on title page, slight bit of foxing on initial and final pages. (a70701)
$95.00 (japan) . JAPAN THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
Tokyo 1941 revised and enlarged. Japanese Government Railways. Octavo, 898pp., 63 maps and plans, hardcover. Good, rear hinge beginning to crack. (a70695)
$50.00 Browne, G. Waldo and Kogoro Takahira . THE NEW AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST VOLUME III JAPAN
Boston 1907 Marshall Jones. 4to., pp.372-560, photo illustrations, olive green cloth hardcover. VG, some occasional light foxing. Volume III only. (a70222)
$35.00 Long, John Luther . MISS CHERRY-BLOSSOM OF TOKYO
Philadelphia 1905 Lippincott. Fiction. Octavo, 364pp., monochrome illustrations, pictorial cloth. VG, attractive book, light soiling. (a69621)
$25.00 Del Mar, Walter . AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH JAPAN
London 1904 2nd Adam and Charles Black. Java, Macao, Singapore, Japan, Hawaii.Octavo, 435pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. VG, light wear, light soiling. (a69046)
$44.00 Norman, Henry . THE PEOPLES AND POLITICS OF THE FAR EAST, TRAVELS AND STUDIES IN THE BRITISH, FRENCH, SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE COLONIES, SIBERIA, CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA, SIAM AND MALAYA
NY1895 1st Scribner's. Large octavo, 608pp., illustrations, 4 maps, original decocorated cloth hardcove. VG, spine browned and slightly frayed at head, some brown spots on cover (a68550)
$90.00 de Garis, Frederic . THEIR JAPAN, BEING BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF NOTEWORTHY PHASES OF JAPANESE LIFE ...
Yokohama 1936 Yoshikawa. Octavo, 204pp., phot illustrations, index, Japanese-style book, accordion fold in green silk covered wraps with mounted paper label on front board. VG. (a68131)
$24.00 Falconer, Dr. Bolivar Lang . FLYING AROUND THE WORLD
Boston 1937 1st Stratford. World tour from San Francisco to Hawaii to Guam, Philppines, Japan and China. Small octavo, 1904pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Falconer. VG, corners and spine ends a bit worn, no DJ. (a67418)
$44.00 Lyttelton, Edith . TRAVELLING DAYS
London 1933 1st Bles. Travel to Japan, China and India. Octavo, 240pp., hardcover. VG in Fair DJ, some large chips. (a67226)
$25.00 (japan) . POCKET GUIDE TO JAPAN 1929
Tokyo 1929 Japanes Government Railways. 12mo., 84pp., 7 coloured plates, 93 illustrations, 9 maps, original pictorial wraps. Owner signed on cover. Good, small chip from paper on spine. (a66530)
$24.00 Baxter, Katharine Schuyler . IN BAMBOO LANDS
NY 1895 1st Merriam. Octavo, 381pp., photo illustrations, glossary, large foldout map, hardcover. Good, corners worn, spine browned. (a66529)
$45.00 Hartshorne, Anna C. . JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE VOLUME II
Philadelphia 1902 1st Coates. Octavo, 374pp., illustrations, large color folding map in rear, orange pictorial clothhardcover. VG. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a66186)
$50.00 Lamont, Florence Corliss . FAR EASTERN DIARY 1920
New york 1951 1st Horizon. Small octavo, 95pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a66017)
$20.00 Penfield, Frederic Courtland . EAST OF SUEZ CEYLON, INDIA, CHINA, JAPAN
NY 1907 1st Century. 8vo., 349pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Faint residue of label at heel of spine, institution stamp on endpaper. Good, spine rubbed, minor wear. (a65831)
$25.00 (japan guide) . TERRY'S JAPANESE EMPIRE INCLUDING KOREA AND FORMOSA
Boston 1914 Houghton Mifflin. Small octavo, 799pp., 8 maps, 21 plans, original limp cloth hardcover. Good, old light light water stain on lower right corner of all pages. (a64869)
$135.00 Courdy, Jean-Claude . THE JAPANESE EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE EMPIRE OF THE RISING SUN
NY 1984 1st Harper. Octavo, 269pp., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a61847)
$17.00 Collins, Perry McDonough . A VOYAGE DOWN THE AMOOR: WITH A LAND JOURNEY THROUGH SIBERIA AND INCIDENTAL NOTICES OF MANCHOORIA, KAMSCHATKA AND JAPAN
New York 1860 1st Appleton. Small octavo, 390pp., 4 lithograph plates with tissue, original pressed brown cloth hardcover. Institution bookplate. Discard stamp and owner signature on title page. Small date stamp at end. Good, light fraying on corners and spine ends. (a61752)
$175.00 (japan) . THE TREATMENT OF THE WEST IN TEXTBOOKS OF JAPAN - A HISTORICAL SURVEY
1958 Japanese National Commission for Unesco. Sm.4to., 58pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Good. Scarce. (a61495)
$145.00 Bird, Isabella L. (I. Bird Bishop) . UNBEATEN TRACKS IN JAPAN AN ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK IN THE INTERIOR INCLUDING VISITS TO THE ABORIGINES OF YEZO AND THE SHRINES OF HIKKO AND ISE 2 VOLUMES
NY 1881 1st Putnam. 2 volumes. Octavo, 407pp., 392pp., illustrations, foldout map, index, maroon cloth with gilt pictorial front, gilt spine lettering. Bookplate and Owner signature of Herbert Knight. Good, covers and spine ends worn. Excellent reading-recommended! 2 volumes. (a61041)
$175.00 Murray, George T.; Gardiner, Robert S.; Baxter, Katharine Schuyler . THE LAND OF THE TATAMI; JAPAN AS WE SAW IT; IN BEAUTIFUL JAPAN A STORY OF BAMBOO LANDS (3 VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE)
1906, 1892, 1895. 3 titles bound in one volume. Octavo hardcover. Top edge giilt. 124pp., photo illustrations; 135pp., photo illustrations, foldout map; 381pp., photo illustrations. Original wraps bound in for the Murray and Baxter titles. Bound in one hardcover volume with two mounted leather spine labels. VG, spine labels worn, some foxing. Great collectible for Japan enthusiasts. (a60848)
$125.00 Straelen, H v. . THE JAPANESE WOMAN LOOKING FORWARD
Tokyo 1941 5th. Kyo Bun Kwan. Octavo, 191pp., photo illustrations, cloth covered hardcover. Good, cloth worn off the spine, two pages browned from newspaper insert, no DJ. (a60823)
$20.00 Sakai, Atsuharu . JAPAN IN A NUTSHELL RELIGION CULTURE POPULAR PRACTICES VOLUME 1
Yokohama 1949 1st Yamagata Printing. 8vo., 258pp., illustrations, delicately printed cloth (gilt, blue, pinck and brown designs) over wraps with silk string binding. Japanese style book with accordian-fold pages. Mounted paper label on front board. VG plus. (a60820)
$20.00 Hearn, Lafcadio . LOTOS - BLICKE IN DAS UNBEKANNTE JAPAN
Frankfurt a Main 1906 Literarische Anstalt Rutten & Loening. Translated to German by Berta Franzos. Limited edition. 8vo., 304pp., full vellum with fine glit and black decorated panel on front board and spine. Nice bookplate of Hannah Pollak. VG, light cover wear. (a60643)
$75.00 Exner, A H . JAPAN AS I SAW IT
New York n.d. (c. 1900?) Stokes. Lg.8vo., 259pp., photo illustrations and drawings (many mounted on black stock pages), original dark green cloth with gilt trim and lettering. VG. (a60473)
$75.00 Nara, Tsutae . A JOURNEY OF OF A THOUSAND MILES - ENCOUNTER OF A JAPANESE CHRISTIAN AND AN AMERICAN MISSINARY IN CHINA DURING THE WAR
Tokyo 1979 YMCA Press. Translated from Japanese by Keiko Adachi Sellner. 12mo., 126pp., photo frontis, original hardcover. Signed presentation copy from Nara. Near Fine, no DJ. (a60447)
$60.00 Field, Henry M . FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN; FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN (2 VOLUMES)
NY 1877 1st Scribner, Armstrong. 2 volumes. Sm.8vo., 355pp., 424pp., original green cloth hardcovers. One volume owner signed with tiny village library stamp on end paper (no other library markings.) Good, covers a bit worn, leaves evenly browned with some light occasional soiling. 2 volumes. (a58850)
$70.00 (japan) . POCKET GUIDE TO JAPAN 1939 WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JAPANESE CUSTOM, HISTORY, INDUSTRY, EDUCATION, ART, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AMUSEMENTS, ETC.
Tokyo 1939. Small octavo, 182pp., large color foldout map, index, colorful pictorial wraps. VG. (a58606)
$35.00 Hearn, Lafcadio . GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN 2 VOLUMES
Boston 1894 Houghton. 2 volume. Sm.8vo., 699pp., illustrations, index, original green cloth hardcovers with silver bamboo decorative pattern on front and spine.boards and backstrips. VG. 2 volume set. (a58601)
$150.00