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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. Hardcover. Octavo, 361pp., cloth. Good plus, cover cloth rubbed, rear inner hinge reinforced, binding secure, text clean. no owner marks. no dj. (a10422)
$26.00Richardson, 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. hinges not broken; almost no wear at all. (a10929)
$26.00(japan). JAPAN THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
Tokyo 1959 Japan Travel Bureau. Hardcover. 12mo., 1015pp., foldout maps, original red cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a11007)
$22.00 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 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 japan . STUDENT LIFE IN KEITO UNIVERSITY
Tokyo c. 1958. Sm.8vo., 60pp., photos, wraps. Good, some soiling and wear to covers. (a21035)
$25.00Levy, 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 , light wear. Scarce. (a27661)
$39.00 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 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)
$36.00Yonezo, 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 Plus, spine worn, end papers lightly foxed; internally VG. Binding secure. Impressive large heavy book. (a31631)
$380.00 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)
$30.00Fraser, Mrs. Hugh. LETTERS FROM JAPAN A RECORD OF MODERN LIFE IN THE ISLAND EMPIRE ( 2 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)
New York 1899 first edition. Macmillan. 2 matching hardcover volumes. Bright red cloth with gilt pictures on front board of crane, etc. Large octavos, 394pp., illustrations, 387pp., illustrations, pictorial cloth. Top edges gilt. Owner signed on front free blank of each volume. Good plus, some light stains on covers, bumping to corners, hinges not cracked in or out in either volume; no djs. 2 volumes (a38528)
$79.00 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)
$34.00 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 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 (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 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 Seitz, Don C. . SURFACE JAPAN SHORT NOTES OF A SWIFT SURVEY
NY 1911 1st Harper. Hardcover. 4to., 158pp., illustrated with many nice fullpage mounted color photogravures, cloth. Owner signed and dated. Good plus, some wear on board edges and corners, slight bumping of lower corner of leaves. (a46556)
$22.00Hearn, 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)
$39.00Kirtland, Lucian Swift. SAMURAI TRAILS A CHRONICLE OF WANDERINGS ON THE JAPANESE HIGH ROAD
NY 1918 1st edition. Doran. octavo., 300pp., monochrome photo illustrations, cloth. VG, light soiling and uneven fading of cloth. no dj. (a49914)
$25.00 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 Spry, W. J. J. R.N. . THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CHALLENGER' VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1876 first edition Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. Hardcover Octavo, 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, green cloth with fine gilt ship pictured on front and gilt lettering with publisher's logo on spine. VG plus, some slight spotting on fore-edges, slight wear on lower spine end and corners. No ownership marks. All hinges secure and unbroken. The Very hard-to-find first edition. Lovely copy. (a51920)
$340.00 Scarangello, anthony . A FULBRIGHT TEACHER IN JAPAN
Japan 1957 1st Hokuseido. Hardcover. Octavo, 148pp., printed cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a54448)
$27.00 Loonen, Ch. . LE JAPON MODERNE
Paris 1894 1st Plon. In French. Octavo, 326pp., 35 gravures 'd'apres des photographies japonaises, original printed wraps bound in new wraps. Good, original wraps are chipped and worn. This original printing is quite scarce. (a54704)
$50.00 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 Baxter, Katharine Schuyler . IN BEAUTIFUL JAPAN A STORY OF BAMBOO LANDS
NY 1904 Hobart. 8vo., 381pp., photo illustrations, glossary, original illustrated hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracking, light wear. (a57825)
$29.00Allen, William C.. A QUAKER DIARY IN THE ORIENT
San Jose 1915 1st Wright-Eley Company. Hardcover octavo., 101pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Good plus, lght soiling on cover. no dj. Binding secure and text clean. Remnants of a bookplate. (a58109)
$25.00 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)
$55.00Otis, Clara Paine. LETTERS FROM ACROSS THE SEA TO YOU
Tokyo 1957 1st Konishi. 8vo., 212pp., wraps in original publisher's box. VG, top corner very slightly bumped, in Fair Box, worn. (a58435)
$50.00 (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)
$35.00Nara, Tsutae. A JOURNEY OF OF A THOUSAND MILES - ENCOUNTER OF A JAPANESE CHRISTIAN AND AN AMERICAN MISSINARY IN CHINA DURING THE WAR (signed by Nara)
Tokyo 1979 YMCA Press. Translated from Japanese by Keiko Adachi Sellner. 12mo., 126pp., photo frontis, original hardcover. ***Signed presentation copy from Nara. Fine. like new. no dj. (a60447)
$25.00 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)
$75.00Hearn, 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)
$39.00 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 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)
Shanghai 1906 first edition. North -China Herald; Boston 1892 first edition Rand Avery; London and NY 1895 first edition . Tennyson Neely. 3 titles bound in one hardcover volume. Octavo . Top edge gilt. 124pp., photo illustrations; 135pp., photo illustrations, large color 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)
$150.00 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)
$175.00Courdy, Jean-Claude. THE JAPANESE EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE EMPIRE OF THE RISING SUN
NY 1984 1st Harper. Hardcover. Octavo, 269pp., cloth. Fine in VG plus DJ (tiny bit of wear on top rear corner of dj.) (a61847)
$24.00 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 Hartshorne, Anna C. . JAPAN AND HER PEOPLE VOLUME II
Philadelphia 1902 1st Coates. Octavo, 374pp., illustrations, large color folding map in rear, orange pictorial cloth hardcover. VG. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a66186)
$40.00 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 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)
$24.00Del 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)
$24.00 Long, John Luther . MISS CHERRY-BLOSSOM OF TOKYO
Philadelphia 1905 Lippincott. Fiction. Octavo, 364pp., monochrome illustrations, pictorial cloth. VG, attractive book, light soiling. (a69621)
$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 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) . 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 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 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 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. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$290.00 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 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 Dickson, Walter . JAPAN
NY 1901 Collier. 8vo., 834pp., with 2 supplementary chapters of recent events by Mayo Hazeltine, red cloth. Good, no DJ. (a8369)
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