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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 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 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)
$79.00Hearn, 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)
$39.00 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)
$145.00Field, Henry M.. FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN; FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN (2 VOLUMES)
NY 1877 1st edition. Scribner, Armstrong. Hardcovers. 2 volumes. octavos, 355pp., 424pp., original green cloth. Good, inner hinges cracking, light wear to spine ends, light barely-visible water staining on endpapers and around all pages in Volume 2. Bindings secure. No owner marks. Top edge gilt. (a57475)
$33.00 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)
$29.00 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 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)
$55.00Hearn, Lafcadio. GLIMPSES OF UNFAMILIAR JAPAN ( 2 volume set)
Boston 1894 Houghton. 2 volumes. 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)
$79.00 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 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 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)
$24.00 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 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 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)
$35.00Batchelor, 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, no DJ. (a72614)
$25.00 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 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 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 Chamberlain, Basil Hall . THINGS JAPANESE BEING NOTES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH JAPAN
London 1905 5th edition revised Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 552pp., large folding map in rear, index, green cloth. Good, inner hinges cracked, map creased. (a82807)
$40.00 Howard, B. Douglas . LIFE WITH TRANS-SIBERIAN SAVAGES
London 1893 first edition Longmans Green. A visit with the Ainu people of northern Japan. Hardcover. 12mo., 209pp., 3/4 leather with red marbled boards. Owner signed (F. Porter June 1903). VG, light cover wear, a few pages have light soiling, one page corner creased, head of spine worn down 1/4th inch, light bit of wear along outer hinges. Scarce. Important and essential in any serious Japan Collection. Very Good condition. (a8311)
$1100.00 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 Browne, G. Waldo and Nathan Haskell Dole; Joseph Wheeler . THE NEW AMERICA AND THE FAR EAST VOLUME II THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN
Boston 1910 Marshall Jones. Hardcover. 4to.,xv. pp.193-371, many photo illustrations, 2 color maps, olive green cloth. VG. (a84618)
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