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Japan - Women:

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 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 Bauernfeind, Susan M. . WAYSIDE SOWING AN ILLUSTRATED STORY OF THE WORK IN MUKOJIMA, TOKYO
no place, no date given (c.1900) Published by the Woman's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Movement. Author's church innJapan was built by home congregation from Erie, Pennsylvania. Sm.8vo., 121pp., numerous mounted photo illustrations (half-tones), pictorial boards. Small book advertisement laid in. VG in new glassine DJ. (a41946)
$75.00 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 de Becker, J. E. . THE NIGHTLESS CITY
Yokohama, London 5th edition, revised, Max Nossler, Probsthain. Hardcover. Famous book on prostitution in Japan. 4to., 386pp., large folding map, large folding plate, monochrome and color illustrations, bright red and pink pictorial of geisha with gilt lettering. Owner bookplate. VG, nice bright clean and tight copy. with just small inchlong tear along outer right edge of spine. no dj. In later removable glassine protective jacket. (a50085)
$150.00 Kawai, Michi . MY LANTERN
Tokyo 1939. Kawai was the founder of Keisen Jogaku-En (Keisen's Girl School) and had been General Secretary of the Y.W.C.A. of Japan. 8vo., 230pp., photo illustrations, stringbound wraps with mounted title label on front. VG, light wear. (a57142)
$24.00 Ozaki, S. . PORTRAIT
1939 (from translated date in pencil). Hardcover. Sm.4to., 45pp. (introduction in Japanese) plus 64 fine photo plates of Japanese women with description in Japanese, original printed green cloth with silver lettering on front and on spine. VG, a bit worn at heel of spine and corners, no DJ. Scarce. (a57824)
$270.00 Kikuya, Miss . I, A GEISHA
1969 Tokyo News Service. Octavo, 50pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ (clear glassine fitted jacket). (a64965)
$39.00 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 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 Hasegawa, Atsuko and Nancy S Shiraki . HOSHA A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF JODO SHINSHU WOMEN IN HAWAII
1989 1st Hawaii Federation of Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Women's Association. ISBN 0-9622125-0-4. Hardcover. Oblong 4to., 208pp., color and monochrome photo illustrations, dark blue boards. Lengthy membership list. Errata slip tipped inside front board (a spot of glue has taken a tiny bit of top paper surface from facing page.) Good plus, edges rubbed, in VG DJ, light rubbing, one inch closed tear on rear panel. (a82319)
$75.00 Nosaka, Akiko . THE M-SHAPED DILEMMA: LIFE STRATEGIES AND FERTILITY TRENDS AMONG WORKING WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
2009. Single article on pp. 21-38 in one complete issue of Ethnology, Volume XLVIII No. 1 Winter 2009. Several additional articles in issue as well. Large octavo, 84p., original printed wraps. Small bit of light ink scribble on front cover. VG. No ownership marks. (a87938b)
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