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Japan List
Last updated January 11, 2012
1. Brooks, Charles Wolcott. JAPANESE
WRECKS: STRANDED AND PICKED UP ADRIFT IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN.. Fairfield,
Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1964. 23 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear.
Limited to 400 copies. $29.50
2. Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE MISSION, 1917: A
RECORD OF THE RECEPTION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF THE SPECIAL MISSION
HEADED BY VISCOUNT ISHII. . Washington, D.C.:
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1918. 125 pages. Some shelf wear to
binding. Covers slightly warped. $10.00
3. Carson, Andrew D.. MY
TIME IN HELL: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER IMPRISONED BY THE JAPANESE IN WORLD
WAR II.. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland
& Company, 1997. 254 pages. Glossy softcovers. Slight wear. $38.00
4. Champney, Elizabeth W. ROMANCE
OF OLD JAPAN.. New York & London: G.P.
Putnam's Sons, 1917. 1st Edition. 444 pages. Beautiful red cloth pattern-stamped
binding with gold oval and titles in gold on the front cover and spine there is
slight shelf wear and light rubbing to the corners to this copy. The binding is
clean and tight. $20.00
5. Collins, Perry McDounough. A
VOYAGE DOWN THE AMOOR WITH A LAND JOURNEY THROUGH SIBERIA: AND INCIDENTAL
NOTICES OF MANCHOORIA, KAMSCHATKA, AND JAPAN.. New
York: D. Appleton & Company, 1860. 390 pages. Pebbled green cloth shows
slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. A few small minor and
discolored spots to the binding. Overall near very good condition. Illustrated
with nice full-page engravings. $65.00
6. Johnson, Larry. JAPANESE
BAYONETS: THE DEFINITIVE WORK ON JAPANESE BAYONETS 1870 TO THE PRESENT.. Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma: Cedar Ridge Publications, 1988. 152 pages. Signed by the author
on the front blank endpage. Slight shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust
jacket has slight edge-wear. $285.00
7. Mihori, Fukumensi. JAPANESE
GAME OF "GO".. [n.p.]: Japanese Board of
Tourist Industry, 1939. 76 pages. Flexible stiff paper covers. Ex-library copy,
with library marks and card pocket inside back cover. Shelf wear to the spine
and the edges. Text block starting to crack in the middle, but still holding
together. $15.00
8. Nippon Yusen Kaisha. GOLDEN
JUBILEE HISTORY OF NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA, 1885-1935.. Tokyo:
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 1935. 175 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners.
Spine is slightly faded. Overall a beautiful copy of this scarce history this
Japan shipping company. $75.00
9. Palmer, Spencer J. ASIAN
PERSPECTIVES: KOREA, JAPAN, CHINA, PAKISTAN.. Provo,
Utah: Brigham Young University, 1975. 39 pages. Signed by the author. Paperbound
covers. Some shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $15.00
10. Smithsonian Institute. ANNUAL
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SHOWING THE
OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION TO JULY, 1894.. Washington,
D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1896. 770 pages. Ex-library, with labels on
spine and a small label on the top of the front cover and labels inside the
front cover. Shelf wear to the spine and corners. Binding is tight. With
articles on Antarctica, bronze casting in Japan, high-speed photography,
science, electricity, meteorology, oceanography, and many other topics. $10.00