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Last updated January 18, 2010


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. $50.00

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. $18.95

3. Gardiner, C. Harvey. THE JAPANESE AND PERU, 1873-1973. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press: 1975. 202 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges. $7.50

4. Gould, George M. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn. Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs & Co.: 1908. 416 pages. Signed by the author. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners bumped and rubbed. Some soiled spots to the covers. Front hinge cracked, but holding. $25.00

5. Kennedy, Alan. JAPANESE COSTUME HISTORY AND TRADITION London, Greenwich Editions: 1994. 153 pages. Slight shelf wear to the book and dust jacket. An oversized book with many illustrations and photographs. $45.00

6. Loti, Pierre. JAPAN (MADAME CHRYSANTHEME). Translated from the French by Laura Ensor. New York, Frederick A. Stokes: [n.d.,ca.1920s]. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips to edges. Dust jacket is browned. $20.00

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. $17.50

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. $135.00

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. Yokohama Museum of Art. CATALOGUE OF COLLECTIONS, YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF ART. Volumes I & 2. Two-volume set complete. Yokohama, Japan, Yokoham Museum of Art: 1989. Two volume set. Large glossy softcover bindings. Slight wear to bindings. Ex-library labels on the spines, but overal light library wear to both volumes. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs of artwork and art objects in the Yokohama Museum of Art. A beautiful and important Japanese art reference book. $55.00

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