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Japan List
Last updated May 13, 2008
1. THE NEW ANCHOR ENGLISH-JAPANESE DICTIONARY. Anchor:
1993. Flexible covers. VG in worn slipcase. $10.00
2. Asia Magazine. ASIA
magazine. Volume 27, Part I. Six monthly issues. January 1927 to June 1927. Concord,
New Hampshire, Asia Magazine: 1927. Slight shelf wear, else near VG. Slight
soiling to covers. Large tan buckram binding. Interesting content. Scarce
periodical. Many photographs. With articles on many countries and peoples. $60.00
3. Asia Magazine. ASIA
magazine. Volume 27, Part II. Six monthly issues. Concord,
New Hampshire, Asia Magazine: 1927. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped, else G+. Some
soiling to binding. Large tan buckram binding. Interesting content. Scarce
periodical. Many photographs. With articles on many countries and peoples. $60.00
4. Brown, Louise Norton. BLOCK
PRINTING AND BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN. London,
George Routledge and sons: 1924. Rebacked. new spine & original boards.
Tight & complete. With 43 plates, 18 of them in full color. A large and
beautiful reference book. $200.00
5. 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. $14.00
6. Chavalas, Mark W. -editor. THE
ANCIENT WORLD: PREHISTORY-476 C.E. Volume II (2)--312 B.C.E.-476 C.E.--Indexes. Pasadena,
California, Salem Press: 2004. Near new condition. There is an ink stamp that
says "library surplus material" on the front endpage, but no other
library marks. Excellent historical reference book. $35.00
7. Fairservis, Walter A. COSTUMES
OF THE EAST. Riverside, Connecticut, Chatham:
1971. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped, else G+. $9.50
8. Harman, Phillip. HELLIONS
OF HIROHITO. Foreword by General Russell Hearn. Los
Angeles, DeVorss & Co.: 1944. . Signed by the author. Some wear and rubbing
to spine and corners. Dust jacket has chipping and wear to edges, else Good+.
Scarce in jacket. $10.00
9. Hitchcock, Alfred M. OVER
JAPAN WAY. New York, Henry Holt: 1917. 274 pages.
Slight shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. $12.50
10. 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
11. 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. $18.00
12. 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
13. Novikoff-Priboy, A.. (translated by
Eden & Cedar Paul) . TSUSHIMA. New
York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1944. Slight Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn dust
jacket. Third printing. Jacket has a chip, ca. 2 inches, missing from the top
of the front panel. $25.00
14. 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
15. Palmer, Spencer J. STUDIES
IN ASIAN GENEALOGY. Papers Delivered at the World Conference of Records. Provo,
Utah, Brigham Young University: 1972. Shelf wear, else in d.j. with slight
chipping to edges. $4.25