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Told Round a Brushwood Fire: The Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki


Hakuseki , Arai

Hardcover. Tokyo, Japan, University of Tokyo Press, 1st Eng. Trans., 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 347 pages. Translated and with an introduction by Joyce Ackroyd. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 809779


Price: $40.00 

 

Tradition and Modernization in Japanese Culture


Shively (Editor), Donald H.

Hardcover. Princeton, Princeton University, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 689 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608137


Price: $25.00 

 

Travels in the Land of the Gods (1898-1907) - The Japan Diaries of Richard Gordon Smith


Manthorpe, Victoria (Ed.)

New York , Prentice Hall, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages, Color illustrations.

Record # 305324


Price: $25.00 

 

Treasures of Asia: Japanese Painting


Akiyama, Terukazu

Hardcover. Geneva, SKIRA, Reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 217 pages. Tipped-in, color plates throughout. Chipping to dust jacket covers. Some tanning/staining to rear cover and flaps. Light scratches on rear cover. Minor tape repairs to back of covers. Dust jacket now protected by clear plastic. Light foxing to all edges. Good, unmarked copy.

Record # 856413


Price: $44.00 

 

Ukiyo-E: 250 Years of Japanese Art


Yoshida, Susugu

Hardcover. New York, Gallery Books, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 390 pages, illustrated throughout in color. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS on half title page. Large, very heavy book. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 460396


Price: $100.00 

Wang Kuo-wei: An Intellectual BiographyBonner, Joey
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Wang Kuo-wei: An Intellectual Biography


Bonner, Joey

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 314 pages. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. Light edgewear to dust jacket with minor tear to lower edge of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 453671


Price: $20.00 

war to be won, A: fighting the Second World WarMurray, Williamson
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war to be won, A: fighting the Second World War


Murray, Williamson

Hardcover. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 656 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469035


Price: $19.00 

 

Western World and Japan, The


Sansom, G. B.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, Reprint, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 504 pages. Previous owners name at top right corner of front endpaper. Dust jacket shows wear with small tears and rubbing along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608127


Price: $12.00 

 

With Only the Will to Live - Accounts of Americans in Japanese Prison Camps 1941-1945


LaFurte, Robert S. and Ronald E. Marcello and Richard L. Himmel

Hardcover. Wilmington Del., SR Books, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 54707


Price: $20.00 

 

World Within Walls - Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era 1600-1867


Keene, Donald

Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 606 pages. Previous owners name at top of front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608046


Price: $20.00 

 

You Can't Fight Tanks With Bayonets: Psychological Warfare Against the Japanese Army in the Southwest Pacific


Gilmore, Allison B.

Hardcover. US, University Of Nebraska, 1st, 1998-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 226 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 461216


Price: $13.00 

A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island by: Cressman, Robert J.
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A Magnificent Fight: The Battle for Wake Island by: Cressman, Robert J.

Hardcover. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2nd, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket, blue cloth covers, and interior pages are all clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book recounts the story of how the Wake Island garrison survived nearly daily bombings and repulsed the first Japanese attempt to take the atoll against overwhelming odds at the outbreak of World War II in the pacific theater. Clean copy. Record # 34061
Price: $12.00 

Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History by: Hunter, Janet E.
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Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History by: Hunter, Janet E.

Softcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Clean, tight copy. Record # 453741
Price: $12.00 

Japanese Sports: A History by: Guttmann, Allen
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Japanese Sports: A History by: Guttmann, Allen

Softcover. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, The, 1st, August 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 307 pages, several pages of b&w illustrations and photographs. Minor wear to wrappers. Else very good. Record # 454734
Price: $12.00 

Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan by: Vlastos, Stephen
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Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan by: Vlastos, Stephen

Softcover. University of California Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 184 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 454161
Price: $12.00 

Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 by: Hastings, Max
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 by: Hastings, Max

Hardcover. US, Knopf, 4th printing, 2008-03-18, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 615 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 463923
Price: $12.00 

The Japanese and The Jews by: Ben-Dasan, Isaiah Transl. Gage, Richard L.
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The Japanese and The Jews by: Ben-Dasan, Isaiah Transl. Gage, Richard L.

Hardcover. NY, Weatherhill, 1st thus, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 193 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some edge wear and rubbing, but is still in good condition overall. Gray paper cover boards with a black cloth spine are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book compares and contrasts the Japanese and the Jews with keen critical insight tempered by affection. While drawing freely from personal experiences, literature and popular sources, he also turns to such traditional materials as medieval Japanese social and legal documents, the Talmud, and the Torah in his search for the forces that have shaped the Japanese and the Jew as we know them today. Some of the previous owner's notes and musings are present in black pen on the rear end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34507
Price: $12.00 

Treasures of Asia: Japanese Painting by: Terukazu, Akiyama
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Treasures of Asia: Japanese Painting by: Terukazu, Akiyama

Hardcover. Geneva / NY, SKIRA / Crown Publishers, Inc., Reprint, 1972, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 217 pages, hardcover. Covers have some minor soiling. Interior pages are clean and bright. Previous owner's label pasted on front end page. Tipped-in, gorgeous full color plates throughout. This book explores the history and development of Japanese painting, covering a broad timeline. This is an oversize book, available for DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean copy. Record # 33874
Price: $25.00 


  
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