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1) Japanese Leaders Hope for Stabilized World

Tokyo (1974): Jiji Gaho Sha. VG, Edgewear, mild soiling. "Policy Addresses by the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister and State Minister to the Seventy-Second Session of the Diet : January 21, 1974". 40 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Edition Not Stated. Stapled Covers. more information

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2) The Woman in the Dunes
Abe, Kobo

London: Sphere, 1972. VG, Edgewear, creases, ink name, foxing, browning. "The classic Japanese novel of a man trapped between fear and desire". Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Sphere Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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3) Hell Screen ("Jigoku Hen") and Other Stories
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke (Transl W H H Norman)

Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1948. Short stories, translated from the Japanese. Printed in Occupied Japan. 177 pages, with two fold-out colour illustrations with protective tissue paper and a black & white illustration on page 177. BOOK: Binding is sound; illustrated boards are clean; shelfwear; softening to spine ends; some abrasion to spine heel; all corners lightly inflected; 'Sample Copy' stamp on FFEP; ink signature & date on half-title page; distributor stamp on title-page; mild scattered foxing across the edges of the text-block. JACKET: Edgewear; tattering to spine ends, with 1cm x 1cm chip at spine heel; 'V' chipping to hinge corners; several tears, ranging from 4mm to 2.5cm; some abrasion to hinges. Scan on request.. 1st English Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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4) The Cutmouth Lady
Ashby, Romy

New York (1995): Semiotext(e). VG+, Mild wear, label removal abrasion on rear cover/NO DUST JACKET. Short stories, set in Japan. In the Semiotext(e) Native Agents Series. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Edition Not Stated. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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5) Kenjiro : a Novel of Nineteenth-Century Japan
Barr, Pat

London: Secker & Warburg, 1985. VG+/VG++. 1st Edition. Jacket by Sharon Pinsker. BOOK: Beginnings of spine crease, shelfwear, one tapestain each to endpapers, stain & 2 perforations on front board spine hinge, uniform page browning. JACKET: Edgewear, flaking, slight grubbiness. Scan on request.. more information

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6) City of Torture
Bent, James

Sydney: Horwitz, 1963. Pulp fiction set in Japanese-occupied Singapore. Book # PB146. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Mass Market Paperback. G, Abrasion, Creases, Browning/NO DUST JACKET. more information

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7) The Forbidden Forest
Berrigan, Darrell

VG, Shelfwear, dealer label, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Picture story book, half of the book has photographs with English text, and the latter half has Japanese text. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Edition Not Stated. Illustrated Boards. Illus. by Dominis, John. more information

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8) A Bridge for Passing
Buck, Pearl S

London: Methuen, 1963. VG, Shelfwear, bump, ink gift inscrption, mild spine lean/G, Price-clipped, edgewear, chips, tears, staining. Continuation of her autobiography. Expanded condition report/scan on request. . 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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9) The Japanese Enemy - His Power and His Vulnerability
Byas, Hugh

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942. VG+, Bumps, scattered foxing/Fair, Tape Repair stains. 1st UK Edition. WW2 American propaganda. Silverfish have made a meal of the rear flap hinge & edges. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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10) Never So Few
Chamales, Tom T

London: Wingate, 1958. American - Japanese war drama. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Offset, Browning/VG++, Edgewear, Tear, Browning. more information

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11) Ma-Rai-ee (Maraiee)
Chin Kee Onn

London: Harrap, 1952. VG++/VG++. 1st Edition. Novel of Malaya under Japanese occupation. Attractive jacket design not accredited. BOOK: Slight spine heel crush, 2 microscopic corner bumps, dealer stamp on FFEP, offset and scattered foxing. JACKET: Shallow chipping and one closed tear on spine head, "V" wear on hinge corners, scattered interior foxing (some showthrough on rear panel). Scan on request.. more information

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12) Nuclear Ambitions of Japan
Chopra, V D

New Delhi (1995): Gyan Publishing House & International Institute for Asia-Pacific Studies. VG++, Shelfwear, Bumps/VG++, Edgewear, Crumpling. 1st Edition. 'A History of the evolution of Japan's nuclear capability'. Scan on request.. more information

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13) Bachelor's Japan
De Mente, Boye Lafayette

Tokyo: Yenbooks, 1992. VG++, Mild Wear. "A tour of the 'mizu shobai', ... the sex and liquor industry ...of Japan's exotic water trade". Cover design by Jude Brand. 159 pages, including the glossary. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Reprint. Soft Cover. more information

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14) Playing Foxes
Dixon, Helen

London: Collins, 1988. VG++, Shelfwear, mild EPS & edge foxing/VG+, Edgewear, indentations, scattered interior foxing. Cross-cultural suspense drama. Jacket illustration by Neil Breedon. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. more information

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15) Amok
Fox, George

London: Secker & Warburg, 1978. VG++, Ink Name, Bumping/VG++, Sl Edgewear. 1st UK Edition. Strange murder mystery set in the Phillipines. Author's second novel. A full condition report for this book is available on request.. more information

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16) The Run from the Mountain
Groninger, William

London: Andre Deutsch, 1960. VG++, Bumping/VG, Edgewear, 1 Tear. 1st UK Edition. Drama of young adult's adaptation to life in the army. jacket by Bernard Blatch. A full condition report for this book is available on request.. more information

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17) Children of Hachiman
Guest, Lynn

London: Bodley Head, 1980. Historical drama, set in medieval Japan. 'Winner of the 1980 Historical Novel Prize in Memory of Georgette Heyer'. Jacket by Leslie Harcourt. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Sp Crease, Pencil Ghost/VG++, Edgewear,Mild Spine Fade. more information

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18) Yukiko
Harris, MacDonald

London: Gollancz, 1978. War Drama. Jacket by Robin Hardy. Expanded condition report/scan on request. . 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Sp Fade, Edge-fox/VG++, Wear, Sp Fade, Sl Foxing. more information

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19) Mother and Son : A Japanese Correspondence
Hatano, Isoko & Ichiro (Transl Margaret Shenfield)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. Jacket design by Selma NanKivell. Jacket has been trimmed. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. VG++, Wear, Sp Cock, Foxing/VG, PC, Chips, Tears, Stains. more information

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20) Collisions in the New Edo
Henderson, Tony

Hong Kong: Omega Press, 1994. VG, wear, fading, indentations, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Modern adventure, set in Japan. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Cover by John Shramenko. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Inscribed By Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. more information

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21) The Grave of the Twin Hills
Hosford, Bowen

London: Heinemann, 1961. Drama, set in Japan. Jacket by Fratini. Expanded condition report/scan on request. . 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Abrasion, Foxing/VG+, PC, Wear, Tears, Soiling. more information

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22) The Custom House
King, Francis

London: Longmans, 1961. VG++, Spine Head Bump/VG++, Edgewear, Browning. 1st Edition. Murder drama set in Japan. Jacket by Donald Green. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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23) The Waves Behind the Boat
King, Francis

London: Longmans, 1967. Near Fine/VG++. 1st Edition. Dramatic murder mystery, set in Japan. Jacket by Barbosa. Book has slight crush on the spine heel and two microscopic corner bumps. Jacket has mild edgewear, a small abras ion near the top of the spine panel, and a water stain at top of the rear panel. Scan available on request.. more information

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24) Song of the Undersea
Kirkbride, Ronald

London: Pan, 1966. VG, Edgewear, creases, spine lean, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Adventure, set in Japan. Pan X546. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Pan Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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25) These Horned Islands : A Journal of Japan
Kirkup, James

London: Collins, 1962. Journal of life in Japan. Jacket by Stephen Russ. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Bumps, Foxing/VG, Chips, Large Tears, Foxing. more information

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26) Day of Trinity
Lamont, Lansing

London: Hutchinson, 1966. VG++, Spine Bumps/VG+, Edgewear, 2 Tears. 1st UK Edition. Factual account of the people involved, and the research leading up to the dropping of the first atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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27) The Flowery Sword
Mannin, Ethel

London: Hutchinson, 1960. Near Fine/VG++. 1st Edition. Author's account of her travels through post-war Japan. Jacket by Jane Paton. BOOK:- Softening of the spine head and heel ridges, rear top edge has a small bump. Gift insc ription on the FFEP. No other markings. DUST JACKET:- Intact, but price-clipped. Edge-crumpling, two small tears. A scan of the jacket is available on request.. more information

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28) Stopover Tokyo
Marquand, John P

London: Collins, 1957. VG++/VG++. 1st UK Edition. Adventure thriller featuring Mr. Moto of Japan. BOOK: Spine head/heel crush, 2 corners bumped. JACKET: Price-clipped, edgewear, chips ,tears. Scan on request.. more information

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29) Little Yellow Gentlemen
May, Henry John

London: Cassell, 1937. VG+, Ink Names, Stamp, Wear/VG, Chips, Wear, Spine Brown. 1st Edition. "The Japanese-Chinese problem". With 4 half-tone illustrations and 3 maps. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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30) A Tarnished Phoenix
Melville, James

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990. Thriller, set in Japan in 1947. Jacket by Angus McKie. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Shelfwear, Browning/Near Fine, Edgewear, Rubbing. more information

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31) The Wise Bamboo
Morris, J Malcolm

London: Michael Joseph, 1954. Autobiography. Jacket by Freda Nichols. Expanded condition report/scan on request. . 1st Edition. VG++, Wear, Bump, Browning/VG++, PC, Wear, Chips, Foxing. more information

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32) I Was a Kamikaze
Nagatsuka, R (Transl Nina Rootes)

London: New English Library (NEL), 1974. G, Edgewear, spine tear, creases, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "The incredible story of a Japanese suicide pilot". With an introduction by Pierre Clostermann. Cover illustration by Brian Knight. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First NEL Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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33) The Sun on Fire
Nicole, Christopher

London: Severn House, 1987. Japanese war drama, sequel to 'The Sun and the Dragon'. Jacket by Trevor Newman. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Hardcover Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, 8 Dog-Eared Pages/VG+, Wear, 4cm Tear, Crumpling. more information

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34) Fires on the Plain
Ooka, Shohei (Transl Ivan Morris)

London: Corgi, 1975. G, Edgewear, creases, spine fade, ink initials, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Psychological war drama, set in the Philippines among the remnants of the shattered Japanese army. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. First Corgi Edition. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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35) Fires on the Plain
Ooka, Shohei (Transl Ivan Morris)

London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. Psychological war drama, set in the Philippines among the remnants of the shattered Japanese army. Jacket by John Robinson. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Name Stamp, Foxing/VG+, Wear, Tears, Browning. more information

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36) The Son of Heaven - The Problem of the Mikado
Price, Willard

London: Heinemann, 1945. Political commentary. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Wear, Edge-foxing/G+, PC, Chips, Tears, Foxing. more information

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37) Matari
Rhinehart, Luke

London: Hart-Davis Macgibbon, 1975. Fine/Near Fine, Mild wear, 1 Tear. 1st UK Edition. Adventure thriller set in 18th Century Japan. Jacket by Barry Miles. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. more information

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38) A Fever for Living
Roripaugh, Robert A

London: Gollancz, 1962. Drama set in Japan after the Korean war. Expanded condition report/scan on request. . 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++, Ink Name, Sl Bumping/VG++, PC, Wear, Tears, Stain. more information

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39) Shinju
Rowland, Laura Joh

London: Headline, 1994. Near Fine, Sl Spine Heel Crush/Near Fine, V. Sl Edgecrumple. 1st UK Edition. Murder in 17th Century Japan. Author's first novel. Jacket by Bill Gregory. Full condition report available on request.. more information

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40) Japanese Fairy Tales
Sazanami, Iwaya

Tokyo (1938): Hokuseido Press. Fine/Near Fine, Sl Wear, Sp Fade. Edition Not Stated. Flexible red covers in a yellow illustrated jacket. Scan on request.. more information

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41) The Informer
Takagi, Akimitsu

Queensland: Anthos, 1971. G, Wear, Abrasions, Ink Initials, Browning/NO DUST JACKET. Thriller. First English translation of Japanese bestseller. Cover photo by Frank Hince. Expanded condition report/scan on request.. 1st Thus. Mass Market Paperback. more information

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42) Darkness in Summer
Takeshi Kaiko (Transl Cecilia Segawa Seigle)

London: Peter Owen, 1988. Drama. Jacket by Keith Cunningham. Inscribed opposite the title-page "To Tom Kaye, Looking forward to a lasting friendship. / Cecilia Segawa Seigle". Expanded condition report/scan on request.. Inscribed By Translator. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG+, Wear, Bumps, Soiling/VG+, Wear, Crumple, Staining. more information

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43) Cry Slaughter!
Tiempo, E K

London: Allan Wingate, 1959. VG++, Bumping/VG+, E-wear, Creases, Browning. 1st Edition. Novel set in the Philipines during the Japanese Occupation. A full condition report for this book is available on request. . more information

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44) A Bar of Shadow
Van Der Post, Laurens

London: Hogarth Press, 1954. Drama set in Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, the basis for the film "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence". BOOK: Very mild shelfwear; dealer sticker at foot of front pastedown, no ink names, stamps etc.; light offset to the endpapers; very faint scattered foxing across the edges of the text-block. JACKET: Intact, with price. Mild edgewear; "V" wear to the hinge corners; three tears, the largest approx 1.2cm; some abrasion to the hinges; browning to spine; light offset browning to interior, with showthrough; faint splash-mark stain on rear panel bottom. Scan on request.. 1st Thus. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. VG++/VG+. more information

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