SWORDS AND DAGGERS OF INDONESIA by Solc, Faclav - [cc 1970]

New York: Routledge, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 291pp, numerous b/w illustrations. A very nice copy..

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Tokyo: Japan Foreign Trade Federation, 1938. First edition. Original and only issue of the journal. Published Tokyo: Japan Foreign Trade Federation, 1938. Text chiefly in English, with many articles in French or Spanish or both, full page ads in English. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 3/4", 94pp., plus 4pp. printed covers, illustrated throughout with b/w photos and full color reproductions, 31" x 13 3/4" color fold-out, die cut page, 2 printed clear mylar overlays, exquisite full color front cover. Articles include: American-Japanese Trade; (Upcoming) New York World's Fair and Golden Gate International Exposition; Affairs in East Asia Moving from Military Campaign to Reconstruction; Nagoya; Locomotives and Rolling Stock; Japanese Toys; Menthol; Tea; Hats; Working Girls; Stone Lanterns; Aviation in Japan; Japan's Merchant Marine; The Oil and Fat Industry in Japan; Silk Carpets and Tapestries; Japanese Timepieces of Old; Japanese Fauna; Japanese Water Pets; Natural Camphor; Brushes. Top… Read More

Istanbul: Bora Yayinlari., [ca. 1975], 1975. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 71 p. First Turkish edition of the history of the Chinese Communist Party, which is an excerpt from the Central Committee's report to the 10th National Congress of the CCP on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the CCP. The cover depicts when Mao Zedong inspects the 8th Route Army units in Yan'an during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) (known in China as the "War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression"). No copy is located in OCLC except for the only one in Turkey, Bogaziçi University: 949516763 / 283801166.

1858 Japanese Samurai Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tokugawa Osaka Castle Illustrated

A rare, 19th century Japanese woodblock print of "Taikouki". Taikouki is a biography describing the life of Taihe Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a Japanese samurai and daimyo (lord) considered the second "Great Unifier" of Japan following Nobunaga and preceding the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hideyoshi left a legacy including Osaka Castle, the Tokugawa class systems, the restriction of weapons, and the construction and restoration of many temples some of which are still visible in Kyoto. This book is a classic Edo era picture book describing and illustrating Toyotomi Hideyoshi's life illustrated by Utagawa Kuniyoshi! The woodblock prints began being made in 1855 and were completed in 1884. The images and text focus primarily on the military with detailed accuracy on armor, weapons, interiors, and more!
This rare, biography is written in a column handwritten format with furigana for easier reading and includes illustrations of samurai duels,… Read More

New York: Routledge, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 291pp, numerous b/w illustrations. A very nice copy..

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Tokyo: Japan Foreign Trade Federation, 1938. First edition. Original and only issue of the journal. Published Tokyo: Japan Foreign Trade Federation, 1938. Text chiefly in English, with many articles in French or Spanish or both, full page ads in English. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 3/4", 94pp., plus 4pp. printed covers, illustrated throughout with b/w photos and full color reproductions, 31" x 13 3/4" color fold-out, die cut page, 2 printed clear mylar overlays, exquisite full color front cover. Articles include: American-Japanese Trade; (Upcoming) New York World's Fair and Golden Gate International Exposition; Affairs in East Asia Moving from Military Campaign to Reconstruction; Nagoya; Locomotives and Rolling Stock; Japanese Toys; Menthol; Tea; Hats; Working Girls; Stone Lanterns; Aviation in Japan; Japan's Merchant Marine; The Oil and Fat Industry in Japan; Silk Carpets and Tapestries; Japanese Timepieces of Old; Japanese Fauna; Japanese Water Pets; Natural Camphor; Brushes. Top… Read More

Istanbul: Bora Yayinlari., [ca. 1975], 1975. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 71 p. First Turkish edition of the history of the Chinese Communist Party, which is an excerpt from the Central Committee's report to the 10th National Congress of the CCP on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of the CCP. The cover depicts when Mao Zedong inspects the 8th Route Army units in Yan'an during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) (known in China as the "War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression"). No copy is located in OCLC except for the only one in Turkey, Bogaziçi University: 949516763 / 283801166.

1858 Japanese Samurai Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi Tokugawa Osaka Castle Illustrated

A rare, 19th century Japanese woodblock print of "Taikouki". Taikouki is a biography describing the life of Taihe Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a Japanese samurai and daimyo (lord) considered the second "Great Unifier" of Japan following Nobunaga and preceding the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hideyoshi left a legacy including Osaka Castle, the Tokugawa class systems, the restriction of weapons, and the construction and restoration of many temples some of which are still visible in Kyoto. This book is a classic Edo era picture book describing and illustrating Toyotomi Hideyoshi's life illustrated by Utagawa Kuniyoshi! The woodblock prints began being made in 1855 and were completed in 1884. The images and text focus primarily on the military with detailed accuracy on armor, weapons, interiors, and more!
This rare, biography is written in a column handwritten format with furigana for easier reading and includes illustrations of samurai duels,… Read More