Catalogue Of The Loan Collection Of English Water-Colour Drawings. Held At The Institute Of Art Research, Ueno, Tokyo, October 10-24th, 1929. -

Debrett's Peerage Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Debrett's Peerage Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London : [Printed by Cassell & Company, Limited], 1928. 115 pp., Paperback, spine worn at head and tail, sticker on spine, else text clean and tight, good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

London: Sunday Times, 1934 60pp+ Prints and ads. Tips are bumped and rubbed. Spine ends are bumped and heavily rubbed. Spine and edges of wraps are heavily sunned. Edges of text block has light dust staining and some light foxing. Top edge of text block has light damp staining at spine head. Front wrap has a few damp stains and some light foxing. Top tip of front wrap is creased and missing a small piece. Front wrap has a tiny dent near spine. Top tip of rear wrap is missing a tiny piece. Lower tip of rear wrap is creased and missing a small piece. Edges of rear wrap have a few tiny tears. Rear wrap has a long diagonal crease from spine head to foredge. Spine ends are missing small pieces. Tips of many pages have tiny creases. Front endpaper and title page have some very light foxing. Pages have light toning. Text is unmarked. . First Edition. Paperback. Poor.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

Deighton, Bell and Co, 1896. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Large octavo. Cloth. Gilt design on front cover. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Backstrip is taped together. Bumped corners. Untrimmed page edges. Frontispiece with tissueguard. Frontispiece is chipped and detached. No. 93/260. All plates are either detached or torn and chipped. Heavy damage to plate pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1500grams, ISBN:

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

Nabu Press, 2011-09-30. Paperback. Good.

Lakeside Press Galleries. Very Good-. 1932. Paperback. Some cover wear. ; 79 pages .

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

N. Nomura & Co., Ltd., 1986. Book. Like New. Boxed Set. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A hardcover book and a softcover book in a cloth-covered box, all in like-new condition. Clamshell box is covered in natural-covered linen with brown lettering to spine and brown facsimile signature on top. Hardcover with three-quarter charcoal-gray cloth with blue marbled (faux) boards; no text other than a tipped-in plate with title, etc. in English; pages are facsimile reproductions of the sketched art--b&w and color of Leda and Swan; no title on binding. Softcover is staplebound with blue cardstock cover with title etc. in English on front; approx. 27 pages; b&w photo frontispiece of artist; 7 plates of art; text in Japanese. Books are about 9-1/2" by 6-1/4". Box is 10-1/2" by 6-3/4"..

Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new.
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The Sakuteiki, or "Records of Garden Making," was written nearly 1000 years ago, making it the oldest work on Japanese gardening; in fact, the oldest book on gardening in the world! In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors provide both an English-language translation of this classic work; and an introduction to the cultural and historical context that led to the development of Japanese gardening. A Japanese court noble wrote the Sakuteiki during the Heian period (794-1184). During this critical era in Japanese history cultural influences on poetry, clothing-and gardening-that had been imported from China and Korea over the previous centuries were reexamined and reinterpreted into their unique Japanese forms. The Sakuteiki contains the first systematic record of this new… Read More

Rosemary Bandini, London, 1999, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 174 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Collector Harriet Szechenyi concentrated on collecting "netsuke" of animals and mythical beings.

NY: Braziller, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Braziller, 1988, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 14 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with 91 full color plates. Fine in near fine. price clipped dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

New York: Asia Society Museum / Harry N. Abrams: 2010. First edition / First printing. Illustrated laminated boards in die-cut illustrated slipcase. Very fine in a very fine slipcase.

Kodansha, 2009. Paperback with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Book is in Japanese. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Very light scuffing along to top edges of the dust jacket. Small tear on the top right corner of the bottom black banner on the front cover. No markings on the inside of the book.Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Minor shelf and handling wear to DJ. Else Fine. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.

Both the book and dj are in 'as new' condition. It has . 10 unpaginated pages followed by 362 numbered pages. It was published to coincide with the exibition of the same name. A beautiful book with well over 100 color illustrations and even more in b&w. The book includes a series of essays on the historic, economic, and cultural environment of Edo period Japan and the collections focus on early Kabuki actor prints, including many by the artists Toyokuni and Kuniyoshi).

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Leiden: Brill, 2011. First Edition. Boards. Near fine/near fine. Vol 2 in the series, Japanese Visual Culture. Tall 8vo. (25.5cm). Boards, lettered title to cover. In unclipped dust jacket. pp. 296. W/ 98 colour plates. Some faint edgewear to jacket, minor signs of use, a very sound, almost as new copy.

Stated First Edition.
Book cover like new - pages clean and unmarked, slight tanning at edges – spine like new.
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The Tokaido -- the name of this highway today epitomizes a golden age of Japan's past. This "Eastern Sea Road", which connected the emperor's capital in Kyoto and the seat of the shogun's administration in Edo (now Tokyo) was heavily traveled in all seasons; the numerous prints and guidebooks about the Tokaido represent the time of prosperity and peace when even the average citizen could undertake the adventure of travel along this highway. It was Hiroshige who immortalized the Tokaido. In the famous prints of the fifty-three stages reproduced in this book, this master artist of the ukiyo-e print captured the beauty, romance, adventure, mystery, and joy - all the myriad and glowing facets of the people and places, in all seasons and times of day, of the Tokaido highway. Hiroshige's… Read More