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30 Years Later from Around the World People Will Gather to Demand: No More Hiroshima's! No More...

30 Years Later from Around the World People Will Gather to Demand: No More Hiroshima's! No More Nagasaki's!

by PEOPLES ACTION UNION

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[Los Angeles: Peoples Action Union, n.d. but 1975?]. First Edition. Narrow octavo; single sheet folded into eight-panelled pamphlet; illus. and text printed in brown. Light wear from handling, extremities a bit toned, else Very Good. Brochure promoting the upcoming 21st World Conference Against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of March, 2020.
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44 Modern Japanese Print Artists
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44 Modern Japanese Print Artists

by PETIT, Gaston

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Tokyo: Kodansha, 1973. First Trade Edition. Two quarto volumes in slipcase, with accompanying softcover volume of plate descriptions. Small closed tear to title page of the plate descriptions, else a very Near Fine set, completely unworn, unfaded and apparently unread; in the original cloth slipcase, which is clean and sound; all housed in the original cardboard shipping box with printed title label. Uncommon thus.
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The Actors' Analects (Yakusha Rongo)

The Actors' Analects (Yakusha Rongo)

by DUNN, Charles J. and Bunz Torigoe (editors)

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New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [x],306,[2]pp; illus.; text is in English and Japanese. Hint of sunning to spine, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with several short tears and tiny creases at crown; Very Good+. "...a collection of advice and notes left by great actors of the live popular theater of Japan, the kabuki, at the end of the seventeenth century. This book provides a fully annotated translation of the Analects, with much illustrative material" (from front flap).
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Belli Looks at Life and Law in Japan

Belli Looks at Life and Law in Japan

by BELLI, Melvin M. and Danny R. Jones; [Errol Flynn, foreword]

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original cloth-backed boards in pink decorative dust jacket, photographically illustrated endpapers; 320pp.; frontispiece, 12 leaves of photographic illustrations printed on rectos and versos. General shelf-wear to jacket edges, portions of textblock a bit cockled from damp; contemporary bookplate to front free endpaper. Very Good and sound. With a preface by Toshio Irie, Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Foreword by Errol Flynn posthumously published here.
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The Ceremonies of a Japanese Marriage
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The Ceremonies of a Japanese Marriage

by [JAPAN - CEREMONIES & CUSTOMS] TAMAMURA PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO

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Kobe: Tamamura Photographic Studio / T. Takagi, N.d. (ca 1910). Oblong octavo (18cm x 26cm). Original silk-covered boards, bouond with red silk cord; 19 colored collotype plates. Gift inscription from an N.L. Thacker on verso of title page, dated 1914; child's ownership inscription on verso of final plate ("Ermy Tharp, Novato, Cal" dated 1936). Rubbing and wear to board edges; internally clean and sound - a Very Good copy, with all plates present. An attractive Meiji Era souvenir album with subtly hand-tinted collotype plates depicting a traditional Japanese wedding ceremony. One of several editions produced between 1906 and 1920; per the excellent bibliography of Tamamura's souvenir albums at , ours would appear to be the Third Edition of 1910.
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The Do of Cooking (Ryorido): Autumn

The Do of Cooking (Ryorido): Autumn

by AIHARA, Cornellia

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Oroville, CA: The George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation, Inc, 1977. First Revised Edition. Octavo (21cm.); white pictorial paper wrappers; 101pp. Text block edges have some toning and soiling, with additional light soiling and handling wear throughout. Sound, Very Good. Wrappers are foxed on front panel, with sunning very evident on rear. Mild soiling overall, plus surface and corner wear, but no tears. Price blacked out w/ marker. Else Very Good. Learn about the benefits of Japanese seasonal cuisine with Cornellia Aihara, in this cookbook which contains recipes for autumnal stews and noodle dishes, vegetables, sides, desserts, and a complete Thanksgiving dinner. One in a seasonal series produced by the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation; Ohsawa's macrobiotic lifestyle gained popularity in the 1960's and is often associated with the concurrent hippie culture.
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Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868

Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868

by SINGER, Robert T (et al)

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Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998. First Edition. Large, heavy quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 480pp; illus. Tight, Fine apparently unread copy in a crisp, unworn dustwrapper. Published in collaboration with the exhibition of Edo-era artworks at the National Gallery, 1998-1999. A major reference work on the subject, sumptuously produced and in near-new condition.
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Fourteen Years of Diplomatic Life in Japan
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Fourteen Years of Diplomatic Life in Japan

by d'ANETHAN, Baroness Albert; H.E. Baron Kato, introd

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London: Stanley Paul & Co, (1912). Second Edition. Octavo. Publisher's embossed blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; 471pp; 48pp publisher's ads; gravure frontispiece portrait and 65 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones). Spine rubbed and sun-faded, else moderate rubbing and soil to cloth; internally clean, tight, and complete; Very Good. Ownership signature of a May Howard, Oakland, dated 1922. Baron Albert d'Anethan (d.1910) was the Belgian Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan from 1894 until shortly before his death in July, 1910, a period encompassing both the first Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. Baroness d'Anethan (born Eleanora Haggard) was a sister of H. Rider Haggard.
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The Genesis of Pearl Harbor

The Genesis of Pearl Harbor

by NEUMANN, William

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Philadelphia: Pacifist Research Bureau, [1945]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original brown and white staplebound wrappers; [6],50pp. Wrappers a bit dust-soiled, faint dampstain to spine edge of upper wrapper, some minor rubbing, else Very Good, interior fine. Pacifist Research Bureau Series VII, no. 1, April, 1945.
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High Coup

High Coup

by YOSHIDA, Katsu

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Tokyo: Kodansha, 1985. First Edition. Quarto (25.5cm); pictorial paper wrappers, in identically illustrated dustwrapper; [319pp]. Wrappers soiled, smudged and worn; top edges creased, rolling slightly; pages toned along margins; overall Very Good, sound. Katsu Yoshida, described within as "Japan's Top Illustrator", named the English version of his art book High Coup, as a pun on the word "Haiku". While Yoshida is also known for his landscapes, this book is primarily a showcase for his highly expressive celebrity art, many of it featured in the pages of Rolling Stone and and Playboy magazines. He has also designed magazine and album covers, concert posters, and more. Includes information about the artist and his work, translated into English.
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Histoire de L'Eglise du Japon. Seconde edition

by [JAPAN] [CATHOLIC CHURCH] CRASSET, Jean

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Paris: Francois Montalant, 1715. Second Edition. Two quarto volumes (25cm). Old calf, respined to style with early spine labels laid down; [28],[1]-659,[11] + [10],[1]-678,[6]pp; text illus; eight unnumbered leaves of plates (one folding). Front free endpaper lacking in first volume; aging and wear to boards; still a complete, quite fresh copy: faint marginal damp-stain to final leaves of both volumes; mild foxing to perhaps a third of the contents; fine wormhole to margin of about twenty leaves in second volume, not approaching printed area; Very Good. First volume with an indecipherable ownership mark on veso of title page. The plates are all present, in fresh condition and retaining substantial margins. An account of Jesuit missions in Japan by the prolific ascetical writer and Catholic educator. Pagès (1859) asserts that this work is "...l'ouvrage du P. Solier mis en meilheur ordre, et continué depuis 1624 jusqu'en 1658"; and indeed Catholic Encyclopedia calls the work "...scarcely original,… Read More
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An Historical Grammar of Japanese

An Historical Grammar of Japanese

by SANSOM, G.B.

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London: Oxford University Press, 1928. First Edition. Octavo; dark reddish-brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xvi,347,[1]pp. Ink name to front pastedown, text edges foxed, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with several tears to spine ends and some very faint scattered foxing; Very Good+.
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Hokusai

Hokusai

by YONEMURA, Ann

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Washington DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 2006. First Edition. Quarto (28cm). Publisher's beige cloth, in dust jacket; xii,251pp; color plates throughout. Straight, fresh copy: Near Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed at edges, else Near Fine. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Freer and Sackler Galleries.
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Holy War Commemoration Photo Album: Isa's Forces, Fukaya's Forces [Text in Japanese]

Holy War Commemoration Photo Album: Isa's Forces, Fukaya's Forces [Text in Japanese]

by [Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps; Nishimura Company; Taisho Photo Factory]

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Shanghai: Nishimura Company, 1939. Edition not stated. Quarto (26.5cm); black simulated leather, stamped in red and gilt, in brown paper slipcover; unpaginated photo-illustrated plates w/ rice paper overlays. Wear, minor scuffs and soiling to boards; toning and foxing intermittent throughout text (especially on overlays); some overlays creased or torn. Slipcover worn and chapped, with abrasions and two large (one repaired) tears across front panel. Photo-illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Very Good in Good slipcover. All text in Japanese (with some obsolete/antiquated kana/kanji), oriented right to left. This is a privately-issued, commemorative, yearbook-type photo album (shashin-cho) published on behalf of the Imperial Japanese Army medical forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Specifically it was produced for those who served under military physician captains/commanding officers Nobuo Isa and Tetsuo Fukaya, who were stationed in or near Shanghai at the time. By July 1939, the… Read More
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Horse hauling timber out of Hokkaido forest

Horse hauling timber out of Hokkaido forest

by GIFFORD, Barry

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Santa Barbara: Christopher's Books, 1979. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; [24pp]. Small spot of discoloration to rear cover, else Near Fine. Gifford's seventh published book, a collection of short lyrics mostly composed in Japan in 1975.
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House of 10,000 Pleasures: A Modern Study of the Geisha and of the Streetwalker of Japan

House of 10,000 Pleasures: A Modern Study of the Geisha and of the Streetwalker of Japan

by HARRIS, Sara

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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 273pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket extremities, small tear at spine foot, else Very Good or better.
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How to Wrap Five Eggs: Japanese Design in Traditional Packaging

How to Wrap Five Eggs: Japanese Design in Traditional Packaging

by OKA, Hideyuki (George Nelson, fwd)

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New York: Harper and Row, 1967. First U.S. Edition. Quarto. Cloth-backed, glazed white boards; dustjacket; 203pp. Few small spots of soil to boards and board edges, else a tight, Near Fine copy in the pictorial dustwrapper which is nicked on rear panel and slightly toned on verso; Very Good to Near Fine. Classic work on Japanese packaging design. This copy from the library of artists Ben and Bernarda Shahn, with their estate label to front pastedown, and with Bernarda's ink annotation to front endpaper: "Please Please Please / Bring This Back / Bernarda" (undated).
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Is the Peace Machinery Imperiled by the Far Eastern Situation

Is the Peace Machinery Imperiled by the Far Eastern Situation

by [FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION] GIBBONS, Herbert Adams & Chester H. Rowell

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New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1932. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed thick paper wrappers; 29pp. Wrappers corner-creased and a trifle soiled; else tight, clean and unmarked - Very Good or better. Transcript of a round table, presented as one of the Foreign Policy Association's "New York Luncheon Discussions," on the ramifications of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and Shanghai. Includes comments by Gibbons and Rowell as well as Ernest May, the moderator; and John Dewey, a member of the Speakers' Table.
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Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

by HEARN, Lafcadio

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New York: Macmillan Company, 1904. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original tan decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt, top edge gilt; v,[1],541,[1],[2](ads)pp.; color frontispiece. Spine cloth a bit darkened, light shelf wear, hinges cracked but still quite sturdy, else Near Very Good and sound. BAL 7941.
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Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

by HEARN, Lafcadio

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New York: Macmillan Company, 1904. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original tan decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt, top edge gilt; [6],541,[1][2](ads)pp.; color frontispiece. Light rubbing to extremities, contemporary bookseller ticket to front free endpaper, else Near Fine. BAL 7941.
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