Search Results: JAPANESE/JAPAN from Monroe Bridge Books

Philadelpha: The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1968 IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION. vii, 265pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in original maroon cloth. Contents include: Social and Demographic Factors Influencing Women's Lives, Political and Legal Status, Evaluations of the Political Responsibilities that Women are Exercising by Region or Countries, Economic Status, UNESCO, and more. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

Tokyo, Japan: The Medical-Friend Publishing Company, 1953 [8], 204pp, [2], bound in the Japanese style, with single cord binding, silk fabric covers, and mounted label on the front cover [no chips to the label]. The Slipcase has two mounted labels, with some separating at the corners, and shows foxing. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. In a protective mylar sleeve.

Tokyo /: Kodansha International / IN VERY GOOD+ TO NEAR FINE CONDITIONS. **The Voices and Hands of Bunraku by Barbara Adachi (1978) 1st Edition, Tokyo: Kodansha International, with a Dust Jacket in a protective mylar cover. 4to, oblong format, pages printed on fine glossy paper, with color & b/w illustrations throughout. Occasional light foxing. **2 Volume set in the original silk covered slipcase (1972). One a hardcover containing full page b/w photographs by Ken Domon, showing behind-the-scenes artistry necessary to produce the Bunraku Plays, how the dolls are manipulated onstage and the major personalities associated with this dramatic art form. The other volume is a soft cover, in original stiff wraps, being a series of essays on Buraku in its many aspects, written by eminent authorities on the subject. Light sunning to the slipcase. Includes folding photographic plates. Folio, both volumes printed on fine glossy paper, text in Japanese. ALSO INCLUDES - An original Playbill "An… Read More

NY / Tokyo / Wash. D.C.: Weatherhill, in Association with Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1996 160pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, binding and hinges tight, with over 100 duotone photographs. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

London / Paris: The Leadenhall Press, Ltd. / Baudry et Cie Librairies-Editeurs, 1892 Circa 1892. Limited First Edition with the original Japanese stencil frontis-piece, with the Publisher's note bound in, stating thus. Text is in English, German and French. Oblong format, 24pp, 27pp, [1], 26pp, with 104 facsimile samples of Japanese Stencils, bound in quarter leather and cloth, gilt still bright, decorative endpapers, binding and hinges tight. Ex-library with call number on spine, bookplate, pocket removed, perforated and embossed markings.

Tokyo: Nakanishi-Ya, 1917 This THIRD EDITION, hard cover, is in FAIR CONDITION. The covers are detached, with front fly page detached with tears. Covers have surface grime and edge wear. Frontis is an exquisite extending wood block print in very good condition. 269 pages bound in paper over boards, with gilt stamped lettering. All other pages are intact, and liberally illustrated throughout. This is the direct translation of the play about Samurai revenge. The third edition being more complete that the previous two.

Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1956 This SECOND EDITION, hard cover, is in NEAR FINE CONDITION, with sunning to the spine. Seems like the book has never been opened. 236 pages bound in blue cloth, with white stamped imprint design on cover. Enhanced by 4 coloured wood block plates by Hiroshige. All four extending plates have captioned tissue guards. Wonderful story of Samurai revenge. CLEAN TIGHT COPY.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Friends of the Longfellow House IN FINE CONDITION. Charles was the son of the famous poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Travels and adventures in Japan, taken from his journals and letters home.

England: Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, 2003 In AS NEW CONDITION. 160pp, bound in glossy stiff wraps, with binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Articles include: Contradictions in U.S. Post-Cold War Security Policy in Northeast Asia, Child Labor in Japan's Coal Mines bfire WWII, A Political Message from Avante-Garde Artists in Shanghai, What Caused the Sino-Indian Border War, the CIA in China and more.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. xiv, 212pp, in a library binding, with binding & hinges tight. Frontis has captioned tissue guard intact, with b/w plates throughout.

Tokyo, Japan: Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., 1978 98pp, [1], printed on fine glossy paper, color and b/w illustrations throughout, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

IN VERY GOOD + CONDITION. Circa 1900. 400 pages in oblong format, bound in the traditional Japanese accordian style with single cord binding and purple silk ribbon corners. Covers are padded tan paper, with paper labels in Japanese & English, showing three crests, covers show creases with small tear. Each page contains 6 black and white Family Crests, with Japanese text. SCARCE.

Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963 57pp, [1], bound in silk brocade, handmade paper for endpapers, pages are doubled paper, illustrated with color flower arrangements that include Geisha's. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Covers bow out slightly, the slipcase has the back end detached, and is included. HAKATA RYU FLORAL ART.

New York: The Japan Society, 1933 Limited to 1000 Copies. NOH THEATRE. 35pp, [5], bound in paper over boards, with a mounted label on the front cover [no chips], binding and hinges are tight. With four colour and one black/white plates. Reprinted from The Perfume of the Rainbow by L. Adams Beck (1923). Extensive foxing on covers and pages, damaged to spine covering.

Japan, 1915 Circa 1915. Japanese book, with text in Japanese and occasionally English. Illustrated record of the Meiji Emperor, His Family, Royal Palaces, Imperial Tours, the Military, and his Death. With four tipped-in photographic plates, two folding color lithographic illustrations, a full page color lithograph, along with color and black/white photographic illustrations throughout. Bound in stiff paper covers, lacking string tie, binding tight. Covers show edge wear. In a protective mylar sleeve.

NY: E. P. Dutton, 1988 x, 142pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in navy blue cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, color illustrations throughout. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, and is housed in a protective mylar cover. Initials inked out, inside the front cover.

England: Omega Books, 1981 IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket also in Near Fine Condition, protected in a mylar cover. JAPANESE EROTIC ART, color illustrations throughout. Binding and hinges tight, NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

Japan, 1930 Circa 1930. Japanese books printed on glossy paper, bound in decorative silk fabrics, and tied with a silk ribbon. Photographic illustrations throughout, in color at the beginning of the volumes, then in black and white. All text is in Japanese. The boxes are in varying conditions, with one in Very Good Condition, one lacking a flap, with three showing edge wear and tear. IKEBANA - JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGING.

City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1978 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 85pp in original illustrated stiff wraps, photographs throughout, binding & hinges tight. ASSOCIATION COPY, with name plate of author - Bernard W. Scholz, inside cover. MILITARY WEAPONS.

Japan: Japanese Translation Arranged with Basic Books, Inc NY Through Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc. Tokyo, 1986 IN AS NEW CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket in Very Good ++ Condition, protected in a mylar cover. TEXT IS IN JAPANESE. 387pp, [5], bound in original orange paper over boards, with binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. JAPANESE MARKETING.