Search Results: Japan from Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Thus.. New York: William Morrow & Co, 1984. First Thus. First Quill Edition, first printing with full number line. Very clean large paperback book (10" x 10"). Cover is clean and bright, no chipping, creasing or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Liberally illustrated with photographs and drawings in full color and black and white. 224 pages with index. Written by eight of the world's foremost experts, here is the ultimate guide to everything Japanese, including lifestyle, culture, or its tangible objects. Ranging from topics as diverse as ritual to collectibles, here are the objects of ceramics, theater, design, massage, sushi, transprotation, festivals, sumo wrestling, and even insect collecting..

New York: Basic Books, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book in unclipped dust jacket. Pink cloth boards with orange cloth spine, pink metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 238 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; slight age-toning to edges or rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

M.E. Sharpe, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. M.E. Sharpe, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/near fine. First Edition, First Printing (with full number line on copyright page) in clean unchipped dust jacket. Very clean white cloth boards with crisp black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Small neatly ink-stamped previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. Foreword by Robert Jay Lifton. Illustrated with photographs. 257 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, unclipped; slight fading to background on spine. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Pantheon, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. New York: Pantheon, 1978. Stated First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Very clean white cloth boards with purple lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 255 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight wear at top and bottom spine edge, slight vertical crease to front panel, no chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of a young girl growing up under the American occupation of Japan but coming of age during the tumultuous postwar sixties. 8vo. Japan..

Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Clean hardcover book (thirteenth printing) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Black paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean, endpapers intact. No names, writing or bookplates. Translated from the Japanese by Victor Harris. Illustrated. 96 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, has one tiny closed edge tear, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

Cleveland, Ohio / New York, NY: World Publishing, 1959. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Cleveland, Ohio / New York, NY: World Publishing, 1959. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated "First Edition" in original dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with darker green decoration on cover, dark green lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight, no cracking; pages and edges are clean. Pink endpapers are clean, with small tasteful previous owner bookplate in lower corner of front paste-down. No other marks. Illustrated with photographs (black & white and full color). 314 pages with index. Dust jacket is clean (slightly age-toned), tiny chip at one corner tip, very slight wear at spine ends, small price clip to upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Cleveland / New York: World Publishing, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Cleveland / New York: World Publishing, 1959. Stated First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Green cloth boards with blue decoration on cover, blue lettering on spine. Very slight browning to top front board edge, otherwise a clean book. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Liberally illustrated with photographs. 314 pages with index. Dust jacket designed by George salter is clean, not price clipped, has chipping up to 1" at top spine edge, a few short closed edge tears, nice photos on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A beautifully written account of the author's travels in Japan and the culture he experienced there..

Charles E. Tuttle, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Third Printing.. Charles E. Tuttle, 1970. Third printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. A beautifully printed and bound book with original publisher's banner and clean original slipcase. Clean beige and green cloth boards with two decorative fans on cover, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear; slight fading to spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated in full color. 236 pages with index. Clean slipcase is solid and uncracked. A few tiny spots of light surface wear to front opening edge..

Scholastic Nonfiction, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Scholastic Nonfiction, 2006. Stated First edition. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First printing in clean unclipped jacket. Glossy illustrated boards. Large book - 8-3/4" x 10-1/2". No wear, binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs, images and drawings. 288 pages. Clean crisp dustjacket is not price clipped (22.99 US on front inside flap), unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. True stories of the Japanese American incarcerations during World War II and a Librarian who made a difference..

John Weatherhill, Inc., 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. John Weatherhill, Inc., 1982. Stated First Edition. Near Fine /Fine. Stated First Edition, 1982, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean brown silk cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Green endpapers, with previous owner name neatly stamped at top edge of front free endpaper. Edited by Hugh Cortazzi. Illustrated with map, full color wood block prints. 351 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Dalkey Archive Press, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition.. New York: Dalkey Archive Press, 2005. First U.S. Edition. Fine/Fine. "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean unclipped jacket. As new condition. Translation from the Japanese by Yukiko Tanaka. Very clean black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 161 pp. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (21.95 on front inside flap). Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Set during the U.S. occupation following World War II, a novel of conflict between Western and Eastern traditions, between a husband and wife, between ideals and reality..

Troy, Michigan: Sabre Press, 1994. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. Fine First Edition association copy (inscribed and signed by Gordon and Margaret Van Wylen to friends Frank and Rosa Rhodes). Several articles about the book laid in. Very clean map-illustrated cover - no chipping, creasing or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean and bright. Illustrated with photographs. Preface by Gordon J. Van Wylen. 252 pages. Sworn enemies who worked against each other during harrowing naval operations in World War II discover friendship and peace working together in modern times..

Universe Books, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition, First Printing.. Universe Books, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine. Tall paperback (size approx. 5-1/2" x 10"). Clean, unchipped, no creasing or wear. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with beautiful Japanese poetry, illustrated with Japanese woodblock prints in both color and black & white..

Orion Press, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Very clean hardcover stated First Printing. Clean turquoise cloth boards with yellow, red, white and black flower decorations on cover; red, white and yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with b&w photographs. 208 pages with Index..

PRC Publishing / Sterling Publishing, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean hardcover first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Glossy color-illustrated boards - no fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean. Beautifully illustrated in full color, with see-through vellum sections illustrating the stages of make-up and dress that form the geisha's traditional costume. A fascinating insight into a largely unknown world of tradition and ritual. 256 pages with Index and Glossary. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped..

New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Re-issue.. New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Re-issue. Fine/Near Fine. Clean green marbled boards with clean yellow spine, green title box on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Red top-stained page edges. 319 pgs. Page decorations by Lorraine Combs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, hint of fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Re-issue (originally published in France, with first U.S. edition published in 1927) of a novel centering on a festive outing at a Tokyo resort - involves a worldly Swiss diplomat in pursuit of amorous diversion, and, ultimately, seven Japanese. Each sees the day's adventure in the light of irony, farce, whimsicality, high comedy, or tragedy. 8vo. Fiction..

New York: Viking Press, 1955. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reissue.. Stated Re-issue (1955) of a book originally published in 1927, in dust jacket. Clean green marbled paper boards with bright yellow cloth spine, green decorative title box on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name and date (1955) on front free endpaper. Pages are clean. Decorations by Lorraine Combs; translated by Leonard Cline. 319 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has fading to spine, a few faint stains, closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A light novel about a festive outing at a Tokyo resort involving seven Japanese and a worldly Swiss diplomat in pursuit of amorous diversion. According to point of view, each sees the day's adventure in the light of irony, farce, whimsicality, high comedy, or tragedy. "A joyous and delightful satire.".

Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1946. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1946. Very Good+. Very nice clean hardcover (pressed paper hardboard with clean unchipped paste-on labels on cover and spine), in original glassine wrapper. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. Black and white illustrations. 330 pages..

Kodansha International, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Kodansha International, 1980. Stated First edition. Fine/near fine. First Edition, 1980 in unclipped dust jacket. Clean burgundy cloth boards with crisp white lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean pale blue-green endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings and full color plates. Introduction by M.F.K. Fisher. 517 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, one very short closed edge tear, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Over 220 recipes with 510 sketches, 16 color pages. Chart of North American and Japanese fish. Extensive lists of shops in North America where ingredients can be purchased. Calorie and weight chart of typical Japanese foods, metric conversion tables..

University Of California Press, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. University Of California Press, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean rust brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright; small previous owner name neatly ink-stamped at top corner of front free endpaper. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, very slight wear at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..