[Japan]: Kyo Bun Kwan, 1961. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's paper-covered boards in green photo-illustrated dust jacket; [4],149pp.; 11 leaves of photographic illus. printed on rectos and versos, three folding maps bond in rear. Light shelf wear, chiefly to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit sunned, else a Very Good and..... More
Los Angeles: George J. Doizaki Gallery and Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 1985. First Edition. Quarto (28x23x2cm); 185pp, including photographer lists and bibliography. Reproductions of 78 photographs by 31 different photographers. Text presented bilingually in Japanese and English on facing pages. Unclipped rose red dust jacket, with slight..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Richard Frooman retaining original price ($4.50); xi,[3],274pp. Light chipping to jacket extremities, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, else Very Good overall. World War II memoir of the future Governor..... More
Tokyo: Brain Trust, Inc., 1996. First Edition. Quarto (27.5x22.5x1.5cm); 161pp, including chronology and biographies. Seventy-three color reproductions of works in the exhibition, with additional B&W documentary photographs. Nearly entirely in Japanese. Illustrated card wrappers. Both cover and textblock Near Fine; card spine uncreased and uncracked. This is the..... More
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; xvi + 693pp, including 27 appendices (on Intelligence structure; U-boats; bombing; air offensive; the Nuremberg raid; etc.) and index. Ten tipped-in fold-out maps or site plans, several in six colors. Coated black dust jacket; hunter green cloth with gilt spine lettering..... More
Tokyo: Japan Deep Sea Trawlers Association, 1972-1976. First Editions. Two volumes; large folios (36.5cm.); Vol. I bound in black leatherette-backed paper-covered boards lettered in gilt, Vol. II in grey simulated cloth-backed paper-covered boards lettered in gilt; [6],v,[1],145; [6],iv,188pp.; chiefly color photographs and maps. A hint of soil to boards, else..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1969. Early Printing. Signed by both authors without inscription on half title. Octavo; xi, 272pp. Map endpapers. Printed dust jacket over red and black boards with silver lettering. Price-clipped jacket shows a good-sized dampstain to back panel with some loss to blurb text..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1952. First Edition. Octavo; xii + 490pp, including index. Four maps printed within text. Ocean blue linen with gold lettering on spine and front panel. Spine darkened; some nibbling (?) at spine foot; minimal wear at spine crown. Panel corners and edges politely worn. Textblock unmarred..... More
Los Angeles: Cloverfield Press, 2006. Limited Edition of 2000 copies, this copy numbered 1305 within publisher's blindstamp on title page. 12mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated dust jacket. Turquoise wraps. Text in English. Very light edgewear to corners of jacket and wraps. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Basis for the..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000. First Edition. Oblong quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 220pp.; photographic illus. throughout, many in color, including folding plates. A hint of wear from handling, else Near Fine. More
[Seattle]: University of Washington Press, 1981. First English Language Edition. Octavo; [xvi], 160pp. Photos and illustrations throughout. Red photographic dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket chipped at head of spine with some rubbing along edges, folds, and corners. Boards are square with a light bump..... More
Tokyo: San Ko Sha, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (22.5x16x2cm); [7] + iii + 272pp + 2pp of publisher's advertising. Tables of katakana and hiragana ideographs throughout, though instruction itself is entirely in English. Salmon dustjacket printed in black. Boards in dark khaki paper backed with marigold spine, lettered in gilt..... More
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1916. First Edition. Octavo (25x20x5cm); lii, including intro., chronology, and bibliography + 605pp, including 10pp of artists' signature seals and index. Thirty-seven reproductions on 31 plates; three in color; all present. Plates are printed on solid tissue stock, itself tipped onto leaves of laid..... More
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2001. First Edition. Octavo (26x20x3cm); 336pp., including chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index. Photographic and documentary images throughout, largely in color. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards with copper spine stamping and blind-stamped Japanese characters on front panel. Both jacket and volume Near Fine in..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1990. Stated First Edition. Quarto (32.5x37x3cm); 232pp, including glossary, artist biographies and index, screen index, and bibliographies. Illustrated with 7 B&W documentary photographs, 124 full-color images including the 37 catalogued screens, and 13 gatefold screen reproductions. Pictorial dustjacket. Lacquer-red spine stamping on marigold cloth. Dustjacket..... More
Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1970. First Edition. Slim square quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 63pp.; chiefly two-toned woodcut illus. throughout. Small chip to top front with minor wear to jacket extremities, spine panel toned with tiny flaw to paper touching text; overall Near Fine in Very Good jacket..... More
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Tokyo: Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., 2012. First Thus in English. Octavo (25x18cm); 224pp., including bibliography and chronology. Thirty-seven full-color plates; 89 B&W reproductions. Entirely in English. Dust jacket shows very polite crimps at the edges from shelving, but is otherwise nearly as new. Binding nearly the same, with only..... More
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1998. First Edition (published simultaneously with First Edition in cloth). Quarto (31x29x3.5cm); 480pp, including bibliography and index. Approximately 400 color images, including the 281 catalogued items. Pictorial card wraps with generous French flaps. Catalog of the 1998-99 exhibit at the National Gallery of..... More
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Tokyo & New York: Kodansha International Ltd / Shibundo, 1981. Second Printing. Quarto; 178pp. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket in English with Japanese ISBN and pricing; book in two-tone green leatherette boards with yellow lettering. Jacket lightly rubbed along top edge, but with no chips..... More
Tokyo: Hotel Okura, 1982. Revised Edition. Quarto. 104 pages. Color photographs. Blue cloth boards stamped in silver. Magenta endpapers. Text in English and Japanese. Boards are faded along edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Originally published in 1964, shows the influence of indigenous patterns in the architecture..... More
Washington, D.C. and Seattle: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and University of Washington Press, 1991. First Edition (published simultaneously in soft- and hardcover). Quarto (30.5x23x2cm); 328pp., including appendices, bibliography, index, and lenders list. Full-color reproductions of 87 catalogued items from exhibit, with many additional detail and documentary photos in color and..... More
Tokyo: The Shimbi Shoin Ltd., 1918. Third Edition. One hundred forty-two full-color plates (originally 143; one now lacking); many plates unfold to double or triple their in-volume format. Folio; pagination continues from Vol III; this volume contains pp. 111-177. The plates and the bound-in, captioned tissues protecting them are not..... More
Osaka: NHK, 1994. First Edition. Octavo (30x22.5x2cm); 199pp, including chronology, bibliography, and index. Over 275 images of items in the exhibit and background photographs. Almost entirely in Japanese, with some brief English texts and translated captions. Graphic covers on metallic copper ground. Offwhite textblock. Covers and textblock Near Fine..... More