[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
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. First Edition. Octavo (25x19x2.5cm); xvi + 231pp, including bibliography and index. Ten color plates; 67 B&W images. Photographic dust jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt spine stamping (and a dot, just a dot, of maroon). Both jacket and volume are Near Fine, impeccably clean..... 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
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
London: Edward Arnold, 1912. One-vol. abridgement of paired volumes first published in 1906. Octavo (20.5x14x5cm); xvi + 444pp. Photo frontis showing author Hamilton with Japanese Gen. Kukoki at Battle of the Shaho; 42 additional maps, terrain sketches, and battle plans; all maps in gatefold and four colors. The volume, in..... More
[Mixed co-publishers; vols. identical in format, from the same set of plates and same printer]. London: Edward Arnold, 1906 and New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1907. Both First Editions. Each volume octavo (23x15x5cm). Vol I (Arnold) xii + 362pp + 16pp of publisher's prospectuses. Vol II (Longmans) xii +..... More
Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Octavo (24.5x17x3cm); 292pp, including glossary, chronology, genealogy, bibliography, and index. Initial pair of historical maps and 10 B&W documentary reproductions. Illustrated dust jacket; black cloth with gilt spine and front panel stamping. Both jacket and volume Near Fine in all aspects; textblock unmarred..... 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
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
New York: Times Books, 1984. First Edition, First Printing with full numberline. Octavo. 279 pp. Black and white photographs. Printed dust jacket with $14.95 price present. Red and black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with toning to flaps and a crease along bottom..... 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