Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, 1891. 12mo. 34 unnumbered pages with rich color illustrations printed Japanese style (fukurotoji) on crepe paper, based on the Japanese title Nihon Mukashibanashi. One of the most colorful of the Japanese fairy tales with the legendary character Shuten Doji. Scarce in fine condition. More
Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1856. Quarto. In three volumes. Vol I: 537pp. includes index, 89 color(tinted) plates including one chart, 2 folding color woodcuts, 5 maps of which two are folding. p. 245 is numbered 2. Vol. II: 414pp., xi (index) p. 49 numbered 4, 24 full plates in black and... More
(London, 2015): Faber & Faber. Limited Edition. Octavo. A 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature recipient, Kazuo Ishiguro. A limited edition #131 of 200 signed & numbered copies. Also issued with a separate folding slipcase containing in facsmile of 2 pages from the author's manuscript which is also signed by Ishiguro... More
Kyoto, Japan: Hanano Shiori Sha, 1950. Oblong Folio. approx. 100pp. English text, illustrated by Etsujinwith Kawahara appox. 50 full page color plates. Bound in green cloth, string-tied Japanese style. in slipcase. More
Tokyo: Suzabbo, 1904. Quarto. 22 pages of Japanese Text. 22 double paged leaves of plates. Very Rare. OCLC reports copies at the Library of Congress, the National Diet Library of Japan, University of Toronto, Bavaria, Zurich. Ungai Ono was the leading proponent of the Ainu theory. This major work was... More
Tokyo; (1983): Kodansha International, Ltd. Octavo. 2nd printing. 210pp. Translated by Joe Earle. Written by Japan's foremost expert on Japanese swords, covering their 1500 year history and evolution, from the earlier straight swords, to the 'tachi' curved sword, to the 'daish' pair of short and long swords carried by the... More
New York; (1988): Weatherhill. First Edition. Quarto. viii, 170 pages,, [60] pages of plates, many in color. The Book of Tea was first published for the English-speaking world in 1906 and it brought chado (the way of tea) one of the pillars to the West. It was the fifteenth-generation Grand... More
1989. Oblong Quarto. 120 pages. Japanese and English text. Copy at the Japanese Diet Library. p. 112-119 in English as a guide to his remarkable sculptures. There is a list in English also that notes which public collections have his works. Bound in gold cloth, spine lettering in black, corners... More
