Tokyo: Bijutsu Press, Text in Japanese. 2 volumes in slipcase, very tall narrow folio, the first volume is a hardback ca. 30 pp, with maps and photos showing points along the way of the Nakayama Road including monasteries, temples, etc. The second volume is in a handsome wraparound brick red... More
Price: $45.00
London: Wildwood House, First edition, 1973, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, oblong quarto, staggared pagination, illustrated in color. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, small sticker ghost to front pastedown, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with rubbing, mild edgewear. Text in English and Japanese. More
Price: $20.00
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, First printing, 2006, hardcover with brown stamped beige cloth boards, octavo, 253pp., illustrated in color. Book VG+ with faint crease to spine, sticker remnant to rear board, binding tight, previous owner's sticker to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ. More
Price: $100.00
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, First edition, 2007. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, illustrated, 212 pp., Good copy in Near Fine dust jacket, owner's name-sticker on the front flyleaf, erasable pencil-notes to a some pages, minor discoloration and edgewear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket... More
Price: $85.00
Vancouver: Univ. of British Columbia Pr. 1974. Hardcover, 8vo., blue cloth. 280 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. DJ flaps and blankside and toned. Corners lightly bumped. Endpapers toned. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. More
Price: $22.00
Tokyo / Rutland, VT: Kodansha / Japan Publications, Signed by the artist, Naoko Matsubara, on the title page. 1965, First Edition in English. Hardcover. English text. Beautiful woodcuts throughout. A fine, sparkling copy in the original slipcase. Also includes the original obi band. An excellent copy, signed by Matsubara. More
Price: $112.00
Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island School of Design, First Edition. c.1937. Original Japanese Paper Wraps. Bound with knotted silk string. 4to. 16pp. (text) + 22 full-page black & white illustrations. Very Good+. Light general wear to wraps, light soil. Contents unmarked. More
Price: $12.00
Tokyo. An outstanding and original Japanese woodblock print book Atlas and Almanac. Meiji 13 (1880). Original patterned paper covers, volume measures 6.5 by 9 inches (closed), in sewn binding with partial title slip. 304pp. with many colorful woodblock prints and maps, including: Double page full color map of the world... More
Price: $562.50
Univ of Tokyo Pr, 234 pp. Hardcover, red buckram, 8vo. Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Price sticker at rear panel of DJ; slightest bumping of DJ at head of spine and upper corners. A tight, clean copy. 8vo. More
Price: $12.80
New York: American Federation Of Arts, 1981. First edition. Paperback, square 8vo. Unpaginated, illustrated, features the work of Hiroshi Yamazaki, Shuzo Seo, Isao Kota, Nobuhiro Aihara, Eiko Hosoe, and 15 other filmmakers. Good plus. Waving and foxing, likely from old damp stain, to inner hinges, gutter throughout, else contents are... More
Price: $40.00
New York: American Federation Of Arts, 1981. First edition. Paperback, square 8vo. Unpaginated, illustrated, features the work of Hiroshi Yamazaki, Shuzo Seo, Isao Kota, Nobuhiro Aihara, Eiko Hosoe, and 15 other filmmakers. Good plus. Waving and mottling from old damp stain, to inner hinges, gutter throughout, else contents are clean and unmarked. More
Price: $40.00
Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, INSCRIBED BY SHOEI ANDO. First Edition. c.1970. Hardcover. Cloth. 12mo. 218pp. Near Fine in Good dustjacket. Light soil to edges of text block, mild offsetting to endpapers. Moderate wear to dustjacket, creasing, soiling, moderate chipping to edges, loss to spine-ends amounting to half of spine. More
Price: $37.50
Nara, Japan: Tenri Jihosha, 1968, First in English. 119 pp. Hardcover, cream cloth, 8vo. Fine copy in Fine glassine jacket, housed in Near Fine original slipcase. All contents tight, clean and unmarked. Like New. Publisher's letter laid-in. More
Price: $11.20
Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2006. 2 volumes in slipcase. Fine. Text volume in English and Japanese. Plates volume in Japanese only. Thoroughly illustrated with Aoyama Jiro's book designs. A lovely copy. More
Price: $72.00
Japan: Kyodoshuppansha, 1998. Text in Japanese. Folio, hardback in dust jacket, 147 pp., illustrated in black and white and in color. Fine in near fine jacket. More
Price: $33.75
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1967, First Edition. Hardcover, black cloth. Illustrated. 132 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket and original slipcase. Sharp, clean copy. Slipcase with minor shelfwear; strong and clean. Volume 1 only, focusing on Kacho, Bird and Flower motifs. More
Price: $50.00
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, Presumed first edition, 2014, paperback, octavo, 301pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of shelfwear to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ. More
Price: $18.00
Eugene, OR: University of Oregon, First printing, 1957, paperback (taped spine), small quarto, 30pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with ink and price written on bottom of front panel, light edge wear, faint crease to rear top corner, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ. More
Price: $11.20
New Haven: Yale University Press, First edition, 1989. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 371 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light age-toning to the page-edges, dust jacket with minor creasing to the tips. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. More
Price: $30.00
London: John Murray, Seventh Edition, Revised. c.1903. Stiff boards. Red cloth, gilt titles. 8vo. 586pp. + ads (68pp.). Fold-out map in front, large fold-out map in rear pocket. All interior maps present. Very Good+. Some rubbing and fading to cloth, light general shelfwear, some soiling to edges of text block. More
Price: $112.50
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, First edition, 1972, hardcover with brown cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 513pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of shelfwear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG+ with rubbing and soil, now in archival mylar wrap. More
Price: $80.00
Shanghai: Max Nossler and Co, 1905. Second edition revised. Hardcover, 8vo. in red pictorial cloth with gilt titles, decoration. 386pp. illustrated with plates, including three folding plans/ maps. Good plus. Spine sunned, blunting to spine ends, corners, lean to spine. Inner hinge cracked, stain to corner of fore-edge, which effect... More
Price: $60.00
Ann Arbor: Karoma Publishers, 1990, edition not stated. Softcover, in Very Good+ condition, showing light shelf wear, and with a previous owner name stamp to the front free end paper. More
Price: $18.00
Berkeley: University of California Press, First paperback printing, 2007, octavo, 325pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild shelfwear to wrap, binding tight, previous owner's sticker to front endpaper, otherwise text clean and unmarked, with small back dot to foredge of text block. No DJ. More
Price: $20.00
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, Presumed first edition, 2007, hardcover with green paper boards in dust jacket, octavo, 465pp., not illustrated. Book good with mild wear to spine ends, binding tight, previous owner's sticker to front flyleaf, text shows erasable pencil underlining and marginalia throughout. DJ VG+ with mild shelfwear... More
Price: $20.00