![明治大正昭和大絵巻. [Meiji Taishō Shōwa daiemaki]. Meiji, Taisho, Showa Picture Scroll (1868-[1931])](/pictures/thumb/162257.jpg?v=1547867930)
大日本雄辯會講談社 [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 6 [1931]. Published as supplement to the magazine "キング" 新年号第7巻第1号 "Kingu" shinen-gō dai 7-kan dai 1-gō in Jan. 1931 this attractive pictorial history is printed in colour throughout, [152]pp, bound in accordion style (orihon), pictorial paper covered boards a little worn at edges, closed tear... More
![萬國地誌略. [Bankoku chishiryaku]. World Geography. MOHAN GAKKO.](/pictures/thumb/162247.jpg?v=1547867929)
Meiji 10 ? [1877]. 3 volumes complete. Volume I: 38pp. Volume II: 37pp. Volume III: 44pp. Black and white woodblock illustrations in text. Japanese four hole stab binding. Title labels laid down upper cover, wrappers a little soiled and worn with some minor loss. Annotations from a previous owner lower... More
![家庭朝日 新年増大号. 東日本新風景. [ Katei Asahi Shinnen zōdaigo. Higashi Nihon shinfūkei]. [Picture book in East Japan].](/pictures/thumb/162200.jpg?v=1547867929)
Asahi Shimbun.? Showa 7 [1932]. Monotone photographic illustrations throughout, some full page but many two or more images attractively arranged on the page, 64pp, striking colour illustrated upper cover showing two attractive Japanese women dressed in elegant early 1930s Western clothes sightseeing with Mt Fuji in the background. 19 x.... More
![最新滿州寫眞帖 附旅順戦蹟 [Saishin Manshū shashinchō fu Ryojun senseki.] [Up-to-date Photo Album of Manchuria with Battle Sites in Lüshun [Port Arthur]]. YAMAZAKI KINCHIRO.](/pictures/thumb/162199.jpg?v=1547867929)
Showa 9 [1934]. [Reprint]. Folding colour map, 86 photographic plates a few of which are in colour, some browning particularly on text leaves and tissue guards, bound in original pictorial cloth with string ties. Cloth rubbed at corners. Inscription and chop first blank. A good copy of a very interesting... More
![大東亜戦下豪州の展望. [Dai Tōa senka Gōshū no tenbō]. Australian Vision during the Greater East Asia War. MATSUNAGA GAIYŪ.](/pictures/thumb/162153.jpg?v=1547867929)
日本講演會, Showa 18 [1943]. 24pp, original wrappers. Evenly browned throughout, chop of a prior owner 佐藤(Sato)upper cover. Two punch holes, light browning. Good copy. This issue of Nihon Koen v. 21, no. 14 (673rd volume of the set) published in May Showa 18 (1943) is entirely comprised of a talk... More
![週刊明星. [Shūkan Myōjō]. The Beatles [Special Supplement]. IGARASHI HIROSHI.](/pictures/thumb/162152.jpg?v=1547867929)
集英社 [Shūeisha]. 25th June 1966. (Vol. 9, No. 25-Tsukan 412) Showa 41 [1966]. Colour fold out, black and white and colour photographic and line illustrations, unpaginated, original pictorial wrappers, some light browning, good copy. Beatles special issue of the popular entertainment magazine, Shūkan Myōjō, which was published between July 1958... More
Japan: Tuttle Publishing, 2018. 40 projects; colour photos and diagrams, 112pp, hardback in dustjacket. Japanese gardens don't have to be large or elaborate to be beautiful. Bring the tranquility of a classic Japanese garden into any space in your home or office. Miniature Japanese Gardens shows you how to create... More
Chicago. Field Museum of Natural History. 1922. 6 full page black and white plates, 19pp, wrappers, upper wrapper torn in two places mended with Japanese tissue, otherwise a good and clean copy. The author was the assistant curator of Japanese ethnology at the Field Museum of Natural History. (When referring... More
![カウラの突撃ラッパ. 零戦パイロットはなぜ死んだか. [Kaura no totsugeki rappa. Zerosen pairotto wa naze shinda ka]. NAKANO FUJIO.](/images/noimage.png)
文藝春秋, 1991. 316pp, paperback. very good copy. Winner of the 11th (1984) Japan Nonfiction Award, this book tells the story of the Japanese riots that occurred at Allied POW Camp in Cowra. Who sounded the fateful trumpet call? The mystery led the author from Australia to Tokyo and Shikoku until... More
![極限の島「レンパン」.静兵団参謀の開拓手記. [ Kyokugen no shima "Renpan"] Diary of a Japanese Soldier at Rempang. YAMAMOTO TATSUO.](/pictures/thumb/162244.jpg?v=1547259470)
山本多美子, Showa 58 [1983]. [Reprint]. Black and white photographic illustrations, 166pp. Paperback. Chops prelims, final leaves and lower cover, small portion of label adhering to front free endpaper, "No. 3" in red ink lower cover. Occasional light foxing, good copy. Japanese soldier's diary which covers the period from defeat to... More
[Daimaru]. 大丸, No date. (circa1960). Large colourful folding sugoroku or Japanese game, 55 x 79.3cm. Repaired tear along one fold, some staining, good copy. Published to promote the Kobe Motomachi branch of Daimaru this sugoroku shows Tarzan as a young boy as he travels around the world. The game begins... More
![聖碑教育勅語法帖. [Seihi kyōiku chokugo hōchō]. Imperial Rescript on Education. AKIYAMA HAKUGAN.](/pictures/thumb/162162.jpg?v=1547259468)
秋山書塾, Showa 13 [1938]. 2 black and white photographic illustrations, 58 leaves including one folding, text is mainly calligraphic, original wrappers, paper title label upper cover, string ties."Not for sale" stamped on publication label. Small tear lower cover. Very good copy. 42.8 x 19.2cm. The Imperial Rescript on Education was... More
![メルボルンオリンピックの記録.美と力の祭典 [Meruborun Orinpikku no kiroku. bi to chikara no saiten]. Record movie of the Melbourne Olympics "Rendez-Vous a Melbourne. MELBOURNE OLYMPICS - JAPANESE POSTER.](/pictures/thumb/162161.jpg?v=1547867929)
[1957]. Large colour poster for documentary film on the Melbourne Olympics 72.5 x 51.4cm Occasional light creasing, minor browning lower along lower edge. Generally very good. Japanese poster for the 1957 documentary film from the Melbourne Olympics produced by the French company CSA Pro with the official approval of the... More
Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2018. Bilingual Japanese and English text, black and white illustrations, 191pp, paperback. A great story can lead a reader down a rabbit hole of discovery-especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with... More
![熊野太地浦捕鯨史. [Kumano Taijiura hogeishi]. [Whaling history at Kumano Taijiura]. THE COMMITTEE FOR COMPILATION OF A. HISTORY OF WHALING AT TAIJIURA.](/pictures/thumb/162126.jpg?v=1546655448)
平凡社, Showa 44 [1969]. Limited edition of 1000 copies. A complete set of seven volumes with booklet in English and Japanese. Six concertina style volumes (translated as "scrolls") illustrated in colour throughout with reproductions of old illustrations relating to various aspects of whaling. Each volume in Japanese paper covered boards... More
The Hague. Mouton. 1973. 156pp, bibliography, index, front-free endpapers little browned, paperback covers worn extremities with some foxing lower cover, two small closed tears covers, still a good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162217). More
Melbourne. Robertson & Mullens. 1943. 69pp, original wrappers, spine chipped with loss, upper wrapper somewhat acidic and torn along upper hinge, name and stamp of a prior owner front free endpaper. Aid for learning Japanese written by well known Australian journalist Peter Russo. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 99831). More
Australasian Medical Publishing. Sydney. 1942. All Japanese text (except from title page and intro). 175pp, index, attractive book plate tipped in front free endpaper, covers little marked, otherwise sound copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 162212). More
