London. Methuen. [1908]. 1st ed. Colour frontispiece with browned tissue-guard, black and white plates. Spine worn, original red cloth lettered and stamped in gilt on the spine. Head and tail of spine frayed, cloth cracked along spine edge. Cloth mottled, light browning to edges, small chip to half title, prior..... More
London. HarperCollins. 1999. Family tree, xii + 316pp, glossary, inscription on dedications page, paperback covers light, bump lower right corner and slight rubbing on extremities, good paperback copy with pages starting to lightly brown, spine lightly creased. A story crossing three generations, from the 1870s to the aftermath of the..... More
![Three Luncheon and One Dinner Menu from the S.S. Hakone Maru]. NIPPON YUSAN KABUSHIKI](/pictures/thumb/165277.jpg?v=1574046024)
1941. Four menus, 19 x 13.3cm with striking Japanese woodblock style illustrated covers. One image is duplicated but has different contents. Dated 14th July 1941, 3rd August 1941, 9th August 1941 and 18th September 1941. The choice of food available is fascinating: Good Fellow Grate Abalone Chowder, Individual Pork Rabbit..... More
Tuscon. The University of Arizona Press. 1962. 120pp, index, bibliography. paperback copy with rubbing on extremities, nick on front cover upper right hand corner, signature half-title. 28 x 21cm. Chapter headings include; history 1914-1940, Japanese art, religion and philosophy, and language. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 165188)..... More
Oxford. Oxford. 1990. Black and white maps, xix + 875pp, indices, bibliography, good hardback copy, sunned spine, neat signature front free endpaper, slightly bumped extremities. World bibliographical series, 103. Chapter headings include; religion, society and social conditions, foreign relations, sports, and food and drink. (When referring to this item please..... More
New York. Grove Press, Inc., 1978. First Printing. xiii + 606pp, appendix, glossary, index, good copy with foxing and browned interior, taped dustjacket. "World Within Walls is the first of a projected four-volume study of Japanese literature, Donald Keene's major work, indeed an achievement probably beyond any other Western author..... More
New York. Grove Press, Inc., 1st Japanese ed.1955. x + 114pp, bibliography, index, browned copy in paperback, little scuffed extremities, water marks lower cover and endpapers. "Japanese literature is most extensive in its range and form and this introduction to it covers all its various branches -- poetry, plays, novels..... More
