Tokyo. Japan Souvenir Association. [Circa 1945- 1965]. Black and white illustrations, single sheet printed both sides, a good used copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 161839. More

[Japan]: 朝日新聞. [Asahi Shinbun]. No date. (Circa 1958). Folding colour sugoroku game sheet, 52.5 x 75.5cm. A little very light wear, a very good copy. This vintage sugoroku game offers a captivating glimpse into Japan's keen public interest in Antarctic exploration during the late 1950s. Published as a supplement to..... More

[Japan]. Circa [ 1930]. 37 black and white photographs presented in an accordion album, 26.5 x 19cm, 20pp, 2 loose black and white photographs (18.2 x 25.5cm, 14.7 x 10.2cm), some wear and a few photographs missing, but the photographs are generally in good to very good condition. This family..... More

[Japan]. Circa [ 1930?]. Folding coloured board game (12.6 x 12.9cm), small tube with a metal lid containing a dice and 4 playing pieces each in 4 colours, original box (15 x 7.5 x 2.6cm), rules of the game in Japanese text laid down inside lid. Signs of light use..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 博文館. [Hakubunkan]. Showa 8[ 1933]. Six colour card cutout sheets, folded as issued, 39 x 27cm, original wrapper with instructions (28 x 21cm). Paper wrapper chipped and torn with a little loss now neatly repaired with washi. Instructions are complete and the card sheets are in very good..... More

[Tokyo]. [集英社. Shūeisha]. Showa 27 [ 1952]. Folding colour game board (37.7 x 20cm) with accompanying sheet of cut-outs of players and for constructing the stadium, (19 x 27.2cm), additional small card with punch-out cardboard bat and balls (1 ball missing; 3.5 x 8cm), and original pictorial wrapper. Board is..... More

[Japan]. Showa 31 [ 1956]. Melbourne 1956 Olympics scrapbook, 26 x 36.3cm, [38]pp, 4 hole string binding, hand-written title on front cover. Some largely even browning throughout, endpapers a little marked but overall very good. This Japanese scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings from Japanese sources provides a detailed and engaging..... More

大阪. [Osaka]. 饗庭又兵衛. [Aibashi, Matabei]. No date but appears to be Meiji. Colourful sheet featuring two hemispheres with a teacher and his students pointing to parts of the world. Sheet measures 32.7 x 46.7cm. Three vertical folds, margins a little chipped but neatly repaired on the verso not affecting the..... More

Circa 1942. Small airborne propaganda leaflet printed on one side only featuring a colour illustration. Appears to have been dropped during the Malayan Campaign. 14.6 x 19.8 cm, creased and marked on the reverse. Image still very clear and strong. Airborne colour propaganda leaflet urges the British troops to surrender..... More

Japan. Circa [ 1830?]. Handmade manuscript book with black and white hand-drawn illustrations, 28 x 18cm, 25 double-folded leaves, four hole string binding, title label upper cover. A little marginal browning and soiling consistent with use, upper corners bumped, lacks decorative paper over lower wrapper. This manuscript is a copy..... More

[Japan]. (Circa 1854). Black and white woodblock print, one of the military hats has been coloured in pink, a little spotting and very light creasing, generally good. 31 x 24cm. This kawaraban, dating from around Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan, features a lower panel depicting three figures in military uniforms..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. [大阪毎日新聞社]. [Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]. 1937 - 1939. Porcelain ash tray illustrated with a colour map (12 x 13cm) with accompanying folded newpaper sheet, map, black and white photographic illustrations, 4pp. 54.5 x 39cm, A striking pair of items reflecting Japan’s aviation ambitions on the eve of the Pacific..... More

滿洲國國務院國都建設局.[Manshūkoku Kokumuin Kokuto Kensetsukyoku]. 康徳4年[ 1937]. Fourth Edition. Large folding double sided single sheet printed on both sides, folded in 12 panels. One side features a handsome colour birds-eye view of Shinkyo with a photographic panorama showing construction in progress immediately below, on the reverse a coloured plan, text and..... More