[Japan]. 大日本雄弁会講談社. [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 8 [ 1933]. Thirty two full page colour plates, ten monochrome photographic illustrations, black and white line illustrations in text throughout, 336pp, 18.8 x 12.8cm. Some largely even browning throughout, pictorial wrappers a little worn and browned, a good copy of a fascinating book..... More
London. John Murray. 1905. Fifth edition revised. Large colour folding map, vi + 552pp, index, first and last leaves foxed, deacquistioned from the United Service Institution of NSW library with their stamps on the front free endpaper and title page, upper corner clipped front free endpaper, spine stained where library..... More
Asiatic Society of Japan. Transactions of The Asiatic Society of Japan. Vol. XXXVI. Part 3. 1908. 157pp. 24 x 16.5cm. Rebound in half leather with marbled paper covered boards, section of original upper wrapper attractively bound in. A very good copy. From the collection of Aubrey and Eva Sweet. When..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1973. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 597pp, appendices, bibliography, index, neat stain from an old sticker front free endpaper, insect damaged and slightly torn dustjacket, now protected, felt pen mark outer edge, still a good copy. This volume explores the psychological features of..... More
Cambridge, Mass. The MIT Press. 1998. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 196pp, appendix. 26.5 x 26cm. A very good hardback in dustjacket. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a small label indicating the collection number on the spine. When referring to this item..... More
Tokyo. Chuo Koron sha. 1988. Popular Edition. Colour and black and white photographic plates, 523pp. Text in Japanese. Top edge slightly foxed, a little rubbed dustjacket with sunned spine, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217963. More
United States: Harvard University, Asia Center, 2010. Black and white illustrations, 337pp, bibliography, index, very good in dustjacket. In "Seeing Stars", Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. Frost explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and..... More
Tokyo. Kobundo. 1993. Line maps, 636pp, notes, index. Text in Japanese. Occasional pensilling very good hardback copy in original cardboard slipcase with paper band. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217978. More
Hollywood. W. M. Hawley. (c. 1976). [Bound Photocopy]. Black and white illustrations, 104pp, index. 28.5 x 21.5cm. A very good bound photocopy printed single sided. Although there are no indications in this copy, this book is from the collection of Aubrey and Eva Sweet. When referring to this item please..... More
No date. (circa 1980?). Colour folded sheet with accompanying title piece with ANA logo and strip of paper with eyes, nose and lips on it. 48.8 x 40.3cm. Very good copy. This is a novelty game from All Nippon Airways. A traditional New Year Japanese game, Fukuya, requires players to..... More
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[Japan]. 永楽屋東四郎他. [Eirakuya Toshiro], Bunsei 8 [ 1825]. Volume 2, no. 2 or 3 this is unclear (of 4 volumes). Colour double page woodblock illustration, three double page black and white woodblock illustrations, two woodblock illustrations, [42]pp, 18.3 x 13cm. Some staining throughout, paper covered light card covers considerably insect..... More
![Stock ID #155411 風俗研究 第26号. [Fūzoku kenkyū dai 26-gō] [Customs Studies #26]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/155411.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1754675389)
京都 [Kyoto]. 内外出版. 大正１１年. [ 1922]*. Colour woodblock frontispiece, black and white illustrations in the text, 30pp, upper cover of the colourful upper wrapper torn and detached from upper cover, otherwise very good. This issue of this magazine includes articles on changes in Japanese marriage customs, customs relating to footwear..... More
大日本雄弁会講談社. [Dainihon Yubenkai Kodansha]. Showa 30 [ 1955.]. Three volumes in original pictorial card covers, attractive full page colour illustrations throughout. Light even browning, a little very light shelf wear, one spine a trifle discoloured, overall very good. 25.7 x 18cm. Three volumes (nos. 19, 25 and 35) from the..... More
Tokyo. Toyo News Service. 1960. Third Printing. Volume III only. Black and white line illustrations, ix + 240pp. Edges browned, dustjacket a little worn, otherwise a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222400. More
![Stock ID #164502 自然. [Jizen] [Naturalness]. KANEMATSU KENRYO,...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/164502.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1754678792)
京都.[Kyoto]. 文明堂. [Bunmeidō]. 1988. 141pp, paperback, dustjacket slightly rubbed, book band, 18.8 x 13.2cm, text in Japanese, very good copy. This book is a Japanese translation of Kanematsu's English book, Jinen. When referring to this item please quote stockid 164502. More
New York. Columbia University Press. 1996. Edited by J. Thomas Rimer. ix + 290pp, index. A very good hardback in dustjacket. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a label indicating the collection number on the spine. A collection of personal essays and literary vignettes on Japan by..... More
![Stock ID #220445 四季. [Shiki]. [Four Seasons]. KIMONO FABRIC SAMPLE BOOK](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/220445.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1781574357)
京都. [Kyoto]. ひいらぎ出版社. [Hiiragi Shuppansha]. [ 1968?]. Fourteen tipped-in numbered fabric samples with information in Japanese, tipped in black and white photographs, [14]pp, 29.8 x 22.3cm, papered boards with title label on front cover, accordion style binding. Sample number 8 has some tape residue to the paper but not affecting..... More
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard U.P., 1970. x + 261pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, light wear dustjacket spine little sunned, a good, clean copy. This book represents the first intensive and detailed study in English of Motoori Norinaga's life and thought, exploring fundamental questions about the interpretation of Japanese culture. When referring..... More
Board of Tourist Industry. Japanese Government Railways. 1940. First edition. Japanese Tourist Library Series Number 32. 2 colour plates, black and white illustrations, 99pp. 20 x 13.2cm. First and last leaves lightly foxed, covers edges a little creased, otherwise very good copy in card wrappers. When referring to this item..... More
![Stock ID #172281 宗教民俗学. [Shukyo minzokugaku]. [Folklore Studies on Religion]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/172281.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1754683365)
東京. [Tokyo]. 東京大学出版会. [Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai]. 1990. Charts, 423 + xviii pp, index, endnotes, hardback, dustjacket, 21.5 x 15.5cm, text in Japanese, very good copy. This book is a comprehensive and theoretical study on folklore and religion. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172281. More
Tokyo. Shogakukan. 1995. Popular Edition. Maps, colour and black and white photographic plates, 533pp, bibliography. Text in Japanese. Nihon minzoku bunka taikei 9. Little light pencilling some leaves, top edge very lightly foxed, rubbed dustjacket with sunned spine and margins, overall a very good hardback copy. When referring to this..... More
Osaka. Science Education Institute of Osaka Prefecture. 1981. ii + 205pp, very good copy in slightly faded dustjacket. Written for English language teacher's teaching in Japan. This book takes a socio-linguistic approach to language teaching recognises that without addressing the very different communication patterns both teacher and student are likely..... More
![Stock ID #217959 年中行事辞典. [Nenju gyoji jiten]. [Dictionary of Annual Events]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/217959.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1735888163)
Tokyo. Tokyodo. 1992. 35th Edition. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates, 972pp, index. Text in Japanese. Edges a little foxed, a very good hardback in original pictoral card slipcase. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217959. More
Iwasai Bijutsusha. 1989. Maps, 281pp, bibliography. Text in Japanese. Little light pencilling some leaves, though not affecting text, edges lightly foxed, very good hardback in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217960. More
United States. University of Minnesota Press. 2015. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 163pp, index, notes, very good paperback copy. What is the cultural value of illegal works that violate the copyrights of popular fiction? Why do they persist despite clear and stringent intellectual property laws? Drawing on the..... More