Baltimore. John Hopkins. n.d. (c.1970). Black and white illustrations, 245pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, decorative endpapers, prior owner's name front free endpaper, minor wear and fading dustjacket otherwise a very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 66359). More

No publication details. [Edo]. Japanese late Edo book woodblock printed book on a love story, small but clear black and white woodblock illustrations, 45 leaves, 18 x 12cm, four-hole stab binding, paper title label laid down upper cover, some light creasing, wear and marking covers, a good copy. Text in..... More

Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1970. 2nd printing. Maps, photographic illustrations, x + 446pp, bibliography, index. "The book's value is not confined to the specialist in Japanese political institutions or the specialist in the local political lore of Okayama. The sociologist and social historian, the economist and economic historian, as well..... More

London. Cambridge University Press. 1974. Tables, xiv + 239pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. "The present volume deals with economic and social change in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Japan, by means of a case study of the cotton trade in Osaka and the surrounding Kinai region. The development of the Osaka..... More

Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1970. viii + 253pp, index, biographical notes, list of works cited, lightly foxed dustjacket, endpapers and edges trifle foxed, otherwise a good copy. This book discusses the thought and life of Nishi Amane (1829-1897) who was one the first Japanese to assert the supremacy of Western..... More

Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1975. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 234pp, appendices, glossary. A good hardback copy with little rubbing on cover and extremities. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164625). More

Stuttgart. Brockhaus. 1982. 2 volumes. Volume I: Folding map, lxviii + 310pp. Volume II: 1 folding map, 1 folding plan, 1 folding plate, black and white full page plates, [8] + 478pp. Cloth, leather title labels spine, quarto. Small mark cloth upper cover, lettering on upper cover a little worn..... More

University of Hawai'i Press. 1977. Black and white frontispiece, viii + 200pp, notes, glossary, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, foxing upper page edges, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Volume 2 of the Historical Literature of Mori Ogai. (When referring to this item..... More

Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1977. 183pp, signature of prior owner front paste down, notes, bibliography, index, good in slightly damaged dustjacket. A striking aspect of Japanese history was the static population figures during the 18th and early 19th century. Methods employed such as the use of infanticide are discussed in..... More

Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 1980. 588pp, appendix, bibliography, index, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason front free endpaper, minor tear on upper right edge dustjacket, now protected, a very good copy. By reconstructing political events the author chronicles the collapse of a regime and explains why the governing..... More

Richmond. Vic. Hutchinson. 1979. Endpaper maps, black and white and colour illustrations, 148pp, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 26 x 20cm. The Warner's have traced and re-traced the journey along the Tokaido, Japan's vital highway recapturing the events that have shaped Japanese history. (When referring to this item..... More

New York. Viking Press. 1990. xii + 578pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket very slightly marked, very good copy. The story of the first official contact between the Japanese Empire and the United States when Commodore Perry's squadron of ships steamed into Edo Bay in July 1853. Drawn from first hand..... More