Yedo. No publisher. The 2nd Year of Kei-ou. [ 1866]. First edition. Seven colour woodblock folding colour maps, two colour maps showing the hemispheres, mainly black and white maps in text, unpaginated [60]pp. Bound in traditional Japanese four hole stab binding, modern string ties, chops on title page, upper cover..... More
[Hiroshima]. 海軍兵学校. [Kaigun Heigakkō]. [1924 - 1941]. Three volumes, 21.9 x 15 cm, three folding charts, text diagrams and illustrations, folding world map dated December 1937 bizarrely shows in a semi-circular dotted line of the area where one could travel with same fare, which extends to the mid-Aleutian Islands in..... More
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東京. [Tokyo]. 中等学校教科書株式会社. [Chūto Gakkō Kyōkasho Kabushiki Kaisha]. Showa 16 [ 1941]. 4 full page colour plates, black and white photographic illustrations,173pp, cloth covered limp covers, 21 x 15cm. A little light pencilling, light even browning, covers a little worn at edges, modern string ties, a few gatherings protruding a...... More
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[Hakubunkan]. 博文館, 1902. 6 volumes from a series of 35 each standing on its own. Black and white illustrations, pagination various with all well over 100 pages in length. Original coloured pictorial wrappers chipped with a little loss on spines, some staining around staples, good copies. A series of biographies..... More
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大阪. [Osaka]. 森本専助. [Morimoto Sensuke]. Meiji 29 [ 1896]. Volume 3 only. 6 colour woodblock folding maps, in text black and white woodblock illustrations throughout, 22.5 x 15 cm, 73 double folded leaves, yellow embossed paper wrappers with stab binding (Japanese style).Wrappers slightly soiled but firmly bound This fascinating Japanese..... More
東京. [Tokyo]. 照井宇一. [Terui Uichi]. Meiji 28 [ 1896]. 17 double folded leaves, 26 x 18 cm, traditional 4 hole stab binding, title label on cover. Covers slightly faded and soiled, still a very good copy. This primary school teaching manual of calligraphy covers katakana and hiragana. It starts with..... More
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[Japan]. Meiji 24 [ 1891]. Collection of 12 colour lithographs, each sheet 19 x 25cm. Light scattered foxing, some staining to some sheets, insect damage to margins of five sheets (outside image area), diagonal crease to margin of one sheet; good condition overall. These 12 delicately coloured beautiful lithographs show..... More