London. Bison Books. 1988. Colour and black and white photographic plates, 192pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Dustjacket spine a little sunned, a very good hardback copy. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a label indicating the collection number on the spine. When referring to this item please quote..... More
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
Philadelphia. Lippincott. 1917. Folding map, colour frontis, 286pp, appendices, grey cloth-covered boards trifle marked, protective dustjacket, octavo, small bookseller's label front pastedown, a good, generally clean copy. A reproduction of Yotsuya Kwaidan told by the famous story-teller Shunkintei Ryuo. The story is an example of a 'true' Japanese ghost story..... More
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1985. 360pp, notes, index, very good copy in dustjacket. The thirteen papers in this volume represent a concerted effort to place the historical demography of East Asia on a firm quantitive basis. They explore a wide range of Chinese and Japanese documentary sources and raise new..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1970. viii + 253pp, index, biographical notes, list of works cited, hardback, foxed dustjacket with closed tear, now protected, endpapers and edges lightly foxed, attractive bookplate laid down front free endpaper, internally clean and sound. This book discusses the thought and life of Nishi Amane (1829-1897)..... 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
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1970. viii + 253pp, index, biographical notes, list of works cited, hardback, dustjacket little marked and smudged, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, a very good hardback copy. This book discusses the thought and life of Nishi Amane (1829-1897) who was..... 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
London. Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd., 1952. Line illustrations, ix + 246pp, bibliography, index. Edges, endpapers and dustjacket browned, heavily so on endpapers, dustjacket torn with loss but now protected, a sound hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219627. More
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Japan. 東都書林, 浪速書林. [Tōto Shorin, Rōsoku Shorin]. Bunsei 2 [ 1819]. Maps, pictorial maps, black and white wood block print illustrations, 24.5 x 18 x 7.2cm, 358 double folded leaves, string binding, title label upper cover. Some soiling or light abrasion from thumbing to lower corners of many leaves, small..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. (c. 1983). [Reprint]. Black and white reproductions of prints, xviii + 453pp, bibliography, index and glossary. A very good paperback copy. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a label indicating the collection number on the spine. The Floating World by novelist James..... More
Tokyo. Asiatic Society. December 1949. Two volumes in card slipcase. Volume 1: viii + 340pp, appendix, bibliography, index. Volume 2: "Supplementary Volume: Containing the original text of passages quoted in Volume 1 from the Shizen Shineido and the Todo Shinden", unpaginated, text in Japanese. Both volumes: papercovered boards, gilt lettering..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1982. Maps, black and white illustrations, 282pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, slightly faded dustjacket. Signature of a prior owner front free endpaper, very good copy. Looks at the role of shijuku in Tokugawa Japan. In contrast to the official schools of the time, shijuku reflected the..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 1993. Black and white illustrations, xiv + 310pp, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good copy 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 please quote..... More
London. Secker & Warburg. 1961. Many black and white line illustrations, xii + 365pp. A prior owner's inscription front free endpaper, edges lightly foxed, dustjacket lightly worn, internally clean, overall a very good copy. Story of a Japanese inn with its flow of travellers. "... a social history of Japan..... More
London. Secker & Warburg. 1961. Black and white line illustrations, xii + 365pp. Eedges and dustjacket lightly browned and rubbed, a very good hardback copy. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a label indicating the collection number on the spine. Story of a Japanese inn with its..... More
London. Duncan Baird Publishers. 2008. The New Illustrated Edition. Profuse colour photographic illustrations, 272pp, endnotes, appendices, further reading, index. 24 x 16cm. Silk covered boards, a very good hardback copy. From the library of Aubrey and Eva Sweet with a label indicating the collection number on the spine. When referring..... More
London. Orbis. 1978. Map, profusely illustrated with colour photographs by Werner Forman, 128pp, chronology, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket worn and little chipped, very good hardback copy. 30.6 x 23cm. Chapters are entitled "The Silent Warrior," "The Samurai Emerges," "Zen and the Sword," "The Armed Mandarins," "Samurai in Society" and..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1984. Reprint. Maps, xxxviii + 309pp, glossary, bibliography, index, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Contrary to traditional views of early modern Japan (1600-1868) as a classic case of "isolationism", this book demonstrates that..... More
London. Bison. 1982. Maps, colour & black and white illustrations, 192pp, glossary, index, bibliography, very good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. 31 x 23.6cm. "Few countries have a warrior tradition as along and exciting as that of Japan. It is a tradition found particularly in the person of the romantic..... More
New York. Weatherhill. 1992. Black and white text illustrations, vi + 367pp, glossary, very good copy in dustjacket. The life and writings of Ando Shoeki. When referring to this item please quote stockid 170287. More