Tokyo. Tokyo Imperial University. March- September, 1937. The four quarterly parts for 1937, numerous tables and maps, many folding, black and white photographic plates (captioned in English and Japanese), xii (index and contents in English and Japanese) + 1053pp, with the four original title-wrappers (in English and Japanese) bound in..... More

Edo. Eirakuya Tōshirō 永楽屋東四郎, Suharaya Mohei 須原屋茂兵衛, Kawachiya Naosuke 河内屋直助 etal. (Publishers), 1834. 102 leaves with black and white woodblock text and illustrations throughout. Paper covered wrappers creased and worn, title label heavily insect damaged. Four hole stab binding still firm although the string tie is loosening, ribbon across spine..... More

[Harutorī]. ハルトリー, 1867. Woodblock printed book with black and white illustrations in the text, [72]pp, edges trifle worn with occasional staining on upper margins, original light purple washi covered card covers little faded in places, blank decorative title label upper cover. String ties broken in lower section but still very..... More

1st Edition. Frontispiece photogravure engraving by Heliog Duchardin with tissue guard, ix + 298pp with numerous illustrations and plates with numbered tissue-guards. Heavy card embossed covers, titled in gilt, spine re-enforced with buckram, endpapers browned, internally clean and firm. Contains an index of artists and a glossary of buddhist terms..... More

Tokyo: Hokuseido Press. Showa 15. [1940]. 2nd Edition. 4 colour plates, 2 folding, numerous black and white photographic illustrations, xi + 141pp. Attractive purple cloth covered boards, contrasting red cloth title label upper cover, Japanese binding with tassle ties, cloth worn with loss at corners and edges. Good copy. The..... More

No details of publisher in English. Circa [ 1930?]. Full page colour plates throughout, 80pp, cloth covers worn on edges, 26 x 19cm, characters on title page traced onto tissue guard, prior owner's names on front and back endpapers, a little staining along upper edges of leaves, some light soiling..... More

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

Tokyo. 遞信省通信局.[Teishinshō Tsūshinkyoku]. 明治三十九1906. Bilingual (English and Japanese) early 20th century postal regulations as agreed between the Minister of State for Communications of Empire of Japan, 山縣 伊三郎 [Yamagata Isaburō], and the Postmaster General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Austin Chapman. 18 + 11pp, in wrappers, including 16 articles in..... More

London. William Blackwood & Sons. 1889. Black and white line illustrations, 400pp, very good ex library copy bound in slightly marked and occasionally faded half calf, raised bands on the spine, gilt library stamp on upper board, endpapers a little foxed, some very light occasional foxing in contents but generally..... More

名古屋. [Nagoya]. 文光堂. [Bunkōdō]. Taisho 2[1913]. 5 volumes set complete. Black and white line illustrations, black decorative paper covered wrappers rubbed along edges, four hole Japanese stab binding, 22.5 x 16cm, covers slightly worn at edges, good condition. Volume 1: 24 double leaves. Volume 2: 21 double leaves. Volume 3..... More

London. Richard Bentley. 1861. First edition, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and black and white text illustrations, [i]-xxxii + 350pp with a final advertisment leaf of Bentley's Standard Novels, 19.4 x 13cm, original blind-stamped blue cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine (dulled) and gilt vignette of a ship with pennants a flutter to the..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 村山合名東京朝日新聞会社. [Murayama Gōmei Tōkyō Asahi Shinbun Kaisha]. 明治 41 [ 1908]. 38pp, English text, original wrappers with ring binder holes at margins, the attractive coloured upper cover indicates strong bond between the US and Japan by means of an illustration of their two flags knotted together. A little..... More

Edo. Suharaya Mohei 須原屋茂兵衛, Eirakuya Tōshirō 永楽屋東四郎, Katsumura Jiemon 勝村治右衛門 , Kawachiya Naosuke 河内屋直助 etal. (Publishers), 1858. New Edition. 102 leaves with black and white woodblock text and illustrations throughout. Paper on stiff card boards insect damaged with some loss to characters on paper title label. Four hole stab binding..... More