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Lattice Window Ming Jiangnan
Zhejiang Photographic Press, 2005. Hardcover. Zhejiang Photographic Press. Quarto. 320pp. In Chinese. Chinese lattice wood doors and windows, fully illustrated in color. Spine of dust jacket lightly faded and rubbed at ends. Item #10370
Price: $85.00
TOKYO JOURNAL ( 23 of first 24 issues)
Tokyo: Tokyo Journal, 1981-1982. Paperback. Tokyo Journal. 14" x 10". 23 issues: Volume 1, No. 1-11 (missing No.12); Volume 2, No. 1-12. "Japan's leading English Magazine." Early issues had only 8pp, but gradually got larger, 24pp. by 1982. Some toning to edges, occasinal edge tear, postage stamping on some covers. Item #11025
Price: $200.00
Abe, Kobo
THE MAN WHO TURNED INTO A STICK
Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1975. First edition thus. Hardcover. University of Tokyo Press. Quarto. 84pp. Illustrated with photographs from performances. Pages lightly toned. Bookseller sticker on front flap of dust jacket. Item #10869
Price: $45.00
Clunas, Craig
CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLORS
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984. Hardcover. Victoria and Albert Museum. Sm quarto.111pp. Illustrated. Item #10289
Price: $35.00
Cranaton, Edwin A. [Translated with an introduction by]
THE IZUMI SHIKIBU DIARY
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Harvard University Press. 9 1/2'' x 6 1/2''. 332pp. with index. Old price inked at top corner of dustjacket. Item #11055
Price: $35.00
Grace Wu Bruce; Philippe De Backer
Living with Ming : The Lu Ming Shi Collection
Art Media Resources, 2000. Hardcover. Art Media Resources. Quarto. 215pp. 71 full page color illustrations of furniture and some small decorative items. Blue silk cloth in slipcase that shows light wear. Item #10336
Price: $125.00
Hearn, Lafcadio
EARLESS HO-ICHI
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd. 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Kodansha International Ltd. Oblong. quarto. Unpaginated. Introduction by Donald Keene; Illustrations by Masakazu Kuwata. Nicely designed book, each page of Hearn's text has illustration on opposite page. Laid-paper over boards, stamped in silver. Spine very lightly faded. Dust jacket spine darkened. In... Item #10896
Price: $85.00
Honda, H.H. (Translator)
THE KOKIN WAKA-SHU
Japan: The Hokuseido Press/ The Eirinsha Press, 1970. Hardcover. The Hokuseido Press/ The Eirinsha Press. Octavo. 292pp. Court poetry (A.D. 905). Brown cloth stamped in silver, pink dust jacket, housed in original cardboard slipcase. Scarce. Item #10890
Price: $150.00
Jiurutang Collection
The Jiurutang Collection of Ancient Chinese Ceramics
Beijing: Jiurutang Collection, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Jiurutang Collection. Quarto. 362pp. 246 color illustrations in 362pp. Text in English and Chinese. Last couple of pages are creased, spine of dustjacket slightly faded. book is clean and bright. Item #10475
Price: $85.00
Ju-Chen, Li
FLOWERS IN THE MIRROR
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1965. Hardcover. University of California Press. Octavo. 310pp. 19th. Century Chinese fantasy travelogue reminiscent of Swift. Turquoise cloth, spine stamped in gold. Dust Jacket has rubbing and light edgewear. Item #11076
Price: $45.00
Kai-Yin Lo
Classical and Vernacular Chinese Furniture in the Living Environment
Yungmingtang, 1998. Hardcover. Yungmingtang. Quarto. 188pp. Dual language edition; English and Chinese. Substantial illustrated text with 37 pieces Illustrated with full page color plates, including descriptions and measurements. Minor dulling to black dust jacket. Item #10334
Price: $45.00
Katai, Tayama
THE QUILT AND OTHER STORIES
Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1981. First English language edition. Hardcover. University of Tokyo Press. tall octavo.204pp. Red silk cloth stamped in gold. Dust jacket is lightly faded on spine. Item #10874
Price: $40.00
Li Xueqin
The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes
Singapore: National Heritage Board, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. National Heritage Board. Quarto. 254pp. Beautiful full-page color illustrations. Item #10473
Price: $350.00
Mordell, Albert
DISCOVERIES: ESSAYS ON LAFCADIO HEARN
Tokyo: Orient/ West, Publishers, 1964. Hardcover. Orient/ West, Publishers. Octavo. 240pp. Page edges lightly toned. Dust jacket verso, edges and spine darkened, with a few small chips and tears. Item #10889
Price: $30.00
Riichi, Yokomitsu
"LOVE" AND OTHER STORIES
Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1974. First edition thus. Hardcover. University of Tokyo Press. Octavo. 266pp. Pictorial cloth. Verso of dust jacket is toned. Item #10932
Price: $30.00
Self, James; Nobuko Hirose
JAPANES ART SIGNATURES
Floating World Editions. Paperback. Floating World Editions. Quarto. 399pp. Profusely illustrated. Item #10937
Price: $35.00
Sewell, Darrel
THE POETRY OF CLAY: THE ART OF TOSHIKO TAKAEZU
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2004. Paperback. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Quarto. 24pp. Illustrated in color. Includes exhibition checklist. Item #10936
Price: $60.00
Shixiang Wang
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties. 2 Volumes
Chicago: Art Media Resources, Ltd. 1990. Hardcover. Art Media Resources, Ltd. Lg. quarto. 2 volumes. Volume 1, text. 226pp; Volume 2, plates. 189pp. Illustrations in b&w. Green silk cloth has small spot on one rear panel. In very good slipcase that shows light wear. Item #10335
Price: $150.00
Soseki, Natsume
THE MINER
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. Stanford University Press. Octavo. 189pp. Experimental, absurdist novel written in 1908. Item #10873
Price: $35.00
Stewart, Harold
BY THE OLD WALLS OF KYOTO
New York: Weatherhill, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Weatherhill. Octavo.463pp. Incl. glossary and index. Illustrated. Red cloth stamped in black; in dustj jacket. Item #10931
Price: $35.00
Takeo, Arishima
A CERTAIN WOMAN
Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1978. Hardcover. University of Tokyo Press. Octavo. 382pp. First published in 1919. White dust jacket has a litttle yellowing to edges and spine. Item #10880
Price: $60.00
Tandan, R.K.
INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, 16th Through 19th Centuries
Bangalore: Natesan Publishers, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Natesan Publishers. Quarto. 174pp. text, Plus 228 illustrations, 53 in color. Number 332 of 1000 copies. White cloth has minor soiling, corners are turned or lightly bumped. Light foxing to the first few pages and rear endpaper. Glossy dustjacket has mild rubbing /dullness. Item #10716
Price: $250.00
Tian, Xiaofei
BEACON FIRE AND SHOOTING STAR
Cambridge: Harvard university Asia Center, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Harvard university Asia Center. Octavo. 473pp. Includes index. Some marginal annotations, consisting of small checkmarks throughout. Otherwise like new. Item #9293
Price: $40.00
Twitchett, Denis; John K. Fairbanks; Kwang-Ching Lui (editors)
LATE CH'ING, 1800-1911. PART 1 & 2
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978/1980. Hardcover. Cambridge University Press. Thick lg. octavo. Buckram cloth with red labels, stamped in gold. Part 1: 713pp.; Part 2: 754pp., Spine faded dustjackets included. Heavy volumes, may require extra shipping, overseas shipping not recommended. Item #10686
Price: $125.00
Waley, Arthur
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CHINESE PAINTING
London: Ernest Benn, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Ernest Benn. Quarto. 262pp. including index. 49pp. of plates from photographs. Toning to endpapers. Light foxing to top edge. Some light toning to pages. Grey cloth stamped in gold. Item #10733
Price: $150.00
