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HOKUSAI: LIFE AND WORK
Written by Richard Lane.
Illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai.
Stock no. 2134635
Published by Barrie & Jenkins.
1st
1989.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Japanese artist and print-maker, is now recognised as one of the great masters of the ukiyo-e print, illustration, sketch and painting. Large format. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0712625062. A couple of small knocks to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning.
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NAZI GERMANY AND IMPERIAL JAPAN
Written by Hans Dollinger.
Stock no. 2133088
Published by Gramercy Books.
1st USA
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. A Pictorial History of the Final Days of World War II. Black cloth spine, gilt title; red covers. B/w photos. ISBN: 0517123991. Wrapper has some browning to edges and spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- NAZIS
- WORLD WAR II
- JAPAN
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PASSAGE TO DESTINY
Written by Brian James Crabb.
Stock no. 2130289
Published by Paul Watkins.
1st
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Sinking of the S.S. Khedive Ismail In the Sea War Against Japan. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1900289105. SIGNED by author to title page. Light bumping to spine. A few small indentation marks to covers.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MARITIME
- WORLD WAR II
- JAPAN
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THE WAR IN THE RYUKYU ISLANDS
Written by Gordon Warner.
Stock no. 2129139
1st
1995.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Operation Iceberg. Some wear along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.
THE COOLIE GENERALS
Written by Mark Felton.
Stock no. 2127120
Published by Pen & Sword Military.
1st
2008.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Britain's Far Eastern Military Leaders In Japanese Captivity. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781844157679.
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GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
Written by Grace James.
Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 2126689
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1910.
Very good condition.
De-Luxe edition, Limited to 500 copies. 40 exquisite tissue-guarded colour plates, mounted on brown card. 38 tales and legends collected from many sources. Vellum bound, with gilt titles and vignettes. Foxing and spotting to covers, endpapers and outer page edges; a few to some page margins. Ties to covers are no longer present. A few scuff marks to covers. All plates are present and in fine condition!
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- JAPAN
- LEGENDS
- LIMITED EDITION
DOOLITTLE'S TOKYO RAIDERS
Written by Carroll V. Glines.
Stock no. 1610257
Published by D. Van Nostrand.
1964.
Almost very good condition.
Who with their '20-cent' bombsights and a billion dollars worth of courage, took off on a spectacular secret mission that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 447 pages includes index. Minor bumping and scuffing to corners and spine. Inscription to front pastedown. Front joint cracked.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- JAPAN
CROMMELIN'S THUNDERBIRDS AIR GROUP 12 STRIKES THE HEART OF JAPAN
Written by Roy W. Bruce; Charles R. Leonard.
Illustrated by Roy W. Bruce.
Stock no. 2118443
Published by Naval Institute Press.
Circa
1994.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Black cloth spine, with silver title. Red boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1557505098.
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VISIONS OF JAPAN (BOXED SET)
Written by Arata Isozakie; Hidetoshi Kato; Simon Hoggart; Peter Popham; et al.
Stock no. 2117982
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum; The Japan Forum.
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Large format. This set was produced to go along with the 'Japan Festival' held in 1991. The exhibition took place at The Victoria and Albert Museum. there are 3 items in card case. First is a text volume, second is concertina style photographic album. Lastly in another slip-case and card cover is 'scrapbook', with a captions leaflet to accompany it. One volume (text) has some wear to edges and spine - otherwise rest are nearly fine. Slip-case has some edge-wear.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- ART
- JAPAN
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THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE
Written by Mrs T.H. James.
Stock no. 1311032
Published by The Kobunsha.
Very good condition.
Japanese Fairy Tales Series No. 14. A crepe paper book. Small format. Colour illustrations throughout. Front cover slightly worn and foxed. Small mark to bottom corner of 4 pages otherwise contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- JAPAN
WESTERN MEDICAL PIONEERS IN FEUDAL JAPAN
Written by John Z. Bowers.
Stock no. 1708074
Published by The John Hopkins Press.
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Inscription in ink to half-title page. Wrapper spine faded.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- JAPAN
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL HISTORY
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MILITARIZATION AND DEMILITARIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
Written by Glenn D. Hook.
Stock no. 1803966
Published by Routledge.
1st
1996.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Routledge Japanese Studies Series. The gradual transformation of Japan into a 'normal' military state, the political forces supporting and opposing this transition, and the underlying values at the base of the critique of militarization. Black boards, silver title to spine. xiv and 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0415022746.