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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.

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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.

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SHEATHING THE SWORD THE DEMILITARISATION OF JAPAN
Written by Meirion Harries; Susie Harries.
Stock no. 2111159
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1ST 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0241121116. Fading along cover edges. Light creasing to wrapper.

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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.

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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.

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THE WORLD OF ROZOME WAX-RESIST TEXTILES OF JAPAN
Written by Betsy Sterling Benjamin.
Stock no. 597676
Published by Kodansha International Ltd.. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Wax-Resist Textiles of Japan. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Indepth interviews with 17 contemporary artists form the heart of this volume. With diverse styles, methods and materials. A carefully illustrated process section outlines everything textile artists might need to know. ISBN: 477001774X. REDUCED FROM £200.

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JAPANESE CHILD LIFE
Written by Alice Calhoun Haines. Illustrated by Alice Mar.
Stock no. 732629
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Stories and verses with full-page colour plates. Large format. 12.5 x 10". Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards. B/w decorative borders to text. Cover edges worn. Spine slightly frayed at top and tail. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Margin tear on two plates have been neatly repaired. Some light fingering to page margins. A nice copy of this attractive book.

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JAPAN'S DECISIVE DECADE
Written by Basil Entwhistle.
Stock no. 695046
Published by Grosvenor Books. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

How a determined minority changed the nation's course in the 1950's. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901269859. Inscribed by author. Small red mark to foredge.

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