Search Results: Japan: History from Arroyo Seco Books

The Macmillan Company / The American Institute Of Pacific Relations, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Vii, 208 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Printing Stated. Near Fine; Ownership Signature Of American Missionary In Japan E. Otis Draper; Draper Was Also Son Of A Missionary There. Near Fine. Dust Jacket Price Clipped, Stamped Price $3.00, Wear, Chipping At Corners, No Loss Of Lettering.

Los Angeles (1912-1913): Historical Society of Southern California, 1914. First Edition . Brown Wrappers. Near Fine. 9 5/8" Tall. An uncut, unopened copy, almost as new except for some age-darkening. Contains an article on the history of the Japanese in California and the exclusion of Japanese, and another on the Chinese.

Tokyo: South Manchuria Railway Company, 1936. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8 3/4" High.. Profusely Illustrated. 84 Clean, Unmarked Pages With A Fold-Out Map At The Rear. Pgs. Bound With Intact Silk Cord. Correct First Printing, 1936, Scarce. Previous Owner's Small Stamp Top Edge, Front Cover. No Foxing. Does Not Include Any Corporate Statement About Why Japan Is There, Who Pays Their Costs, When They Will Leave, And Who Will Pay Reparations Without Involving Innocent Japanese Civilians.

Grove Press, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 444, 440 Pp. Red And Black Cloth. With 12 Pp Insert From The Book Find Club. Book Is Near Fine. Dust Jacket Unpriced, Some Wear. 1" X1/2" Chip At Tip Of Front Panel.

1952. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 132 Pp. Illustrated Covers. Japanese Arts Magazine, Text Entirely In Japanese.

Los Angeles: Gurney Binford, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Photographs. 228 Pp. Grey Pebbled Boards, Gilt. First Edition. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, No Wear, Pages Aged, No Marks.

Japan Travel Bureau, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good + Book. Color Frontispiece, B/W Illustrations. 176 Pp. Green Cloth With Mounted Color Plate On Front Cover, A Different Mounted Color Plate As Frontispiece, Profusely Illustrated In B/W. First Printing (This Is No. 13 In Series, Catalog At Front Shows Only Prior 12 Books And Two Planned Volumes. ) Very Good, Spine Gilt Mostly Worn Away, Top And Bottom Spine Edges Show Wear, But Otherwise Very Nioce, Cover Gilt Bright And No Wear To Mounted Plate On Front Cover.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Draweings Throughout. 186 Pp. Maroon Cloth, Gilt. Text Pages Printed In English On Each Numbered Page, With Japanese Text And Illustrations On Facing Pages. Originally Published In Japan In The Nineteenth Century, As An Aid For Illustrators And Designers. Very Good, Light Wear, No Marks, In Very Good Dj, Not Price Clipped.

The World Publishing Company. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 314 Pp. Pale Green Cloth Lettered In Darker Green. Publisher's "Library File Copy" With Informational Plate, Dust Jacket Neatly Folded And Tipped On To Front Pastedown, And Pocket In Rear And Call Number On Spine. Jacket Completely Preserved.

New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill / Walker, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 199 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt, In Gold Wraparound Dk And Red Slipcase. One Of The Copies Marked "Subscription Copy" Signed By Bushell And Dated 1971 In Tokyo. Book And Dj As New, Not Price Clipped. Slipcxase With Light Rubbing At Edges, 1" Long Closed Split At One Lower Edge.

Tokyo, Japan (1950): Ryufusha Publishing Co., LTD., 1960. Reprint . White Boards. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 10 1/2" Tall. Profusely Illustrated with Color Plates and black and White Diagrams. 32 clean, unmarked pages. 32 tipped-in color plates, each with a thorough description on the facing page. Two small bookseller's stickers on front pastedown. Previous owner's bookplate on FFEP. Plates centered on heavy paper. Covers very slightly browned top edges. Spine lightly tanned. Gilt lettering bright and intact.

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 224 Pp. Beige Cloth Printed In Red And Blue. Very Near Fine Book, No Marks. Dj Not Price Clipped, Wear, Minute Losses At Spine Ends And Tips.

Rutland / Tokyo: Charles E Tuttle Company, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photographs By Tomo-O Ogita And Tsune Sugimura. 261 Pp. Brown And Cream Cloth, Gilt.First Printing, Fine Book In Fine Jacket, In A Near Fine Or Fine Slipcase With Printed Wraparound Band. Inscribed To Mrs. Jay Ward, "Who Shares Our Love Of Japan And Its Art- Fondly, Miriam".

Oxford: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1933. First Edition . Green Cloth. Very Good +/Good DJ. Photographic Plates, Two Maps. Xii, 389 Pp. Green Cloth Stamped In Black. First Or Early Printing; No Date, Except Preface Dated In 1933; Ads On Rear Panel For Books Prior To 1933. This Book Later Printed In Second And Third Editions, But This Is The Original Edition. Book Bright And Clean, Hinges Tight. Bookplate Of American Zoologist Charles Atwood Kofoid, Elaborately Decorated With A Scholarly And Zoological Theme. Dj Clean, Some Chipping At Corners/Edges, Some Wear/Abrasion Near Center Of Rear Panel, All Lettering Is Complete Except Partial Or Complete Loss Of About Two Dozen Letters In Descriptions Of Two Other Books On Rear Panel, Not Price-Clipped, Spine Somewhat Sunned, Crease 2/3 Down Center Of Front Panel.

London: Thames And Hudson, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 15 Color Plates, 76 Photogravure Plates, 37 Line Drawings, 3 Maps. 354 Pp + 9 Pp Index At End. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Fine Book, No Wear Or Marks Or Damage. Dj With Slight Rubbingprice Slipped, Faint C Rease On Front Flap. From The Library Of Animator Jay Ward And His Wife; The Wards Became Serious Collectors Of High Quality Antique Japanese Art; This Copy With Their Handwritten Notes And Many Clippings Laid In Loosely.

Echigo-Jishi. Nagauta-Music: Jujiya, 1929. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8 Pp With Color Illustrated Covers. Undated; Worldcat Shows Four Institutional Holdings, And Assigns A Tentative Date Of 1929.

Japan: Shogakukan, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Color And B/W Photographs Throughout. 163 Pp. Silver Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, 1986. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket, Also In Heavy Cloth Slipcase With Its Ownpaste-On Paper Cover, Paste On Cover Label, Wraparound Band, And Publisher's Plastic "Dust Jacket".

New York: Hill & Wang, 1982. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. X, 110 Pp. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket, Excerpt Tiny Pinpoint Wear At Top Of Rear Spine Edge And A 3/16" Completely Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Panel Of Dj.

Washington / Tokyo [circa 1972]: Freer GAllery of Art / Kodansha, 1972. First Editions . White Cloth / Slipcase. Fine Books/Fine DJ. 14 5/8" Tall. Color and b/w Plates. 184 Pp, , 184 Pp. Two Volumes, As New, In Slightly Aged Original Printed Slipcases Without Tears. International Shipping At Usps Priority Mail Rate.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 296 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Top Edge Gilt. Early Printing, No Date, First Was Published September 25, 1897, With An 1897 Date At Bottom Of Title Page, In An Edition Of 1750 Copies; This Example A Slightly Later Printing With No Date On Title Page. In Original Dj With Same Design As On Covers, Mimicking A Japanese Binding Around Spine, Stamped In Brown, Lacking Gilt Lines , And With No Period After Publisher's Name At Bottom Of Spine. Very Near Fine Book, Very Bright And Clean, Touch Of Wear At Corners, Hinge Tight, No Marks, Bookplate Of Paint Manufacturer John W. Masury, Who Manufactured Paints In Japan Circa 1910S (The Bookplate Has Come Loose Leaving A Small Glue Stain On Front Patedown.) Dj With Some Light Dust And Wear, 1/2" And 1/4" Tear At Top Left Of Rear Panel With Connecting Creases, Minute Losses At Corners.