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1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. 24 High Quality Color Reproductions Each 8 1/4" X 5 1/4", Mounted In Tabs On Cards, In Matching Folding Brown Chemise With Paper Label Printed In Red And Black. Undated. Scarce; Worldcat Locates One Institutional Holding, In Barcelona.

Moussant, Vallon & Co. (Circa 1870-1888), 1870. First Edition . Embossed Wrappers. Very Good. 7" Tall.. 24 pp. Front cover blindstamped with floral design, title and author embossed in orange. Greey arrived in Japan on the first boat from Great Britain, which inaugurated relations with Japan, and resided there for decades. Wear and short tears at edges (covers are larger than pages, hence covers are fragile.)

Los Angeles: F. H. Itano. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 9 1/4" High. 4 Pp. In Stiff Wrappers. Very Good

Rutland, Vy; Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. 71 Pp. Black Cloth, Illustrated. First Edition Stated. Fine, Nio Wear Or Marks. Clear Plastic Fitted Dust Jacket Withshallow Chipping Along Bottom Edge Of Front Panel, And At Spine Ends.

Weatherhill, 1972. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout. 151 Pp + Catalog At End. Decorative Glossy Boards. First Printing Indicated. Fine; Gift Inscription On Front Endpaper, No Wear. Dust Jacket Would Be Fine But 1" Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge, Tiny Tear At Lower Front Tip.

New York City Ny: The John Day Company / Institute Of Pacific Relations, 1942. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 207 Pp.Cloth. Second (Revised And Enlarged) Edition, 1942. Light Usage, Ownership Name Of A Political Scientist On Rear Pastedown.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tipped In Color Plates, B/W Illustrations. Beige Cloth Stamped In Brown. First Printing. Near Fine Book, Slight Foxing To Covers And To Front Endpapers And Title Page. Dust Jacket With Wear, Mainly Around Top Of Spine Which Is Frayed And Has Short Tears.

Tokyo Jp: Shufonotomo Publishing Co / Japan Publications Trading Co, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Two Volumes, First Printings. Both Are Fine In Fine Dust Jackets. B/W And Color Photographs Throughout.

New York: Kodansha America Inc, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 825 Pp. Green Cloth. Stated First Edition. A Fine Reference, Including Much General Historical Narrative In Each Specialty Of Japanese Art. Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket, No Marks Or Stains.

London Uk: William Heinemann, 1921. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. X, 327 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Black; Tissue-Guarded Frontispiece. First Printing With 1921 Date On Title Page And "William Heinemann 1921" On Copyright Page. Near Fine. John Otway Percy Bland (1863 -1945), Was Born On 15 November 1863 In Malta, The Second Son Of The Ten Children Of Major-General Edward Loftus Bland (1829-1923) And Emma Frances Franks (D. 1894). He Was Educated At Victoria College, Jersey And Trinity College Dublin. His Father Arranged For Him To Be Considered For An Appointment In The Chinese Maritime Customs Service. Bland Arrived In China In 1883, And Worked In The Customs From 1883 Until 1896, Serving In Hankou, Canton, And Peking, Serving There As Inspector-General Sir Robert Hart's Private Secretary From 1894 To 1896. From Early In His Career He Began Writing Light Verse About Life Amongst The Foreign Expatriate Communities In The Chinese Treaty Ports, Collected In Lays Of Far… Read More

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1958. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 9 1/2" Tall. Four volume set. No slipcase. Extra postage required for international shipments.

New York: Houghton, Mifflin Company [bookplate of U S Government Coordinnator of Information library], 1926. First Edition, First Printing . Green Cloth. Very Good. 356 pp. Lightly used, small area of fraying near top of spine, lettering faded. Bookplate of Japan Reference Library, NY, on front pastedown; stamps of U S Government Coordinator of Information Library with control stamps; Library of Congress discard stamp at end. Cleasrly a copy used by the COI, a propaganda-orinted agency, in WWII.

Tokyo Japan: Ryufusha Publishing, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Tipped In Color Plates; B/W Photographs; Drawings. 12; Xvi, 46 Pp. Green Boards Lettered In Red And Green; Green Endpapers. 12 Plates At Front With Text On Numbered Pages, Plates On Adjacent Unnumbered Pages With Tipped On Plates. First Edition. Near Fine In Lightly Used Dust Jacket With Short Tears At Sides Of Top Of Spine, And 21" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel. With The Program For Demonstrations And Exhibitions Of Ikebana At Woodward & Lothrop In Washington Dc (Undated, Possibly Circa 1957/1958), A Large Single Sheet Folded To Make Four P With Illustrations; Also With 20 Presentations Of Ikebana Clipped From Japanese Newspapers Circa 1957/1960.

Boston: Little Brown & Co. , 1898. First Edition, First Issue . Hardcover. Very Good. 299 Pp. Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt, Illustrated In Green And Orange On Front And Rear Covers And Spine In A Design By Bruce Rogers, Top Edge Gilt. First Printing. Paper Aged, First Signature Detached (But Binding Not Cracked). Light Wear, A Few Pinpoint Frays On Top Edge Of Spine, Cover Gilt Brilliant, Spine Browned And Gilt Complete But No Longer Brilliant, Edges Of Cloth Covers With Slight Browning. Ownership Signaure Of W. K. Maclaren. .

New York Ny: Harper & Brothers, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Maps. Xi, 549 Pp. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated, And Codee-C. Clean, Spine Gilt Weak But Clear. Points Of Fraying At Corners. Hinges Tight. Detailed History Of Events, Little Attention To Causes Or The Motivations And Goals Of Leaders, Useless For Creating Ethical Foreign Policy, As Is Usual In This Field Of Study. Ownership Signature Dated June 1928 And Name Stamps Of William Henry Cooke, Professor Of History, Pomona College And Claremont Graduate School, Who Wrote Extensively About This Subject Area.

Tokyo: Kaitakusha Publishing, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 219 Pp. Black Cloth, Lettered In Silver. Some Wear But All Lettering Is Complete And Strong. Ownership Signature And Two Name Stamps Of Major Frederick W. Hess On Front Endpapers; In 1956 He Was A Lieutenant Colonel And A Member Of The Joint Classification Board For Identifying Japanese Pow's. No Other Marks. Hinges Solid.

New York: Time Inc., 1940. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. 14" Tall. 136 Pp. Soft Cover, 14" X 11 1/2". Near Fine, Small Surface Losses Along Spine (Only). International Shipment Requires Considerable Additional Charge, But Note That 4-6 Magazines Fit Into A Single Usps Large Flat Rate Priority Mail Box, Insured.

New York: Time Inc., 1940. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. 14" Tall. 178 Pp. Soft Cover, 14" X 11 1/2". Near Fine, Small Surface Losses Along Spine And Along Fore Edge Of Front Cover T(Only). International Shipment Requires Considerable Additional Charge, But Note That 4-6 Magazines Fit Into A Single Usps Large Flat Rate Priority Mail Box, Insured.

New York: Time - Fortune, Inc., 1936. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. 14" Tall. 196 Pp. Soft Cover, 14" X 11 1/2". Light Usage, Small Fray Along Lower Rear Spine Edge With Short Tear And Slight Soiling To Rear Cover, Near Fine. International Shipment Requires Considerable Additional Charge, But Note That 4-6 Magazines Fit Into A Single Usps Large Flat Rate Priority Mail Box, Insured.

New York: Time Inc., 1939. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. 14" Tall. 196 Pp. Soft Cover, 14" X 11 1/2". Light Usage, Small Fray Along Lower Rear Spine Edge With Short Tear And Slight Soiling To Rear Cover, Near Fine. International Shipment Requires Considerable Additional Charge, But Note That 4-6 Magazines Fit Into A Single Usps Large Flat Rate Priority Mail Box, Insured.