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Osaka and Edo: Kawachiya Kihe et al. and Eirakuya Toshiro, 1837. Second Edition. Trade paperback. Good. This is the second edition of one of the crowning achievements of Japanese Edo-period mapmaking, a five-color woodblock atlas of the provinces of Japan. The maps are printed in light blue, dark blue, black, yellow, and red and mark administrative divisions (villages, provinces, counties), roads, stations, historical places, shrines, and temples. This atlas was adapted by Tokei Ichikawa from the large and accurate map of Japan made by Sekisui Nagakubo in 1773. This format, first published in 1828, was intended for desktop use according to the introduction. Most of the provinces are depicted on two facing sheets, with one province per map. The scale varies, with each map resized to fit it in the allotted space. For more information, see the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan catalog record: "It is considered the masterpiece of atlases of Japan's political divisions."… Read More

Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1903. A guide to America which provides general information as well as specific facts on the American educational system, matriculation requirements, and curricula, especially of colleges and universities. The appendix consists of a list of selected American colleges and universities."-A Buried Past, 113. The author may be Rippo Eitaro Iijima, a 1904 Master's graduate of the University of Southern California, who co-founded Rafu Shimpo, the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, the largest Japanese American newspaper. A USC student named Iijima definitely started the newspaper with two other students in April 1903. He first name is variously given as Rippo or Eitaro, depending on the source. The 1904 Circular of Information for USC gives his name as Rippo Eitaro Iijima. The book includes a one-page introduction in English; a fold-out outline map of the United States showing state borders, eight halftone plates of universities, and nine pages of publisher's ads. [10], 3, [1], [8… Read More

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Ephemera. Very good. One of the classic food-related posters of the Second World War, encouraging home canning to preserve food for the winter. 16 by 22-1/2 inches. OWI Poster No. 77; O-533993. Old folds, as issued; beginning to split along one fold. This is an original World War Two poster, not a reproduction. Ships flat.

Washington DC: Office of War Information, 1943. Ephemera. Near fine. OWI poster 12. A poster to encourage apartment-dwellers to conserve energy during the Second World War. Among the exhortations is "Don't demand heat 24 hours a day." The poster aims to reduce homefront petroleum consumption because "Saving fuel saves transportation for America's war effort." 14 by 20 inches. Very good, with some old folds and creases. SHIPS FLAT. This is an original World War II poster, not a reproduction.

New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. The author's second book. First edition (stated, with a number line ending in 2, which is how the publisher identifies first printings). Library discard stamp on the front free endpaper (no other library markings; this may have been a donated book). Jacket with short tears to edges. A presentable copy.

New York: Random House, 2001. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near fine. Advance uncorrected proofs, preceding the first edition. Bound in blue and white patterned wrappers with the dust jacket design on the first interior page. 316 pages. Covers with a bit of a curl, but generally near fine.

Tokyo: Jitsugyo No Nihonsha, 1903. Trade paperback. Good. Profiles of ten successful American businessmen, published as part of a late Meiji-era interest in business practices and strategies. I would tell you who the ten American were, but I couldn't work out the phonetic spellings of their names in Japanese. [2], 4, 26, [3 leaves of plates], 371, [19] pages. The final section is mostly ad pages for business-releated books. OCLC: 672532283 (NDL, Waseda), 26974992 (LC). First edition (first printing). A good copy in wrappers, missing the lower two inches of the spine.

New York: Rizzoli, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A color photo monograph on one of the masterpieces of Japanese architecture. Over 200 illustrations; 192 in color. 267 pages. 10-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches. Translated from the Japanese. First US edition. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Boards slightly splayed (bowed out).

Tokyo: PMC Shuppan, 1984. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A reduced-size reprint in four books of Ito Kazuo's two-volume oral history of Japanese immigrants in the United States. "A recent volume on the history of the Japanese in the Pacific Northwest, including those in British Columbia and Alaska. Based upon interviews and personal accounts, it is essentially a social history of the Issei viewed through their own eyes. Organized topically, it has vivid Issei recollections of working in the railroads, lumber mills, mines, Alaskan fisheries and canneries, and other subjects. Includes sections on Japanese women, stowaways, and prostitutes"-A Buried Past, 283 (for the first edition of the first volume). "A collection of anecdotes, Issei reminiscences, and excerpts from diaries on the prewar immigrant lives in the Pacific Northwest as a sequel to no. 283"-A Buried Past II, no. 1557 (for the 1972 first edition of the second volume). Ito was a journalist for the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper in Tokyo. In… Read More

Santa Fe, NM: Channel Photographics, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Black and white images of Angkor Wat. 12-1/4 by 9-3/4 inches (oblong). First edition (stated). A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by Izu on the half-title page.

Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Wth 100 black-and-white plates, reproducing Izo's large-format images of (mostly) stone religious buildings. 12-3/8 by 10-5/8 inches. First edition. A fine copy in a jacket that would be fine but for the typical fading at the spine.