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New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 182 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series. Very generously illustrated throughout with 153 photographs including 34 in full color. A beautiful book production as are all of the titles in this exquisite series with typically high standards of critical commentary and selection of representative works of art. A tight, clean volume with very fresh bright boards, internally fresh, unmarked and unblemished in a tight, bright, glossy, price-clipped dust jacket(with original price sticker at foldover bottom corner from Kinokuniya). 1/4" tear a top rear corner of spine of dust jacket, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. A beautifully preserved collector's copy and virtually as new..

NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1975). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Small quarto, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles and gilt cover decoration of a dragon. 256pp. including extensive index and notes. Illustrated throughout with color photographs and black and white drawings, photographs and reproductions. Fine in fine dust jacket..

NY: Charles Scribner's, (1970)., 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards. 221pp. with index, bibliography and glossary of ornamental forms. Forty-three illustrations and eight plans. Fine in fine dust jacket. A very crisp, tight and clean copy..

New York: Macmillan, 1936. Book. Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. Octavo, dark green cloth with gilt title and spine titles. 200 pp. A gathering of Yeats autobiographical musings and memoirs of people, places and events. This copy remarkably well-preserved. Very tight, clean, unmarked and unread with fresh cloth and bright white, crisp pages. Spine gilt a bit oxidized. In a very tight, crisp, clean, sharp, unblemished matte dust jacket, quite exceptionally fresh. Fine in very fine dust jacket. Scarce in this almost like new collector's condition..

New York: William Morrow, 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth spine over pale brown paper covered boards. 296pp. The first novel by the leading twentieth century Russian poet. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked volume in a crisp, sharp, tight, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

New York: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1993. Book. Illus. by David Wilgus. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. Square small quarto, black cloth spine over plum colored paper covered boards. 149 pp. Illustrated with full page pencil drawings of eerie intensity by David Wilgus. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Tokyo: Tokyo News Service, 1961. Book. Illus. by Yoshimoro Yamashino. Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. Small octavo, kelly green cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 233pp. including index and List of Japanese Birds. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white maps, photographs and diagrams and full color illustrations of each of the birds identified. This copy is clean and undamaged with very fresh cloth, sparkling gilt and bright clear unblemished pages and illustrations. The prior owner made some diminutive whimsical note at the top corner of the ffep and one on the verso of the last page "The real place for scenery is in the heart". With those exceptions, a bright, fresh, fine volume without dust jacket. Very near fine..

New York: Dover Publications, 1963. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First American Edition. First Edition in English. Octavo, goldenrod yellow stiff wraps (trade paperback). 240 pp plus "Catalogue of Dover Book". A complete guide to the use of the ancient Japanese abacus; a computational device of sliding coutners in a frame that allows the user to do many basic mathematical operations by manipulating the counters. Very generously illustrated throughout with diagrams, illustrating operations, problems, manipulations and solutions. Included with this volume is a boxed Japanese abacus with a 31 pp. "Abacus Introduction Book". The abacus is in wood with brass rods and Japanese characters in black. The sliding counters are dark brown (wood/plastic?). The book is in excellent condition; tight, clean, bright, square, crisp, glossy and unmarked with a flat uncreased spine. The spine is sun faded, else fine. The abacus is in perfect workiing condition, the small booklet is in perfect unused… Read More

Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Co, 1981. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, black illustrated stiff wraps. 129 pp. Reminiscences of greats from American popular music of the late 20th century from jazz to rock n roll, Bessie Smith to Stevie Wonder, Charlie Parker to the Doors. A tight, clean, fresh, stiff, square, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. One tiny almost imperceptible speck of abrasion on rear panel, else fine. FINE..

NY: Orion Press, (1987). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Quarto, black cloth covered boards. 224pp. including index. Illlustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs. A comprehensive survey of the components, structure, history and armament of the Chinese armed forces, including Army, Air Force and armored forces. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..