New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-viii, [6], 5-260, [2] pp. White cloth with black lettering on the spine, a red decoration on the front board. Price of $6.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by several black and white photographs. Tiny spot..... More
London: Grosvenor Books (1985), 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xv, [1], 190, [2] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Maroon endpapers and pastedowns. Price of £12.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated by several black and white photographs from the historical period. An..... More
New York: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [8], v-x, [1], 2-377, [3] pp.; [6], iii-vi, [1], 2-374, [2] pp. Bound in blue-green cloth with elaborate gilt decorations on the front boards, spines with lettering and decorations in gold; top edges gilt. Illustrated with..... More
n.p. n.p., ca. 1890. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 27.5 c.m. x 38 c.m. 50 hand-colored albumen photographs on double-sided stiff cardstock leaves. All tissue guards present. Black lacquered boards with beautiful raised decorations carved and painted on bone on the front board: a woman wearing a kimono riding a dragon and..... More
New York: Random House (1968), 1968. Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], viii, [3], 4-594, [4] pp. Bound in dark grey cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $10.00 on front jacket flap. Second printing. Winner of the National Book Award. Very near Fine book in a Near Fine..... More
New York: McCall Publishing Company [1971], 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi, [3], 2-243, [5] pp. Quarter red cloth over orange paper boards, gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine. Price of $7.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated by a few diagrams and..... More
New York: Kodansha International (1989), 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 7-215, [1] pp. Navy cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated by several black and white photographs. Foreword by James Michener. Preface by Hachiro Hosokawa. Translated by Mayumi Ichikawa..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix, [12], 3-371, [9] pp. Quarter red cloth over beige cloth with two silver decorations on the front board and with silver lettering on the spine. Beige endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $20.00 on the..... More
London: Cassell (1962), 1962. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-280, [2] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 21/- net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates of black and white photographs. Reynolds' book tells his story..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], vii-ix, [7], 3-302, [2] pp. Quarter beige cloth over tan paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $20.00 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with several color plates, maps, and a few black..... More
New York City: Daniel Ryerson, Inc. [1938], 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-viii, [2], 3-242, [4] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Decorated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A history of Japanese Imperialism, especially..... More
n.p. [W.E. Scull] [1905], 1905. Early printing. Hardcover. Small 4to. [4], 5-479, [5] pp. Red publisher's cloth with green lettering and a green border on the front board, decorations in white, red, black, and green on the front board, black lettering on the spine. Floral green endpapers and pastedowns. Assisted..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-viii, [2], 300, [2] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Very Good book with a bookplate on the front pastedown in a Very Good..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xvi, 1-280 pp. Blue cloth with an inset illustration done in red, black, blue, and grey on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; top edge gilt. With the bookbinder stamp of W.H. Smith & Son of London..... More