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A Boy of Old Japan
by Van Bergen, R.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1901
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$20.00
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Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1901. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Small octavo, in decorated yellow cloth boards. Illustrated with "original japanese color pictures" (color tinted). There is slight loss of color in robe of bowman on cover and nominal soil/wear. This is an unusually fresh and clean copy.. Item Price
$20.00
The Japanese Abacus Explained (Indluding Boxed Wood and Brass Japanese Abacus)
by Yoshino, Y. (Introduction By Martin Gardner)
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1963
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780486211091
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- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$46.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$46.00
Magic of Trees and Stones: Secrets of Japanese Gardening
by Saito, Katsuo / Wada, Sadaji (Richard L. Gage, Trans.)
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$140.00
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New York/Rutland/Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1965. Book. As New. Cloth. Second Edition. Second Edition. Quarto (12' X 8.25"), dark brown burlap covered boards over white cloth spine with titles and spine titles in red, white and brown. 282pp. including index, bibliography, glossary and appendix. Very generously illustrated throughout with 200 black and white gravure photographic illustrations and many line… Read more about this item Item Price
$140.00
Kutani - Famous Ceramics of Japan No.18
by Shimazaki, Susumu
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1976
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- Paperback
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$68.00
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Tokyo: Kodansha, 1976. Book. Fine. Photoillustrated Softcover. First Edition. Tall small folio, (10.25" x 12.75"). Colorfully photo-illustrated stiff self wraps (trade paperback). 28pp. plus regional guide/map. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs of finished pieces plus details of glazes and firing techniques and diagrams and maps of kilns. An excellent detailed sort guide to the renowned… Read more about this item Item Price
$68.00
Kiseto, Setoguro - Famous Ceramics of Japan No.13
by Furukawa, Shosaku
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1976
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$52.00
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Tokyo: Kodansha, 1976. Book. Fine. Photoillustrated Softcover. First Edition. Tall small folio, (10.25" x 12.75"). Colorfully photo-illustrated stiff self wraps (trade paperback). 28pp. plus regional guide/map. Generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs of finished pieces plus details of glazes and firing techniques and diagrams and maps of kilns. An excellent detailed sort guide to the renowned… Read more about this item Item Price
$52.00
The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang
by Wriggins, Sally Hovey
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2003
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780813365992
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- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$16.80
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New York: Perseus Books/Westview, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Octavo, illustrated stiff wraps,.(trade paperback). 326 pp. including index, select bibliography and notes. Illustrated in black and white. A tight, clean, fresh, bright, stiff, square volume, unmarked and apparently unread with a flat uncreased spine. FINE.. Item Price
$16.80
The Folk Arts Of Japan
by Munsterberg, Hugo
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$76.00
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Rutland, VT/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1958. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. True First Edition, first printing. Square small quarto, patterned cloth covered boards. Hand made paper endpapers. 168 pp. including index. Generously illustrated throughout with black and white and colored photographs and unique decorative maps in color. A very scarce true first edition of this often reprinted classic by one… Read more about this item Item Price
$76.00
Terry's Japanese Empire Including Korea and Formosa with Chapters on Manchuria, the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chief Ocean Routes to Japan: A Guidebook for Travelers
by Terry, T. Philip (F.R.G.S.)
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1914
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$95.00
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Boston and New York: Houghton and Mifflin, 1914. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo flexible red cloth with gilt title and spine titles. All edges marbled. Two silk ribbon markers. 799 pp. including index plus approx. 80 pp. of advertisements. Illustrated with 8 specially drawn folding maps and 21 plans all in color, including the Mausolea at Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo,… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.00
Tales of Tears and Laughter: Short Fiction of Medieval Japan
by Skord, Virginia (Tranlator)
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780824813154
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- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$19.60
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Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, dark blue cloth covered boards. 222 pp. A tight, clean volume with very fresh, bright cloth and pristine white interior, unmarked, unblemished and unread in a crisp, tight, unclipped, glossy dust jacket with one very short very closed edgetear, else fine. Very fine in very… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.60
The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints
by Elvehjem Museum of Art
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780932900241
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- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$116.00
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Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Center/University of Wisconsin, 1992. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Quarto, maroon cloth covered boards with white spine titles. 352 pp. plus Errata Sheets. An unprecedented work of art history documentation and reference. The Van Vleck collection perhaps the most important Western collection of Japanese prints and the almost 4,000 prints by 137 artists included… Read more about this item Item Price
$116.00
MOMOYAMA GENRE PAINTING (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, Volume 17)
by Yamane, Yuzo
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$28.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.00
MOMOYAMA DECORATIVE PAINTING (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, Volume 14)
by Doi, Tsugyoshi
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$36.00
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New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 166 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series and errata page. Very generously illustrated throughout with 153 photographs including 41 in full color. A beautiful book production as… Read more about this item Item Price
$36.00
GENERAL INDEX (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, Volume 31)
by Bird, Richard (Compiled by)
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$68.00
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New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1980. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 104 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series. A complete index to the full series. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unblemished volume in a very tight, crisp, glossy,… Read more about this item Item Price
$68.00
Korean Karate: Free Fighting Techniques
by Cho, S. H.
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.80
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Tokyo/New York: Charles E. Tuttle, 1977. Book. As New. Cloth. Later printing. Small quarto black cloth covered boards with embossed calligraphy, gilt title and gilt spine titles. 249 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white photographs illustrating every detail of Korean Karate free fighting techniques. A clean, tight, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volumed in a crisp, sharp,… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.80
Terry's Japanese Empire Including Korea and Formosa with Chapters on Manchuria, the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Chief Ocean Routes to Japan: A Guidebook for Travelers
by Terry, T. Philip (F.R.G.S.)
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1914
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$375.00
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Boston and New York: Houghton and Mifflin, 1914. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo flexible red cloth with gilt title and spine titles. All edges marbled. Two silk ribbon markers. 799 pp. including index plus approx. 80 pp. of advertisements. Illustrated with 8 specially drawn folding maps and 21 plans all in color, including the Mausolea… Read more about this item Item Price
$375.00
The Traditional Arts of Japan
by Boger, H. Battison
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$30.80
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New York: Bonanza, 1964. Book. Fine. Cloth. Quarto, red cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 351 pp. including index and bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs and reproductions. A tight, clean volume with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt titles, in a tight, crisp, sharp, price-clipped dust jacket which shows just a tinge… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.80
Japanese Portrait Sculpture
by Mori, Hisashi
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780870112867
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$42.00
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Tokyo/New York: Kodansha, 1977. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. First Editon, first printing. Small quaro, brown cloth covered boards. 150 pp. including index, glossary and selected bibliography. Very generously illustrated throughout with black and white and color reproductions and photographs of historically significant Japanese portrait sculptures, predominatly of Buddhist bodhisattvas, buddhas, priests and monks. A very tight, clean fresh, unmarked… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.00
A Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Oriental Arts: Japan , China and Korea (Vols. I-VII)
by Shoten, Kadokawa (Editor)
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$96.00
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New York: Crown Publishers, 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Royal Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt titles. Fine in original mylar dust jackets and slipcases. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color photographs and illustrations, many full page. Complete in seven volumes.. Item Price
$96.00
Judo for the Gentle Woman
by Gardner, Ruth B.
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780804806602
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$15.60
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Rutland, VT/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1971. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo black and white photo-illustrated stiff self wraps (paperback) with orangeand green decoration. 147 pp. including bibliography and glossary. Generously illustrated throughout with 159 black and white photographs demonstrating the judo techniques and throws for self defense particularly directed to women. A tight, clean, stiff, crisp, square, unmarked… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.60
Told Round a Brushwood Fire: The Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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$30.00
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Princeton: Univrtdoyu of Tokyo/Princeton University Press, 1995. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth spine over bone white cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 347 pp. including index, appendices and scholarly apparatus. Illustrated wtih a copule of sketch maps. Translated from the original Japanese by Joyce Ackroyd. The first ever scholarly translation into English of this classic… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
