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![The Geisha Story With Doll and Flower Arrangements, With Slipcase [1st Printing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/138/767/1584767138.0.m.jpg)
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The Geisha Story With Doll and Flower Arrangements, With Slipcase [1st Printing]
by Chandler, Billie T.
- Condition
- Used - Good++
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase in Fair Condition
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$20.00
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Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963 57pp, [1], bound in silk brocade, handmade paper for endpapers, pages are doubled paper, illustrated with color flower arrangements that include Geisha's. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Covers bow out slightly, the slipcase has the back end detached, and is included. HAKATA RYU FLORAL ART. Item Price
$20.00
![The Kushi Foundation Personal Education Service. Dietary Recommendations and Recipe Booklet [SCARCE]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/235/120/1582120235.0.m.jpg)
The Kushi Foundation Personal Education Service. Dietary Recommendations and Recipe Booklet [SCARCE]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1992
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- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$55.00
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Becket, MA: The Kushi Foundation, 1992 [4], 49pp, with stiff paper covers and a plastic comb binding. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Includes Methods of Cooking, Grains, Soups & Vegetables, Beans & Vegetables, Pickles, Beverages, Seasonings, Oil, Fish, Fruit, Nuts & Seeds, Snacks, Sweets, along with Home Remedies and External Applications. Includes recipes. MACROBIOTIC COOKING. … Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
![The Ghost Plays of Japan [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/399/898/1581898399.0.m.jpg)
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The Ghost Plays of Japan [Limited Edition]
by Beck, L. Adams
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1933
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$42.00
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New York: The Japan Society, 1933 Limited to 1000 Copies. NOH THEATRE. 35pp, [5], bound in paper over boards, with a mounted label on the front cover [no chips], binding and hinges are tight. With four colour and one black/white plates. Reprinted from The Perfume of the Rainbow by L. Adams Beck (1923). Extensive foxing on… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.00
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The Essentials of Ikebana
by Massy, Patricia [Edited by]
- Condition
- Near New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$65.00
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Tokyo, Japan: Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., 1978 98pp, [1], printed on fine glossy paper, color and b/w illustrations throughout, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Item Price
$65.00
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Washi: The World of Japanese Paper
by Hughes, Sukey
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780870113185
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$75.00
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Tokyo: Kodansha International , 1978 360pp, printed on heavy stock paper, bound in creme colored textured silk, Japanese paper was used for the endpapers, binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket show light edge wear, and is price-clipped. INCLUDES the original card stock slipcase, in Good++ Condition. Text … Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
Mino Washi
by Yagihashi, Shin / Translation into English by Sawada, Suketaro
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$42.00
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Japan, 1960 Circa 1960. 10pp, staple bound, printed on fine glossy paper, illustrated throughout. Includes *A History of Mino Paper *How to Make Hon-Mino Gami *The Genuine Mino Paper *Preservation Association, along with 6 tipped-in samples of Mino Paper. JAPANESE WASHI PAPER. Text is in English. Now housed in a protective mylar… Read more about this item Item Price
$42.00
Woollens & Worsteds of Japan
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$125.00
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Japan: The Japan Wool Spinner's Association, 1953 Circa 1953-1954. Metal spiral bound promotional book, printed on fine glossy paper, with a two page Questionnaire from the Japanese Woolen Textiles Promotion Mission, laid-in. Includes Japanese advertising, 30 mounted fabric samples [all present], along with articles, including A Historical Glimpse of Animal Hair Fabrics. Ownership label for "Charles… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
![The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs Being One Hundred Facsimile Illustrations of the Art of the Japanese Stencil-Cutter to Which the Gentle Reader is Introduced By One Andrew W. Tuer, F.S.A. Who Knows Nothing At All About It [Limited 1st Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/588/897/1479897588.0.m.jpg)
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The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs Being One Hundred Facsimile Illustrations of the Art of the Japanese Stencil-Cutter to Which the Gentle Reader is Introduced By One Andrew W. Tuer, F.S.A. Who Knows Nothing At All About It [Limited 1st Edition]
by Tuer, Andrew W.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- Published
- 1892
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$325.00
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London / Paris: The Leadenhall Press, Ltd. / Baudry et Cie Librairies-Editeurs, 1892 Circa 1892. Limited First Edition with the original Japanese stencil frontis-piece, with the Publisher's note bound in, stating thus. Text is in English, German and French. Oblong format, 24pp, 27pp, [1], 26pp, with 104 facsimile samples of Japanese Stencils, bound in quarter leather and… Read more about this item Item Price
$325.00
![Japanese Quilts [1st Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/584/897/1479897584.0.m.jpg)
Japanese Quilts [1st Edition]
by Liddell, Jill / Watanabe, Yuko
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780525483861
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$45.00
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NY: E. P. Dutton, 1988 x, 142pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in navy blue cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, color illustrations throughout. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, and is housed in a protective mylar cover. Initials inked out, inside the front cover. Item Price
$45.00
![Assignment in Japan [With Slipcase]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/987/933/1467933987.0.m.jpg)
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Assignment in Japan [With Slipcase]
by Nelson, Edward G.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase in Good Condition
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$20.00
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Tokyo, Japan: The Medical-Friend Publishing Company, 1953 [8], 204pp, [2], bound in the Japanese style, with single cord binding, silk fabric covers, and mounted label on the front cover [no chips to the label]. The Slipcase has two mounted labels, with some separating at the corners, and shows foxing. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. In a protective mylar sleeve. Item Price
$20.00
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An Original Archive of Hand Dyed Silk Samples From Japan - Six Oversized Volumes
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$4,200.00
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Japan Two volumes of mostly full page and double page, mounted silk samples, with hand painted multi-colour designs for use in the textile field, containing 114 Samples. Four volumes contain an additional 10 hand painted fabric samples, along with 377 mounted samples of hand coloured spectrum's, being approx. 3390 individual gradient colours. The heavy stock covers measure… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,200.00
![[Japanese Books on Ikebana Through the Four Seasons] Four Volumes set in 4 boxes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/964/736/1405736964.0.m.jpg)
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[Japanese Books on Ikebana Through the Four Seasons] Four Volumes set in 4 boxes
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Boxes in Fair to Good++ Condition
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, USA
- Item Price
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$425.00
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Japan, 1930 Circa 1930. Japanese books printed on glossy paper, bound in decorative silk fabrics, and tied with a silk ribbon. Photographic illustrations throughout, in color at the beginning of the volumes, then in black and white. All text is in Japanese. The boxes are in varying conditions, with one in Very Good Condition, one lacking… Read more about this item Item Price
$425.00
A Basketmaker in Rural Japan
by Cort, Louise Allison / Kenji, Nakamura
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Soft cover
- ISBN
- 9780834803367
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$32.00
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NY / Tokyo / Wash. D.C.: Weatherhill, in Association with Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1996 160pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, binding and hinges tight, with over 100 duotone photographs. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Item Price
$32.00
![Suye Mura A Japanese Village [Association Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/955/024/1362024955.0.m.jpg)
Suye Mura A Japanese Village [Association Copy]
by Embree, John F.
- Condition
- Used - Good ++ to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$17.00
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1950 The University of Chicago Publications in Anthropology. xxvii, [1], 354pp, bound in red cloth, with the binding and hinges tight, illustrations throughout, along with Maps and Tables. From the personal collection of Lorna Marshall (1898-2002], a well known anthropologist that lived among the !Kung people of the Kalahari Desert, and author… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.00
![The Minami Organ - Historical Research Series 1 [First American Edition, Limited to 1000 Copies]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/442/230/1298230442.0.m.jpg)
The Minami Organ - Historical Research Series 1 [First American Edition, Limited to 1000 Copies]
by Tatsuro, Izumiya
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$65.00
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Rangoon: U Soe Myint at the Universities Press, 1981 [20], 214pp, [2], bound in black cloth, with binding and hinges tight. The Dust Jacket is in a protective mylar cover, and is NOT price-clipped. "The Minami Organ was a clandestine group of the Imperial Japanese Army organized on the eve of the Pacific War. Its mission… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00
![Kabuki Program For April 1978 [SCARCE]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/110/797/1293797110.0.m.jpg)
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Kabuki Program For April 1978 [SCARCE]
by Yamamoto, Yuki [edited by]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$28.00
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Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd., 1978 Text is in English. 28pp, bound in stiff paper covers, with photographic illustrations throughout. Includes: *The Chushingura Theme *Yanone *Sado Chushingura *Cho No Michiyuki from "Keisei Yamato Zoshi" *Satsuki-Yami Utsunoya Toge *Yasaku No Kamabara *Kyo Kanoko Musume Dojoji and *Sonezaki Shinju. Light foxing to covers… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.00
![Selected Woodcuts By Un-ichi Hiratsuka [INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE ARTIST]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/580/357/1234357580.0.m.jpg)
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Selected Woodcuts By Un-ichi Hiratsuka [INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE ARTIST]
by Hiratsuka, Un'ichi
- Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD ++
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$3,250.00
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Japan: Kodansha, 1978 SCARCE - none in OCLC. 204pp, bound in creme cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Complete with all 236 woodcut illustrations by Un'ichi Hiratsuka, some folding, some in colour. Hiratsuka (1895-1997) was born in Matsue, Shimane in Japan, and became one of the prominent leaders of the sosaku hanga movement in 20th Century Japan.… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,250.00
![Japanese Book on the Meiji Emperor [1868-1912]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/240/859/1056859240.0.m.jpg)
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Japanese Book on the Meiji Emperor [1868-1912]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1915
- Binding
- Flexible Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$625.00
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Japan, 1915 Circa 1915. Japanese book, with text in Japanese and occasionally English. Illustrated record of the Meiji Emperor, His Family, Royal Palaces, Imperial Tours, the Military, and his Death. With four tipped-in photographic plates, two folding color lithographic illustrations, a full page color lithograph, along with color and black/white photographic illustrations throughout. Bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
$625.00
![Sonezaki Shinju [Love Suicides at Sonezaki] SCARCE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/543/371/1056371543.0.m.jpg)
Sonezaki Shinju [Love Suicides at Sonezaki] SCARCE
by Monzaemon, Chikamatsu [1653-1725]
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Boxed Story Telling Cards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
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$550.00
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1986 An 18th Century tale of a young couple in forbidden love, ending in suicide. 138 color lithograph, story telling cards, with Japanese text on the back of each card. All housed in a silk covered box, with a working clasp. The cards measure 13 1/2 centimeters tall by 12 centimeters wide, with box being 7 centimeters… Read more about this item Item Price
$550.00
BUNRAKU - 3 Volumes, Includes The Voices and Hands of Bunraku + a 2 Volumes Set in a Slipcase in Japanese Text
by Adachi, Barbara / Domon, Ken / Takechi, Tetsuji
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Houlton, Maine, USA
- Item Price
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$650.00
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Tokyo /: Kodansha International / IN VERY GOOD+ TO NEAR FINE CONDITIONS. **The Voices and Hands of Bunraku by Barbara Adachi (1978) 1st Edition, Tokyo: Kodansha International, with a Dust Jacket in a protective mylar cover. 4to, oblong format, pages printed on fine glossy paper, with color & b/w illustrations throughout. Occasional light foxing. **2… Read more about this item Item Price
$650.00
