Japan from SmarterRat Books

Shufunotomo Company, Ltd., 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1986 Shufunotomo Company, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. First Edition. First printing, stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 7.4 x 10.3 inches, has beige textured paper-covered boards with black spine lettering. Black and white illustrations. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 311 pages. Binding tight. Hinges… Read more about this item

Barron's Educational Series Inc., 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1986 Barron's Educational Series Inc. Oversize hardcover, 8.75 x 11.25 inches, has red textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 192 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Light sh.0..elf… Read more about this item

Abe Publishing Co. Ltd., 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1989 Abe Publishing Co. Ltd. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 10.2 x 10,75 inches, has black textured paper-covered boards with white spine lettering Front… Read more about this item

Gunya Film Productions, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Very Good Jacket. No date in book, circa late 1980s. Gunya Film Productions. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 11.25 x 8.75 inches, has dark blue cloth-covered boards with silver spine and cover lettering. Color photographs of traditional Japanese confections called wagashi, meticulously styled as inspired by… Read more about this item

Cincinnati Art Museum, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1990 Cincinnati Art Museum. Exhibition catalog. Softcover. Oversize, 9 x 10 inches. Black & white illustrated front cover with red and black lettering; covers have fold-in flaps. Color and black & white photographs and plates. High-quality glossy paper. Includes errata slip. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have… Read more about this item

Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1999 Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc. First US Edition, stated. First printing. Full letter line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has brown textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decoration. Translated from the Japanese by James Westerhoven.… Read more about this item

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1977 Cleveland Museum of Art. Softcover. Exhibition Catalog. Brown plastic comb binding. Outer covers and interior separating pages between sections are made of Japanese rice paper with embedded golden yellow fibers. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Plastic comb binding undamaged. Due to its… Read more about this item

Shikosha, 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Good Slipcase. 1982 (Shouwa 57) Shikosha (Shikousha), Kyoto, Japan. Oversized softcover with glossy coated dust jacket. Text in Japanese. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Color photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. One quarter inch nick on the back fore edge of… Read more about this item

Pergamon Press, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1970 Pergamon Press, Australia. Softcover. Black and white plates. Map endpapers. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Front cover has a crease at the bottom corner that affects the first few pages. A few small stains on back cover. Pages… Read more about this item

International Exhibitions Foundation, 1978. Softcover. Good. Good+. 1978 International Exhibitions Foundation. Oversized. Softcover. Color and black & white photographs. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear, with some nicks around the edges. Title page has "Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978" handwritten in ink at the bottom of the page. NOT ex-library. Pages otherwise… Read more about this item

Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1983 Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 9.8 x 11.5 inches, has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and blind-stamped cover lettering. Color and black & white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Book is in… Read more about this item

Bridgestone Museum of Art. Ishibashi Foundation, 1987. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1987 Bridgestone Museum of Art. Ishibashi Foundation. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Oversized, 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Color reproductions of art works with black and white reference images at back. High-quality glossy paper. Except for image captions in English, all text is in Japanese. Binding tight.… Read more about this item

Ongaku no Tomo Sha, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 2007 Ongaku no Tomo Sha. Text in Japanese. First published in English in 1998 by Oxford University Press. Translated by Chiharu So. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has off-white textured paper-covered boards with gray spine lettering. Maroon endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Maroon… Read more about this item

Privately printed, 1970. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1970 Privately printed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green rice-paper covered boards with fiber inclusions and maroon cloth-covered spine. Gold spine lettering. Black and white frontispiece. 71 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with mild sunning at the edges. There… Read more about this item

Kodansha International Ltd., 1983. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1983 Kodansha International Ltd. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Back cover has a small flaw in the cloth original to the volume. 23 pages have some underlining and margin… Read more about this item

Ikenobo Floral Art Institute, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Good ; Poor Jacket. 1951 Ikenobo Floral Art Institute. First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has cream faux-leather-covered boards and gilt spine and cover lettering. Four color frontispiece plates; two are tipped-in color prints. Additional color plates. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked.… Read more about this item

Bridgestone Museum of Art. Ishibashi Foundation, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good+. 1988 Bridgestone Museum of Art. Ishibashi Foundation. Second edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Oversized, 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Color reproductions of painted art works with black and white photographs of sculptures. Black & white reference images at back. High-quality glossy paper. Except for image captions… Read more about this item

Shinjuku Shobo Co. Ltd., 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1992 Shinjuku Shobo Co. Ltd. Oversize oblong hardcover, 12.5 x 9.5 inches, has black cloth-covered boards with silver spine and cover lettering. Front cover also has blind-stamped title in Japanese characters. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be… Read more about this item

Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Publishing Company, 1958. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Good case. 1958 Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan. Annual. Softcover. Oversized, 10.25 x 13 inches. In decorated wooden slip case. Color and black & white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only slight wear to the… Read more about this item

Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1992. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1992 Shambhala Publications, Inc. Shambhala Centaur Editions. Translated by Sam Hamill. First Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. Small softcover, 4.25 x 5 inches, with folded-in flaps. Red and white illustrations from 1609 block prints. Parallel text in English and Romanized Japanese (romaji). 160 pages. NOT Remaindered.… Read more about this item