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London: Random House, 2004. First paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. xiii, 337. Illus. w/ b&w photogs. A very well kept copy, hint of handling only. "The riveting and remarkable story of Long Term Credit Bank, one of the world's most respected financial institutions, and its attempts to transform itself into a Western-style bank and reconcile the cultural gulf that… Read more about this item

New York: W W Norton & Co, 2004. First Edition. Original Cloth. Near fine/very good. Photos by the Magnum member. 4to (30 x 31.5cm). In publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, embossed kanji to cover. Map endpapers. pp. 225, 175 colour photographs. Light edgewear, wrinkles, to jacket, otherwise a very sound, firm copy.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1970. First Edition, first printing. Trade Paperback. Good -. 8vo (23cm). x, frontis. map, 243. Quite worn, with damp staining to base of covers and cockling to adjacent pages. Upper tip bumped. Inscribed by author in ink to front inner cover, 'To Albert Lutley, with warmest wishes from the author,' dated Cambridge,… Read more about this item

Tokyo, New York: Kodansha International, 1975. Fourth printing. Original Cloth. Very good/very good. 4to (29cm). A gift inscription to flyleaf, dated Oxford, October 1976 from Sumie Okada, Japanese author and academic (1940- ). Pale olive boards, embossed title to cover, white lettered title to spine. Unclipped jacket in publisher's original protective, somewhat frayed removable acetate sleeve. pp. 240.… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1986. First Edition. Pictorial card wraps. Very good. 4to (27.5cm). pp. 207. Excellent illustrations, mainly b&w, w/ some colour plates. A group of people have signed their names to the rear free endpaper, dated Leiden, 18 IV 1988, possibly from an academic conference or such. Minor wear to edges of covers, tips, still a… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, 1979. Reprint of the 1922 Kegan Paul edition. Card wraps. Good +. 8vo. xvi, 382. 274 b&w illus. Crease to rear cover, spotting to page edges, only, else a firm, sound copy, internally clean.

London / New York: B. T. Batsford / G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Brown boards, gilt titles to spine. Red stained top edge. ix, map, 198. w/ line drawings and b&w illus. Price clipped dust jacket with minor rubs to folds, slight spotting to leading page edges. Otherwise a very bright,… Read more about this item

Tokyo: John Weatherill and Shibundo, 1973. First Edition. Laminated patterned boards. Very good/near fine. Sm 4to. (23.5 x 19cm) pp. 143. 138 illus, mainly b&w, some in colour. Slight spotting to top page edges. Otherwise a very sharp copy in a like, price clipped jacket.

Princeton University Press, 1991. First paperback. Trade Paperback. Very good. xvi, 203. Spotting to page edges, else a firm, clean copy, no marks or scribbles.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good +. 8vo. xiv, 276. Ex-library, but still a very clean, sound copy, limited signs of use.

Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1959. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good/very good. Lrge 8vo. Buff cloth with Japanese characters in white. Lilac endpapers. pp. 299. Profusely illus. In price clipped but bright dust jacket with light edgewear only. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, dated Christmas 1960. The owner has also written a few neat notes… Read more about this item

Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1976. First Edition thus. Trade Paperback. Very good. The Association for Asian Studies, Monograph XXX. pp. 343. Some light wear, rubs, to wraps, else a very clean, firm copy.

New York: E P Dutton, 1962. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/fine. 8vo. Wheat cloth, red title label to spine with gilt blocked letters. vii, 321. Unclipped jacket in transparent removable sleeve. A very sound, sharp copy, minimal signs of use.

New York & Tokyo: Weatherill / Heibonsha, 1976. First English edition. Patterned boards. Very Good/very good. 4to. Gold endpapers. pp. 168 with temple plans including one fold out and a fold out timeline. Light edgewear to clipped jacket. Otherwise a very clean, sound copy, binding tight.

Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1996. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near fine. xii, 251. Bar a few very minor spots to top edge, all but as new.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1986. First Edition. Near fine. 8vo. Scarlet cloth, gilt titles to spine. vi, 232. No jacket, as issued. Light use only, a very well kept copy.

Tokyo: Teikoku-Shoin Co, 1964. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good/good +. Slim 4to. Cerise cloth, blue lettered titles to cover, spine. Map endpapers. pp. 56. Book is a bright, sound copy, jacket is rubbed to folds, chips around corners, spine ends, creasing, general wear.

Honolulu Academy of Arts & Riccar Art Museum, Tokyo, 1977. First Edition. Linen. Very good. Sm 4to. pp. 119. Illus. in colour & b&w. Lacks dust jacket. Otherwise a very sound, smart copy.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1989. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good/very good. 4to. Based on the exhibition held at The National Gallery for Art, Washington. xi, 402. Superb illustrations and extensive bibliography. Minor wrinkles to jacket, which has had three short cellotape strips applied to front and rear inner panels and pastedowns to retain it in place. Otherwise… Read more about this item

London: Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1904. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very good. Sm 8vo. Tan cloth, gilt titles to board, black lettered title to spine, Japanese kanji to board. 20 b&w photog. plates including b&w tissue guarded frontis. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, with ex-libris plate to front pastedown. Some pencil marks… Read more about this item