1. Haberland, Detlef.

Von Lemgo nach Japan – Das ungewöhnliche Leben des Engelbert Kaempfer 1651 bis 1716.

Bielefeld, Westfalen Verlag, 1990. 19.9 cm x 30 cm. 223 pages. With many black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor wear to cover. Otherwise very clean and bright. Contains label on front endpaper ’ Bücherstube Ilona Hodes’.

2. Hillsborough, Romulus.

Shinsengumi – The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps.

Tokyo, Rutland (Vermont), Singapore, Tuttle Publishing, 2005. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XXV, 230 pages. Illustrated with four black-and-white photographs and four maps. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket illustrated with photograph of miniature Shinsengumi Banner. Cover image of Samurai courtesy of Masataka Kojima. Cover design by Horuga Yakobusu. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Holborn, Mark

The Ocean in the Sand – Japan: From Landscape to Garden.

London, Gordon Fraser, 1978. 25.5 cm x 23 cm. 104 pages.Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover without dustjacket. (Yellow ochre cloth with title embossed on front cover and on spine – display lettering by Tim Holloway). Desiged by Peter Guy. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. Japan – Paul, Gregor / Pauly , Uli / O’Neill, P.G./Nitobe, Inazo.

Collection of 6 rare publications on japanese Philosophy. / Sammlung von 6 seltenen Publikationen zur japanischen Philosophie. 1. Gregor Paul – Zur Kritik Ito Jinsais an Ontologie und Ethik der Shushigaku. 36 Seiten. 2. Gregor Paul – Die Anfänge der Philosophie in Japan. 80 Seiten. 3. Gregor Paul – Zur Geschichte der Philosophie in Japan und zu ihrer Darstellung. 56 Seiten. 4. Gregor Paul – Zur Literatur der Togukawa-Zeit. 45 Seiten. 5. Uli Pauly – Sakoku – Zu den Hintergründen von Japans Weg in die nationale Abschließung unter den Togukawa. 6. Makoto Oda – Der Kommandeur. Aus dem japanischen übersetzt von Siegfried Schaarschmidt.16 Seiten.

Japan, Komiyama, 1989. Small-8°. 36, 80, 56, 45, 50, 16 pages. Kartoniert./ Paperbacks. Sehr guter Zustand.

5. Keene, Donald.

Living in Two Countries. Edited with Notes by Masanori Toyota.

Tokyo, Asahi Press, 1987. 12.5 cm x 18 cm. 113 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6. Kirkup, James.

Heaven, Hell and Hara-Kiri – The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Superstate.

London / Sydney / Singapore / Manila, Angus & Robertson, 1974. 14 cm x 22.2 cm. X, 278 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

7. Kumagai, Kaisaku / Nakano, Teiichiro / Ishikawa, Akira.

Collection on Japanese Law / Sammelband mit 8 Aufsätzen / Sonderdrucken von japanischen Rechtsprofessoren. Der Sammelband enthält: 1. Gerhard Lüke – Laudatio auf Teiichiro Nakano. (3 Seiten) / 2. Teiichiro Nakano – Rationalisierung der Justiz. (5 Seiten) / 3. Gerhard Lüke – Laudatio auf Akira Ishikawa. (6 Seiten) / 4. Akira Ishikawa – Die Rolle der Rechstanwaltskammer in der Reform des japanischen Justizwesens. (9 Seiten) / 5. Kaisaku Kumagai – Establishment of Theory of Japanese Law History. (20 Seiten) / 6. Kaisaku Kumagai – Le Nom de la Femme Mariée das l’Histoire Légale du Japon. (11 Seiten) / 7. Ichiro Kobashi – Japanische Rechtssprechung und Wechseltheorien. (11 Seiten) / 8. Kaisaku Kumagai – On historical conditions of the Japanese Civil Codification. (10 Seiten – Widmungsexemplar mit handschriftlicher Widmung (signiert) von Kaisaku Kumagai an Professor Wilhelm Wegener) //

Osaka / Stuttgart, Osaka University Law Review / Schaeffer Verlag, 1953-1990. 8°. Privater, neuwertiger Leinenband. Sehr guter Zustand. Aus der Bibliothek des Rechtshistorikers Wilhelm Wegener.

8. Lister, David, Hatori, Koshiro, LaFosse, Michael, Alexander, Richard, Lang, Robert J., Jackson, Paul.

The Art of Paperfolding. – Masters of Origami at Hangar-7.

Stuttgart, Berlin, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005. 26 cm x 29.5 cm. 160 pages, 77 colour illustrations. Photographs – on cover of ‘Flying Bulls’ by Tomoko Fuse and Frontispiece ‘OVNI’ by Vincent Floderer – Staudinger & Franke. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

9. Malaya / Japanese Occupation / Johore.

Stamp Collection: Vintage Booklet with 64 carefuly mounted, tipped-in stamps from the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Johore.

Malaya, 1941 – 1942. Small Octavo. 7 pages of a special booklet (with 19 pages) filled with the rare occupation stamps during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. All stamps mint ! The booklet with a manuscript note: “Collected by C. Hoskyns at Singapore in Oct. ‘45 (25th Inf. Div.)”.

10. McCullough, William H. & Helen Craig.

A Tale of Flowering Fortunes [‘Eiga monogatari’] – Annals of Japanese Aristocratic Life in the Heian Period. Translated, with an Introduction and Notes by William H. & Helen Craig McCullough.

In two volumes. Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1980. 17 cm x 24 cm. Volume I – XV, pages 1 to 428 / Volume II – pages 429 to 910. Illustrated with 19 woodcuts from a 17th century edition and 20 diagrams including plans of the capital and the Imperial Palace and several genealogical charts. Original Hardcover (no dustjackets). Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.