1. Akutagawa, Ryunosuke.

Exotic Japanese Stories – The Beautiful and the Grotesque. 16 Unusual Tales and Unforgettable Images. Translated by Takashi Kojima and John McVittee. Introduction by John McVittee.

New York, Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1964. 14.9 cm x 21.9 cm. Colour Frontispiece, 431 pages. 22 Collage Illustrations: 6 Colour and 16 Black and White by Masakazu Kuwata. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. A very good+ hardcover copy in black and grey cloth stamped in silver and red gilt with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges and very minor fading to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Minor fraying and fading to dustjacket. From the reference library of Hans Christian-Andersen Translator Erik Haugaard.

2. Asia – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Asia – With Vignettes of Petra, Tartars, Russian Peasants, The Walrus, Sun-Birds of India and the Philippine Isles.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by J. Marchant and Engraved by J.B. Allen. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 31.8 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.2 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

3. Barr, Pat.

The Coming of the Barbarians – A story of Western settlement in Japan 1853-1870.

London, Macmillan, 1967. Octavo. 236 pages. Hardcover / original publisher’s cloth with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [Reader’s Union Edition].

4. Berthier, Francois.

Reading Zen in the Rocks – The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden. Translated and with a Philosophical Essay by Graham Parkes.

First published in 1989. Chicago, London, University of Chicago Press, 2000. 17.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XI, 166 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Bornoff, Nicholas.

Pink Samurai – Love, Marriage & Sex in Contemporary Japan.

New York / London (and others), Pocket Books, 1991. 16 cm x 24 cm. XI, 479 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of foxing to the edge. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6. Brunn, Dr. jur.

Die Japanische Verfassungsurkunde [Japanese Law]. Aus dem Japanischen in das Deutsche übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen.

Leipzig, Reclam, ca.1890. Kl.-8°. 39 Seiten. Softcover. Originale, dekorative Broschur. Guter bis sehr guter Zustand. Einige Anstreichungen mit Bleistift. Sehr selten. [Universal-Bibliothek 3796. 20 Pfennig].

7. Bushby, John / [Maori Village Travels] –

Round the World from North to South with Rod & Camera / Collection of three Volumes of printed and manuscript travelogue (reads like a logbook) / Travel Diary. Volume I – Privately printed, luxury photoalbum from the year 1907 – 1908 with 142 pages of printed photographs of a trip through Canada, Alaska South Sea Islands (Suva, Fiji), Tonga, New Zealand with several photographs of a trip on S.S.Manuka (Union Steam Ship Company) with images of life on board and of the trip to Maori Villages, Rotoiti, Tu Moana, Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Teneriffe, Hunting, Fishing, Camping etc. / Volume II: Manuscript Volume in an easy decipherable hand of a trip on the steamer “Pretorian” from Liverpool on July 30th, 1903 to New York, Maryland, then on to Vancouver and Japan with excellent travel descriptions and list of costs of lodging in Yokohama, Kyoto, Nagasaki etc. / Volume III: Continues the Travelogue to Singapore, Siam, Java, Japan, Hawaii (Honolulu and back to California) – With extensive listing of costs for Passage, Hotels etc. in New York, Honolulu, Hongkong, etc. This Volume with longer descriptions of Hong Kong etc.

Daere (Cumberland), Privately printed and original manuscript, 1903 – 1908. Octavo. Volume I – 142 pages / Volume II (Manuscript) – 89 pages / Volume III (Manuscript) – 185 pages. Original Hardcover and flexible red leather. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Magnificent account with exact and vivid descriptions of localities and the technique of the trip and its expenses. Ticket Prices, Hotel Costs, Voyage costs from Harbour to Harbour etc. etc. Unpublished account of a british merchant family’s private (Cotton Merchant) trip around the world.

8. Clark, Timothy / C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano.

Shunga – Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art. Timothy Clark, C. Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano.

London, British Museum Press, 2013. 30 cm. 536 pages with many color illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition iwth only very minor signs of wear.

9. Eiichi, Kimura (and others).

Acta Asiatica – Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, No. 27: Taoism and Chinese Thought / Murakami Yoshimi – Affirmation of Desire in Taoism, Miyakawa Hisayuki – Legate Kao P’ien and a Taoist Magician Lü Yung-chih in the Time of Huang Ch’ao’s Rebellion, Kubo Noritada – Taoist Belief in Okinawa – with special emphasis on the Kitchen God Belief, etc.

Tokyo, The Toho Gakkai, 1974. 4°. V, 119 pages. Softcover. Small damage to the lower spine – Otherwise in very good condition. [Acta Asiatica – Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, No. 27.]

10. Eliot, Sir Charles Eliot. Sometime H.M. Ambassador at Tokyo.

Japanese Buddhism. With a Memoir of the Author by Sir Harold Parlett.

First Published in 1935. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1969. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XXXIV, 449 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Dustjacket torn. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

11. Freshfield, Douglas W.

Below the Snow Line.

London, Bombay, Sydney, Constable and Company Limited, 1923. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. VII, 270 pages. 9 maps. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Blind tooling to head and heel of front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to bookblock edges and on preliminary pages. Interior otherwise bright and clean. Name of preowner on front endpaper.

12. 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’.

13. Hajek, Lubor.

The Osaka Woodcuts. Reproductions by W. Forman. Catalogue by J.V. Neustupny.

London, Spring Books, No Year [Circa 1950]. 20.7 cm x 26.3 cm. Colour Frontispiece. 99 pages. 53 pages of colour illustrations with 1 fold-out. Hardcover / Illustrated Japanese Blockbook-style-binding. Black cloth-case with button and string loop. Binding stained but else in Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slipcase slightly worn. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

14. 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.

15. Ibuki, Kazuko.

Ware yori hoka ni: Tanizaki Junichiro saigo no juninen (Japanese Edition).

Tokyo, Ko¯dansha, 1994. 21.5 cm x 15.1 cm. 541 pages. Original Tankobon Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine/as new condition. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

16. IIda, Shotaro.

Facets of Buddhism. With Introductory Note by author.

London and New York, Kegan Paul International, 1993. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. VII, 166 pages. Cover illustration on dustjacket of The Buddha entering into Nirvana (Japanese early 20th century, artist unknown). Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

17. Institute of Comparative Law in Japan.

Conflict and Integration – Comparative law in the world today – The 40th anniversary of the Institute of Comparative Law in Japan.

Tokyo, Chuo University Press, 1989. Octavo. XV, 1017 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

18. [Itten, Johannes] Denaro, Dolores / Ishikawa, Jun / Yamano, Hidetsugu / Yamano, Teruhi.

Wege zur Kunst.

Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art, 2003. 18 cm x 26 cm. 350 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original softcover. Bilingual edition German / Japanese. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding.

19. Japan and Corea – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

Japan & Corea – With Vignettes of Yedo, State Barge and Coreans.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by H. Warren and Enrgaved by J.H. Kernot. London, Edinburgh & Dublin, J.& F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 33 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.4 cm x 27.3 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

20. Japanese Sword Craftsmanship – Tokyo National Museum.

The Japanese Sword – Iron Craftsmanship and the Warrior Spirit. Special Exhibition.

Tokyo, Tokyo National Museum, 1997. 22.5 x 29 cm. XXII, 356 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Very rare.

21. Jitsuzu, Tamura (and others).

Acta Asiatica – Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, No. 24: The Legend of the Origin of the Mongols and Problems concerning their Migration. (Altaistic Studies Issue of Acta Asiatica). Mori Masao – Reconsideration of the Hsiung-nu State-A Response to Professor O. Pritsak’s Criticism, Hattori Shiro – The Chinese Dialect on which the Trnscription of the Yüan-ch’ao Mi-shi was based, Ikegami Jiro – On One Verb Ending in Proto-Tungus – About -si, Yamada Nobuo – A brief history of mongolian studies in Japan 1905-1945, Books and Articles on Altaistic subjects published in Japan during 1954-1971.

Tokyo, The Toho Gakkai, 1973. 4°. V, 127 pages. Softcover. Very good condition. [Acta Asiatica – Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, No. 24].

22. Joya, Mock.

Mock Joya’s Things Japanese.

Sixth Edition. Tokyo, Tokyo News Service Limited, 1971. 15.5 cm x 17.5 cm. XXI, 745 pages. Illustrated throughout with a few black-and-white vignettes. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

23. Katsumi, Mori (and others).

Acta Asiatica – Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, No. 23: The Beginning of Overseas Advance of Japanese Merchant ships. Kubota Jun – Tales about Music, Tanaka Issei – Development of Chinese Local Plays in the 17th and 18th centuries, Harold W. Bailey – Story-telling in Buddhist Central Asia, Jacques Gernet – A propos des contacts entre la Chine et l’Europe aux XVII et XVIII siecles.

Tokyo, The Toho Gakkai, 1972. 4°. 96 pages. Softcover. Very good condition. [Acta Asiatica – Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, No. 23]

24. 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.

25. Kizaki, Satoko.

The Phoenix Tree and other stories. Translated by Carol A. Flath.

First Edition. Tokyo, Kodansha International, 1990. 15 x 22 cm. 242 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

26. 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.

27. 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.)”.

28. May, Ekkehard / Schönbein, Martina. [Hrsg].

Blütenmond: Japanisches Lesebuch 1650-1900. Mit 19 Schwarzweißillustrationen.

München / Zürich, Piper, 1990. 12 x 19cm. 352 Seiten, mit Abbildungen. Originale Broschur. Sehr guter Zustand, neuwertig. [Serie Piper, Band 1192].

29. McCarthy, Edward Thomas.

Further Incidents in the Life of a Mining Engineer.

London, George Routledge and Sons, 1920. 14 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, 400 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor staining to front board. Interior clean and bright. Preowner’s name on front endpaper.

30. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Japans International Cooperation. Japan’s Offical Development Assistance White Paper 2011.

Tokyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2012. 21 x 29,5 cm. X, 227, IV pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

31. Oe, Kenzaburo.

An Echo Of Heaven. Translated by Margaret Mitsutani.

Uncorrected Galley Proof Copy. Tokyo / New York / London, Kodansha International, 1996. 15 x 23cm. 205 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

32. Rein, J.J. [Johannes Justus] / [Provenienz / Provenance: Max von Baden / Bibliothek Schloss Salem].

Japan nach Reisen und Studien im Auftrage der Königlich Preussischen Regierung dargestellt von J.J. Rein [Johannes Justus Rein], Professor der Geographie in Marburg [an der Lahn]. Erster Band: Natur und Volk des Mikadoreiches. Mit 5 Lichtdruckbildern [Photographien], 12 Holzschnitten, 3 Lithographischen Tafeln und 2 Karten. / Zweiter Band: Land- und Forstwirthschaft, Industrie und Handel. Mit zum Theil farbigen Tafeln, 20 Holzschnitten im Text und 3 Kaertchen.

Erste Ausgabe [First Edition]. Two Volumes. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1881 – 1886. Gross-Oktav. Band I: XII, [1], 630 Seiten mit allen Abbildungen und insbesondere der Original-Photographie von Nagasaki aber ohne die “Orographish-hydrographische Karte [Japans]” am Schluss des Bandes. / Band II: XII, 678 Seiten mit den drei Falt-Karten von Japan am Schluss des Bandes . Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. / Originale Verlags-Leinenbaende. Ehemalige Exemplare der “Bibliothek Salem” und ehemaliges “Eigenthum des Prinzen Wilhelm”, mit zwei dezenten Bibliotheksschildchen der Bibliothek Salem im Innendeckel und dem Stempel des Prinzen Max von Baden [″MB” mit Krone] auf den Titelseiten. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and only the two folded Maps missing / Sehr guter Zustand des seltenen Werks und mit nur wenigen Stockfleckchen, wie ueblich auf den Rueckseiten des Photo-papiers und Abklatsch auf den Seiten verso. Aus dem Vorwort: “Saemtliche Illustrationen dieses Buchs sind Originale – Bonn, im September 1886 – Der Verfasser”.

33. Rowland, Laura Joh.

Shinju.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Random House, 1994. 15 x 23.5cm. 350 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

34. [Smith, W. Eugene] Lasko, Gene (Director).

Photography Made Difficult. Writer Jan Hartman from the letters of W. Eugene Smith. Production Design Stephen McCabe, Cinematography William Megalos, Editor Susan Steinberg, Co-Producer Marthe Smith, Executive Producers Greg Andorfer and Susan Lacy, Produced by Kirk Morris. Running Time 89 Minutes, English Language PAL VHS.

New York, WES FORee Productions, Inc. / QED Communications, Inc. / Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 1989. 16cm x 19.5 cm. One VHS Tape. Original VHS and case. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

35. Stanley-Baker, Joan.

Japanese Art. With 167 illustrations, 20 in color.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1984. 15 x 21cm. 216 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

36. Trautz, F.M.

Japan, Korea und Formosa – Landschaft / Baukunst / Volksleben. Aufgenommen von A. von Graefe, G. von Estorff, Gertrud Fellner, Herbert Ponting u.a., Mit einem Geleitwort von Botschafter D. Dr. h.c. Dr. W.H. Solf.

First Edition (with captions in german, french, italian and english). Berlin, Atlantis Verlag, 1930. 24 cm x 32 cm. LIV, 256 pages. 256 photographic illustrations. Original Hardcover (Orange cloth with title in embossed gilt on front and along spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tiny stain to bottom edge only.

37. Varley, H. Paul / Morris, Ivan and Nobuko.

The Samurai. Pageant of History- Editor John Gross.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1970. 14.5 cm x 22.4 cm. 135 pages. Sixty black and white illustrations, including photographs and reproductions from works of art. Includes map of Japan. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges, front endpaper and dustjacket. Minor tear to dustjacket. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

38. [Yama-to-Keikoku]

Yama-to-Keikoku.

12 issues (bound in two Volumes) Tokyo, Yama-to-Keikokusha, no year. Octavo. 245 pages (Vol. 38-39) and 792 pages (Vol.169-178). Numerous monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine-labels]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean interior lightly tanned throughout. Former Library copy. Alpine Club Library stamps on preliminary pages.

39. Yoshio, Abe (and others).

Acta Asiatica – Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, No. 25.: The Characteristics of Japanese Confucianism / Yoshikawa Kojiro – Ito Jinsai, Tahara Tsuguo – The Kokugaku Thought, Okubo Tadashi – The Toughts of Mabuchi and Norinaga, Sagara Töru – The Spiritual Strength and Independence in Bushido.

Tokyo, The Toho Gakkai, 1973. 4°. VI, 110 pages. Softcover. Small damage to lower spine. Otherwise in very good condition. [Acta Asiatica – Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture, No. 25.]