Oroville, CA: The George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation, Inc., 1977. First Revised Edition. Octavo (21cm.); white pictorial paper wrappers; 101pp. Text block edges have some toning and soiling, with additional light soiling and handling wear throughout. Sound, Very Good. Wrappers are foxed on front panel, with sunning very evident on rear..... More

London: Phaidon, 1955. First U.K. Edition. Quarto. 31cm. Publisher's black cloth titled and decorated in white to spine and boards with a flower and bird foot design. Dustjacket. 134pp. Light wear and scuffing to edges and spine ends, a little soiling to the white portions; internally clean and fresh, illustrated..... More

New York: George Braziller, 1988. First American Edition. Folio. 37cm. publisher's pale orange cloth covered boards titled in white to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 192pp. Very light wear, strong, tight and bright; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout with 91 full color, full page plates; in a strong, clean..... More

[Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1983]. First Edition. Folio (37cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers, French flaps; unpaginated; chiefly color photographic illus. Spine and bottom edge of upper cover rather sunned, spine crown very slightly pulled, old price sticker to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Photobook devoted entirely to the career Bando..... More

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1960]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original cloth-backed boards in pink decorative dust jacket, photographically illustrated endpapers; 320pp.; frontispiece, 12 leaves of photographic illustrations printed on rectos and versos. General shelf-wear to jacket edges, portions of textblock a bit cockled from damp; contemporary bookplate to front free endpaper..... More

Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1979. First Edition. Folio. 30cm. Publisher's burgunbdy cloth titled in orange to spine. Dustjacket & Publisher's Slipcase. [xi]; 428pp. Very light incidental wear to the cloth, sharp and bright; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout; in a clean strong pictorial dustjacket, and the publisher's buff card..... More

Paris: Éditions Albert Morancé, 1922. Octavo (24cm); bound in attractive Japanese floral cloth; 149pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations. Text in French. Aide-Mémoire de L'Amateur et du Professionnel. Light rubbing to lower board edges, with light tanning to interior; Very Good. [88934]. More

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1973. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 170pp. Small address label inside front cover, else a tight, clean and unmarked copy, Very Good or better. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $7.95 on front flap), slightly creased/rolled at spine ends, with small portion of..... More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. First American Edition. "...a collection of advice and notes left by great actors of the live popular theater of Japan, the kabuki, at the end of the seventeenth century. This book provides a fully annotated translation of the Analects, with much illustrative material" (from..... More

New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1932. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed thick paper wrappers; 29pp. Wrappers corner-creased and a trifle soiled; else tight, clean and unmarked - Very Good or better. Transcript of a round table, presented as one of the Foreign Policy Association's "New York Luncheon Discussions," on the..... More

Marseille: Le Dernier Cri, 2007. First Limited Edition. Folio. 36cm. Limited to a run of 200 copies only. Publisher's original illustrated heavy card wraps. Unpaginated [72pp.]. Light wear and creasing to corners and extremities, a little soiling to the white portions of the card wraps, strong and bright; internally clean..... More

Yokohama: Hara & Co., n.d., ca. 1920. Original pictorial inspection label (12.5x9.5cm.) printed in colors. Light soil to verso with, very faint crease line, else Fine. Label to be affixed to Company-inspected export shipments, depicting a city skyline at twilight. More

New York: Macmillan Company, 1904. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original tan decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt, top edge gilt; v,[1],541,[1],[2](ads)pp.; color frontispiece. Spine cloth a bit darkened, light shelf wear, hinges cracked but still quite sturdy, else Near Very Good and sound. BAL 7941. More