1. Brockett, Eleanor.

Persian Fairy Tales. Retold by Eleanor Brockett. Illustrated by Harry Toothill.

London, Frederick Muller Limited, 1965. 13 x 20cm. (8), 224 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original clothbound hardcover. Minor signs of external wear, including sunned spine and some fraying to cloth edges. Internally in very good condition, other than some minor text annotations on first twenty pages. [Muller World Fairy Tales Collection].

2. [Cyprus Content] – [Luke, Harry Charles] /

Manuscript Letter Signed (MLS) / Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) from Lieut – Col. Charles William Henry Sealy (‘CWHS’) to Sir Harry Charles Lukach (later Sir Harry Luke), addressed to Luke as Lieut-Commander H. C. Lukach – Chief Secretary’s Office – Troodos, Cyprus). Sealy apologises profoundly for not writing and informs Luke about prices for certain stamps. But the main reason for the letter seems to be an item Luke had waited for from Sealy, an enclosed Manuscript-Family-Tree of the orientalist James Justinian Morier [Author of ‘The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824)’ and fellow Traveller of the Levant and also emplyed as Diplomat]. he letter was obviously started twice by Sealy, at different dates but the letter was finally finished and sent 25th of July, 1916: “Dear Luke, I am a pig not to write – I’m sory & tomorrow I swear I will sit down & [write] you the letter of the year – / Dear Luke, here is some Morier stuff – if you want any more let me know, there is a reasonable notice of him in DNB. Prices of Salonikas are good – a man has offered twenty guineas for a complete set used on an envelope – and one such envelope has actually been sold for £20 and another – just the same – for £25….Long Island overprinted on Turkish – they ask £15 each ! – No job yet – but I worked at Admiralty yesterday to please a pal. Best salams CWHS”. / The enclosed Family Tree tree begins with James Morier’s father Isaac Morier, and his maternal grandfather David Van Lennep, ‘Dutch Consul general in Smyrna President of Dutch Levant Co’. At the foot is a list of seven works by James Morier, with dates. The Morier – Family Tree also includes Clara van Lennep.

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. [London], [on stationery of Charles William Henry, 6 Priory Grove, The Boltons, [London], 25 July, 1916. Octavo. 2 pages. Very good condition. From the personal collection of Sir Harry Luke.

3. Ernst, Earle.

The Kabuki Theatre.

Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1974. 24 cm. XXVII, 296 pages. Illustrated with 38 pages of plates. Original illustrasted softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. An East-West center book.

4. Ko, Chang-Su.

Korea’s Best Loved Poems.

First edition. Seoul, Hallim, 1974. 18 cm. 195 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original hardcover in protective slip-case. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

5. Morier, James.

Les Aventures de Hadji Baba d’Ispahan. Roman.

Paris, Éditions Phébus, 1983. 20.5 x 14 cm. 585 pages. Broché. Première Édition, 1983. Couverture ill. en couleur rempliée. Très Bon état général. Intérieur impeccable.

6. Nakamura, Matazo.

Kabuki, Backstage, Onstage. An Actor’s Life. Translated by Mark Oshima.

First Edition. Tokyo, Kodansha International, 1990. 23 cm. 164 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original hardcover with illustrated hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7. Pfeiffer, August / [M. Nicolao Polemanno, Lüneburg].

Disquisitio Prima De Lingua Ebraica (Respondente M. Nicolao Polemanno, Lüneburgensi) in: “Introductio In Orientem” sive Synopsis Quaestionum Nobiliorum De Origine, Natura, usu et Adminiculis Lingg. (Linguae) Orientalium et Plerarumque Extra Europam: Ebraicae, Chaldaicae, Syriacae, Samaritanae, Punicae, Arabicae, Aethiopicae, Armenicae, Persicae, Turcicae, Copticae, Iberiae, Sinicae, Japonicae, Congensiae, Malaicae &c.

Editio Tertia. Jena, Heinrich Christoph Cröker, 1715. Klein Oktav. 24 nn., 190 Seiten plus 14 Seiten Index Literarum et Vocum Ebraicarum / Index Queastionum et rerum / Index Autorum //. Originaler Pappband der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalausgabe. Kleine Läsur am Titelblatt (fachmännsich hinterlegt) / Excellent condition of this rare and early publication on the Hebrew Language.

8. Pinelo, Antonio de Leon.

Epitome de la Bibliotheca Oriental, y Occidental, Nautica, y Geografica. Del Consejo de su Mag, en la Casa de la Contratacion de Svilla, y Coronista mayor de las Indias; Anadido, y enmendado nuevamente, en que se contienen los Escritores de Geografia de Todos los Reynos, y Senorios del mundo, y Viajes diversos, y sus apend ces, al Rey Nuestro Senor. Por Mano de el Marques de Torre-Nueva. Edicion facsimil patrocinada por D. Carlos Sanz López.

Reprint of the Edition Madrid, Francisco Martinez Abad, 1738. Tomo Tercero / Only Volume 3. Madrid, Graficas Yagües, 1973. 4°. Pages 1201 – 1728, 132 Pages (Catalogue). Original Halfleather-Volume (gilt Lettering on the Spine). The Pages are uncut. The Volume is slightly rubbed and minimally bumped. (‘Epitome de la Bibliotheca Oriental, y Occidental, Nautica, y Geografica’, Volume III).

9. Rimer, J. Thomas.

Pilgrimages: Aspects of Japanese Literature and Culture.

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1988. 8°. XI, 146 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

10. Rimer, J. Thomas et. al.

Shisendo: Hall of the Poetry Immortals.

First edition. New York, Weatherhill, 1991. 26 cm. VIII, 214 pages. 72 pages of plates. Original softcover. Good condition with stronger signs of external wear. There is a slight dampstain at the bottom of title page to page 24.