1. 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]

2. 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].

3. 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.]

4. 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.]

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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].

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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].

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. [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.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. Ury, Marian.

Tales of Times Now Past – Sixty-Two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection. Translated and with an Introduction by Marian Ury.

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, University of California Press, 1979. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. XI, 199 pages. Eight black-and-white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket design by Randall Goodall. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

27. 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].

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 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’.

33. 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.

34. [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.

35. [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.