1. 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.

2. Cavling, Henrik.

Paris. Skildringer fra det moderne Frankrig.

Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1899. 16 cm x 23 cm. 470 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some noticeable rubbing and discolouration of spine.

3. Donald S. Lopez.

Religions of Asia in Practice. An Anthology.

Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2002. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII,734 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. FAN, Kuang-Huan.

The Chinese Cultural Revolution. Selected documents. Edited and with notes by K. H. Fan.

New York ; London, Monthly Review Press, 1968. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. XVI, 320 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7. Ferrater Mora, José.

Unamuno. A Philosophy of Tragedy. Translated by Philip Silver.

Berkeley ; Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1962. 13 cm x 19 cm. X, 136 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Slight rubbing to the spine.

8. Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck).

The Story of the Mikado. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.

First edition. London, Daniel O’Connor, 1921. 25 cm. XI, 114 pages. 6 leaves of plates. Illustrations (including colour frontispiece) in black and white. Original illustrated hardcover. Fair condition with signs of external wear. Noticeable staining to the front cover, rubbing of the spine, foxing on inside and selective pages and a tear on page 8.

9. Grousset, René.

Chinese Art and Culture. Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier.

First Edition. London, Andre Deutsch, 1959. 22 cm. 331 pages. Illustrations in black and white. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. [Inanna / Ishtar] Wolkstein, Diana / Kramer, Samuel Noah.

Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth – Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer.

Harper Perennial, 1983. Octavo. 256 pages. Original, illustrated softcover. New / Excellent condition.

13. 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.

14. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.

Japan’s Northern Territories.

Tokyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1981. 14 cm x 21 cm. 21 pages. Illustrations, includ Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

15. Morgan, Kenneth W.

The Path of the Buddha – Buddhism Interpreted by Buddhists. Edited by Kenneth W. Morgan.

New York, The Ronald Press Company, 1956. 15 cm x 22 cm. X, 432 pages. Illustrated with maps of ‘The Buddhist World’ on back/front pastedowns and back/front free flaps. Original Hardcover (Beige cloth – title in grey on front cover and spine). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

16. 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.

17. Nakane, Chie.

Japanese Society.

First Paperback Edition. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1973. 21 cm. 157 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. A very slight stain on the back cover. Publications of the Center for Japanese and Korean Studies.

18. René de Berval.

Présence du Bouddhisme. Sous la direction de René de Berval. Ouvrage publié avec le concours de Centre National de Lettres.

Paris, Gallimard, 1987. 17.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 816 pages. 151 Illustrations. Reliure originale / Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Bon etat / Dustjacket with some tears. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and with pre-owner’s stamp on frontfree endpaper. [Bibliothèque Illustrée des Histoires].

19. 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.

20. Tazawa, Yutaka et. al.

Japan’s Cultural History: A Perspective.

Tokyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1973. 22 cm. 120 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.