11. Ohashi, Ryosuke.

Kire – Das ‘Schöne’ in Japan. Philosophisch-ästhetische Reflexionen zu Geschichte und Moderne. [Widmungs-Exemplar].

Köln, Dumont Buchverlag, 1994. 25 cm x 19 cm. 171 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

12. Shioya, Sakae.

Chushingura: An Exposition. Illustrated with Hiroshige’s Coloured Plates.

Second Edition. Tokyo, Hokuseido Press, 1940. 23 cm. Colour frontispiece with lettered tissue-guard, XII, 236 pages. 4 folded, colour plates (including Frontispiece) with tissue-guards. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Upper spine damaged ! Interior in very good condition. All the Plates in excellent condition.

13. Stone, Charles R.

The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica – The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun Zhuan). With a Translation and Critical Edition.

Honolulu, University of Hawai’i Press, 2003. Octavo. VIII, 271 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition, especially with the wonderfully protected dustjacket. Very Rare but even rarer in this condition !

14. 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.

15. [Townsend Harris] – Crow, Herbert Carl.

Harris of Japan. The story of Townsend Harris and his amazing adventures in establishing relations with the Far East.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1939. 14 cm x 22 cm. 311 pages. Illustrations including frontispiece, portraits and 15 plates, in black and white. Original hardback. Some discoloration to the binding but overall in very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

16. Vespa, Amleto.

Secret Agent of Japan: A Handbook to Japanese Imperialism. With an Introductory Note By H.J. Timperley, China Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian.

London, Victor Gollancz, 1938. 14 cm x 22 cm. XIV, 287 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some slight rubbing to the spine and frontcover.

17. Walsh, Langton Prendergast.

Under the Flag, and Somali Coast Stories.

London, Andrew Melrose, Ltd., no year (c.1910). 16 cm x 23.5 cm. Frontispiece, VIII, 384 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original salmon cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and fading. Interior is bright and clean.