Judo ( Jujutsu ) by Kano, Jigoro - 1937

Japan Publications, 1974. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Martial Arts; ISBN: 0870402269. ISBN/EAN: 9780870402265. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 6935. . 9780870402265

Rodney Stone, A Tale of the Napoleonic Wars by Arthur Conan Doyle. First Edition, copyright 1896 and published 1897 by D. Appleton And Company, New York. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Used. Exlib. GOOD- CONDITION.Red buckram cloth boards. Gilt titling. Black & White plates Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Frontis and 11 all additional plates are present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. 408 pages plus adverts. RARE/SCARCE/HARD TO FIND.

New York: Periodical Publishing Company, 1930. RARE, OCLC locates one copy, at University of Notre Dame Library. Near Fine, faint soiling rear wrapper. 48 pages with numerous black and white photographs. . First Printing. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Beautiful copy of the rare first edition of this standard work on medieval European armour. With 80 fine illustrations drawn and engraved by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (some engraved by Richard Bridgens and William Maddocks). Complete with three frontispieces with calligraphic titles and engraved vignettes drawn by Richard Bridgens and engraved by Charles Heath, 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates drawn by Meyrick and engraved by himself or William Maddocks, 10 engraved plates drawn by Meyrick and etched by Richard Bridgens, and 27 illuminated chapter initials.Volume I: 22 hand-coloured plates (VIII to XXX) & 8 b/w etchings (I to VII, XXVI), pp. lxxvii, 206Volume II: 35 hand-coloured plates (XXXI to LVI), 1 b/w engraving (XLIV), pp. 297 Volume III: 13 hand-coloured plates (LVII to LXXIX) & 1 b/w (LXXX) , pp.147, unpaginated 132-page glossaryThe plates are essentially a catalogue of the collection of ancient armour collected by Samuel and his son Llewelyn, with a few items drawn from illuminated manuscripts… Read More

New York: Avon Books, 1983 This book almost 40 years old and appears to be unread. There is a date or code (3/11/13) written on the first prelim page and pages are toned but it is otherwise near new. Stated first printing with full number line. Robert Whiting provides "a look at a very different culture through America's favorite sport -- Baseball mania in today's Japan" [from the cover]. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs.

Japan Publications, 1974. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Martial Arts; ISBN: 0870402269. ISBN/EAN: 9780870402265. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 6935. . 9780870402265

Rodney Stone, A Tale of the Napoleonic Wars by Arthur Conan Doyle. First Edition, copyright 1896 and published 1897 by D. Appleton And Company, New York. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Used. Exlib. GOOD- CONDITION.Red buckram cloth boards. Gilt titling. Black & White plates Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Frontis and 11 all additional plates are present, in nice shape, and affixed to binding. 408 pages plus adverts. RARE/SCARCE/HARD TO FIND.

New York: Periodical Publishing Company, 1930. RARE, OCLC locates one copy, at University of Notre Dame Library. Near Fine, faint soiling rear wrapper. 48 pages with numerous black and white photographs. . First Printing. Magazine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Beautiful copy of the rare first edition of this standard work on medieval European armour. With 80 fine illustrations drawn and engraved by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (some engraved by Richard Bridgens and William Maddocks). Complete with three frontispieces with calligraphic titles and engraved vignettes drawn by Richard Bridgens and engraved by Charles Heath, 70 hand-coloured aquatint plates drawn by Meyrick and engraved by himself or William Maddocks, 10 engraved plates drawn by Meyrick and etched by Richard Bridgens, and 27 illuminated chapter initials.Volume I: 22 hand-coloured plates (VIII to XXX) & 8 b/w etchings (I to VII, XXVI), pp. lxxvii, 206Volume II: 35 hand-coloured plates (XXXI to LVI), 1 b/w engraving (XLIV), pp. 297 Volume III: 13 hand-coloured plates (LVII to LXXIX) & 1 b/w (LXXX) , pp.147, unpaginated 132-page glossaryThe plates are essentially a catalogue of the collection of ancient armour collected by Samuel and his son Llewelyn, with a few items drawn from illuminated manuscripts… Read More

Tokyo: Sugawara Martial Arts Institute [0-87040-887-9] 1993, 1st printing. (Trade paperback) 140pp. Near fine. Photographs. Minor wear to the corners and minor rubbing to the spine. (Martial Arts, Martial Arts, Sinkage-Ryu, Sword Fighting).