Search Results: JAPAN from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

1890. A dozen hand-colored photographs showing scenes in Japan. Includes Kasuga Temple Park at Nara, Courtyard of Fuji-Ya Hotel at Miyanoshita, Seiyoken Hotel at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Lotus Pond at Kamakura, Avenue Leading to Hachiman Temple at Kamakura, Two Women in Traditional Dress Feeding Chickens,Shop in Fushimi near Kyoto, Planting Rice Before Osan Temple at Yokohama, Creekside at Yokohama, Weighing Kuwa Leaves for Feeding Silkworms, a Clothing Shop and, just when you were getting comfortable, An Actor Representing Suicide by Hara-kiri. Each image approx. 5 by 3 /2, on mount.

India, 1922. Ephemera. Fine. A two page typewritten letter from Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Jones, missionaries in India, to Mrs. Tripner. The letter describes how a flood had ruined grain, medicine, books, furniture, buildings. School continues in any available dry spot, and the benefit that street children gain from reading and writing, general education, cleanliness etc. Eli Stanley Jones (1884-1973) was an American Methodist Christian missionary, theologian, and author. He is remembered chiefly for his inter religious lectures to the educated classes in India, thousands of which were held across the Indian subcontinent during the first decades of the 20th century. He is sometimes considered the "Billy Graham of India." His seminal work, The Christ of the Indian Road, sold more than a million copies worldwide after its publication in 1925. (Wikipedia). The letter is written by his wife and fellow missionary, Mabel Lossing Jones. Mrs. Jones explains that her husband is on an extended trip to China… Read More

China, 1921. Very good condition. From "Bub" to brother Philip. Bub is apparently an American assistant or undersecretary to a United States Minister/diplomat based in Peking. He mentions the unusually hot summer, and the efforts to make headway on the Negotiations ("the political situation here goes from bad to worse"), however, there are very few ministers in town, the rest are vacationing. He is tasked to 'write a report on the Sino Japanese Shantung Negotiations...' "and that is as complex as possible and they seem to be getting nowhere..." He mentions meetings with Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy as the Minister's special representative, entertaining Major General Wright, Mr. Warren, and Du Wellington Koo (the Chinese Minister to Washington, then Foreign Minister and Finance Minister). "Du Wellington Koo has been entertained right and left and I have gone to most of the dinners for him - she is one of the prettiest Chinese I have seen." (referring to his wife Hui-lan Oei) The Sino-Japan… Read More

1911. Ephemera. Very good condition. A four page hand written letter on textured paper (bamboo like surface) with a color image titled "Geisha Girl's Music", concerning a trip to Nagasaki, Japan, from Kobe, "At sea, Japanese Inland Sea, August 8, 1911". With many details on life in Japan at the time, including descriptions of sampans, junks, street life, food, the respectful comportment of Japanese citizens, mountain scenery, waterfalls, Japanese wages, and a Damascene Gold (metalwork) and Satsuma (porcelain) factory visit. With a charming illustration of two Geisha playing musical instruments, with a patterned screen behind them. Folded, 4 3/4 x 7" HK580.

1911. A four page hand written letter on textured paper (bamboo like surface) with a color image titled "View of Miyajima, Aki", dated August 5, 1911. Describing a trip from Yokohama to Kobe, with many details on life in Japan at the time, including descriptions of Mt. Fujiyama, the construction of native boats with wooden pegs, the taking on of the crew of the Empress "which was wrecked about a week ago". Also a description of Kobe's mountains, falls, and food. With an illustration of the famous Itsukushima shrine's red entrance gate, or torii, built over the water. This shrine has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is dedicated to the three daughters of the Shinto deity of seas and storms. Folded, 4 3/4 x 7". Very good. HK580.

Tokyo: Herald Press, 1931. Pamphlet. Very good condition. A Japanese propaganda effort to present their point of view on the "present trouble in Manchuria". The Herald of Asia, Library of Contemporary History No. 3. Sml. 8vo, III, 22pp (1). Orig. tan wrappers, printed title on front wrapper. OCLC: 35773846.

1938. Ephemera. Good + overall. An assortment of official and unofficial American Embassy communiqués, memoranda and paperwork, mostly from 1937, dealing with Japanese invasion and occupation of China. The collection is composed of 14 items, including 3 roneoed single page, folio, maps- The River Yangste, from Shanghai, the Blue Sea to Suifu (the limit of steam navigation) with towns, distances and heights; Tsingtao, (drafted by Air Defense intelligence Section) with "Jap officers barracks"; Distances in East China from Chingtao, drafted by Air Defense Command Two. March 1933 Memorandum on the retention of a British garrison in Shanghai. (7pp folio,one side printing); analysis from an American point of view. Sept. 7, 1937 Memo from the American Embassy, Peiping, September 7, 1937 "To American Citizens Resident in Peiping" discussing how 'Americans in China must expect that their normal activities may be seriously disturbed and that dangers may arise' and that 'the Government will render any… Read More

New York: American Art Association, 1904. First printing. Staplebound. Otherwise very good condition. An early auction catalogue with over 500 lots of Japanese interest. Many lots have pencil annotations indicating the price each sold for and the purchaser. At the inside rear cover is a tally of the owners purchased lots ($246.50). Catalogue owner has written on the front cover in pencil, "I bought these." 585 lots with an average of 4 lots to a page, and a 2pp glossary. Illustrations throughout, some folding and in color. Pictorial printed paper wrappers rubbed and creased around the edges, uncut foredge. Cover with splits at hinge. OCLC:10513235. Sm 8vo, unnumbered but approx. 910pp, title and introduction. Extended title; Many Lanterns From Famous Palace and Temple Grounds, Fine Gold Lacquers and Other Scarce Objects.

New York: The Century Co., 1897. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. John La Farge [1835-1910] was an American artist who was best known for his stained glass creations for churches on the East Coast, and a contemporary and rival of Lois Comfort Tiffany. In addition to his murals, design, painting, he wrote books describing his Asian travels. 8vo, 293pp, teg, many b&w illustrations, blue cloth boards with gilt title on spine and gilt Japanese characters on front. Covers marked, front has tidemark at upper right, internally clean and bright.

London, 1770. Very good condition. The Asian continent showing Russian Empire, China, Persia. Pre-Cook but includes Torres Strait and Northeast of Australia. 9 7/8 x 7 3/4", copper engraving.

Paris: Ancien Maison Basset, 1860. Children's jigsaw puzzle game of Asia. Ca. 1860. 9 .25 x 10.5". Steel engraving, period hand color, mounted on card. From the Middle East to the Pacific Ocean including Arabie, Turquie; Armenie (Armenia) Georgie (Georgia), Perse, Beloutchistan, Tatarie, Kirghiz-Kasak, Russie, Empre. Chinois, Indostan, Thibet, Indochine, Empire du Japon. Top margin states "Atlas B. de B, pl IV." Very good condition. HKD1160.

Australian Red Cross Society, 1942. Otherwise very good condition. Two-page circular on thin, salmon colored paper. The circular lists 10 directions for sending letters, including one-page only and of a strictly personal character, typed or clearly written. "... any person may send a letter to a prisoner of war In Japanese hands, but in view of difficulties of transmission it is urged that, until information is received from the Japanese as to prisoners of war and their places of internment, letters should be sent only once a month, and by close relatives only." The Central Red Cross Bureau, based in Melbourne, was the go through organization for such mail. Letters could be posted (the sheet gives instructions on how to address such a letter) at any post office and they would be forwarded post free by ordinary mail without stamps. "Upon arrival in Melbourne the Red Cross will arrange with the proper authorities for their onward dispatch." The piece is coded at upper front right 10 M / 30 / 6 / 42,… Read More

Belgium: Louis Van Houtte, 1874. Very good condition. Original double paged color lithograph published in van Houtte's and Charles Lemaire's "Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe" in Brussels. The journal was comprised of 23 volumes published between 1845-1883. van Houtte [1810-1876] made a name for himself as a horticulturist and his 'Establishment Louis van Houtte' was the largest nursery of its time on the continent; by the 1870's it covered 14 hectares and included 50 greenhouses. Double page 9.75 x 12.75", bold yellow flowers with one speckled petal, specimen of Japan. Clean and crisp.

1880. Ca. 1880 original hand colored albumen print titled 'Blind Shampoo'. Showing the traditional Japanese shampoo, a form of massage performed by a blind person. The image shows a reclining woman in kimono, under a green quilt, with a blind shampooer dressed in a red robe behind her. A tea pot resting on a brazier is in the foreground. The lady rests on her side, possibly reading or writing. 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in, mounted on board. Image slt faint at upper half of print, o/w very good. HKD775.

New York: A. C. Armstrong, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. The letters of Theophilus Pratt, a schoolteacher in Hirosaki Japan from 1873 to 1878. An important early source on life in Japan from a western perspective, with chapters on Yokohama, feudal times, the murder of a German by a samurai, Tokio, Kioto, Nara, Fujiyama, the Satsuma Rebellion, Hiyeisan, social problems in Japan, and a discussion of social classes and political standing. 8vo, frontis, viii, 391pp. Black gilt stamped and red ruled cloth, with gilt title at spine. Internally, bookplate at ffep, o/w very good.

Paris, 1752. Striking map of the islands of Japan, one of the best of Japan of the 1750's, from L'Histoire Generale des Voyages. Titles in French and German. With a Baroque title cartouche at the upper left. Showing the Mer de Coree (Meer von Corea) in the west, the Sea of Japan and the 'Golphe de Jedo' as well as the city (Yedo, or Edo; the seat of power & capital of Japan under the Tokugawa Shogunate) . With Isle de Ximo and Isle de Xixoco. 12 3/4 x 8 3/4". Two short splits at top edge of folds repaired on verso; short tears at right margin, with a library blind stamp in the left margin, otherwise very good. Campbell 67; Walter 101. HK3250.

1890. Very good overall. One page report, initially published in the New York Tribune, supporting the return, or cessation, of the indemnities being paid by Japan: "the return of this indemnity would be highly honorable to the United States and advantageous to both countries. The Japanese people justly regard their indemnity as an extortion. ... No nation ever more needed or merited the sympathy and encouragement of the world than Japan in the present crisis of her affairs." Japan's infrastructure improvements and moral & intellectual advancement are cited. The indemnities were payments forced upon the two nations in so-called unequal treaties, which were imposed by western nations during the 19th and early 20th centuries, on Qing Dynasty China and late Tokugawa Japan. They established reparations payable following military defeat by western nations. Short split to outer edge of horizontal fold, o/w very good. 6 x 10"

United States Army 64th Engineer Base, Topographic Battalion, 1952. Maps. Very good condition. Yokohama City Map compiled in 1948 from aerial photography by USAF 1947, corrected to August 1952. Key has list of Army Installation and Public Facilities, Dependent Houses. Verso has map of Yamashita Park area map (C5 to G1) and Area 1, 2, X on map and mileage chart. Military routes in red, bus routes in green. 28 1/4 x 32 1/2", color, on white thick paper. OCLC: 51946909.

Boston: Littell & Gay, later Littell, Son & Company, 1847. Hardcover. Very good overall. With much information on tea, China, Japan (the commercial mission to Japan) and Angas' Australia and New Zealand (essay on British artist's voyage to the colonies). Littell's Living Age was a magazine that comprised sophisticated selections from various British and American magazines and newspapers, a "Reader's Digest" of it's day. It was generally published on a weekly basis for almost a century, from 1844 to 1941. It was also often the first US publication of serialized stories by important mid-19th century authors such as Trollope. 8vo, approximately 800 pp, bound in original pebbled black morocco with brown boards, gilt title & decoration on raised bands. Generally a little rubbed, front board tender, but holding.

Japan, 1950. 3 Mikimoto postcards- Mr. Kokichi Mikimoto, Mikimoto Cultured Pearls & Women Divers. Mikimoto Pearl Island, with M logo on verso. 4th card of the Shima Kanko Hotel. Postcards have text in English and Japanese. Folding map on tissue "Guide Map of Mikimoto Pearl Island", printed in blue; a mimeographed sheet explaining the cultured pearl process, invented by Mr. Kokichi Mikimoto.