Search Results: Japan & Japanese from Klanhorn

Tokyo: Yenbooks, 1992. Book. Very Good ++. Soft cover. Reprint. VG++, Mild Wear. "A tour of the 'mizu shobai', ... the sex and liquor industry ...of Japan's exotic water trade". Cover design by Jude Brand. 159 pages, including the glossary. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: Andre Deutsch, 1978. Book. Very Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG+, Shelfwear, mild foxing/VG, Edgewear, tear, uneven browning. 'No sharper, less stereotypical picture of Japan in a time of unprecedented change is available to Western readers'. Author's first novel. Jacket art by Irene Sanderson. Photo on request..

London: Methuen, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. VG, Shelfwear, bump, ink gift inscrption, mild spine lean/G, Price-clipped, edgewear, chips, tears, staining. Continuation of her autobiography. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

Hong Kong: Omega Press, 1994. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. VG, wear, fading, indentations, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Modern adventure, set in Japan. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Cover by John Shramenko. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: Allan Wingate, 1959 Book. Very Good ++. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG++, Bumping/VG+, E-wear, Creases, Browning. 1st Edition. Novel set in the Philipines during the Japanese Occupation. A full condition report for this book is available on request..

London: Peter Owen, 1988. Book. VG+, Wear, Bumps, Soiling. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Inscribed By Translator. 1st UK Edition. Drama. Jacket by Keith Cunningham. Inscribed opposite the title-page "To Tom Kaye, Looking forward to a lasting friendship. / Cecilia Segawa Seigle". Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: Panther, 1968. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Panther Edition. G, Edgewear, heavy creases, indentations, scuffing, small stain, browning. Psychological drama. Translated from the Japanese. Panther 24247. Photo on request..

London: Gollancz, 1962. Book. VG++, Ink Name, Sl Bumping. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. Drama set in Japan after the Korean war. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. Book. VG++, Wear, Name Stamp, Foxing. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. Psychological war drama, set in the Philippines among the remnants of the shattered Japanese army. Jacket by John Robinson. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: Heinemann, 1961. Book. VG++, Wear, Abrasion, Foxing. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. Drama, set in Japan. Jacket by Fratini. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st English Edition. Short stories, translated from the Japanese. Printed in Occupied Japan. 177 pages, with two fold-out colour illustrations with protective tissue paper and a black & white illustration on page 177. BOOK: Binding is sound; illustrated boards are clean; shelfwear; softening to spine ends; some abrasion to spine heel; all corners lightly inflected; 'Sample Copy' stamp on FFEP; ink signature & date on half-title page; distributor stamp on title-page; mild scattered foxing across the edges of the text-block. JACKET: Edgewear; tattering to spine ends, with 1cm x 1cm chip at spine heel; 'V' chipping to hinge corners; several tears, ranging from 4mm to 2.5cm; some abrasion to hinges. Photo on request..

London: J A Allen, 1964. Book. Very Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG+, Shelfwear, light browning/VG, Edgewear, tear, creases, browning. 'First authoritative work on this subject to appear in English. It traces the horse from the earliest mention of him in mythology, through the centuries of his usefulness in war and peace, to his position in the present day...presents, also, some of the customs and legends that surround the horse in Japan, the specialised sports in which he figures, and his place in art and folk craft'. 196 pages, with many illustrations. Photo on request..

Queensland: Anthos, 1971. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. 1st Thus. G, Wear, Abrasions, Ink Initials, Browning/NO DUST JACKET. Thriller. First English translation of Japanese bestseller. Cover photo by Frank Hince. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

Tokyo (1974): Jiji Gaho Sha Book. Very Good. Stapled Covers. Edition Not Stated. VG, Edgewear, mild soiling. "Policy Addresses by the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister and State Minister to the Seventy-Second Session of the Diet : January 21, 1974". 40 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942 Book. Very Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. VG+, Bumps, scattered foxing/Fair, Tape Repair stains. 1st UK Edition. WW2 American propaganda. Silverfish have made a meal of the rear flap hinge & edges. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: Sphere, 1972. Book. Good +. Mass Market Paperback. First Sphere Edition. G+, Edgewear, creases, spine lean, ink initial, soiling, browning. Historical drama set in Japan. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. Book. Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. G+, Shelfwear, spine crease, corner bumps, foxing, browning/G+, Edgewear, tears, staining, foxing, browning. 'Dramatizes the themes of love and money, and the American impact on Japan at the end of the Occupation'. Translated from the Japanese. Jacket by Fei Cheng-Wu. Photo on request..

London: Corgi, 1964. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Corgi Edition. G, Edgewear, creases, price adjustment sticker on front cover, foxing, browning. 'Deals with the world of courtesans and the follies and pleasures of bought love'. Corgi XN1517 Photo on request..

London: Harrap, 1952 Book. Very Good ++. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. VG++/VG++. 1st Edition. Novel of Malaya under Japanese occupation. Attractive jacket design not accredited. BOOK: Slight spine heel crush, 2 microscopic corner bumps, dealer stamp on FFEP, offset and scattered foxing. JACKET: Shallow chipping and one closed tear on spine head, "V" wear on hinge corners, scattered interior foxing (some showthrough on rear panel). Scan on request..

London: Hart-Davis Macgibbon, 1975. Book. Very Good +. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. VG+, Shelfwear, browning/VG+, Edgewear, small tear, foxing.. Adventure thriller set in 18th Century Japan. Jacket by Barry Miles. Photo on request..