Search Results: Japan from SmarterRat Books

Shikosha, 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good ; Good Slipcase. 1982 (Shouwa 57) Shikosha (Shikousha), Kyoto, Japan. Oversized softcover with glossy coated dust jacket. Text in Japanese. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Color photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. One quarter inch nick on the back fore edge of the jacket. Pages clean and unmarked. 279 pages. Includes original cardboard slipcase in good condition with some wear and slight soiling. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1958 Charles E. Tuttle Company. First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover has gray textured paper-covered boards with blue and silver stamped spine lettering and cover decorations. Color frontispiece. Color and black & white plates. 107 pages. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the tips and some light handling bends near tops of pages. Small spot on top page edges. Name in ink on front endpaper. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Printed in Japan. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears; there is a peeled area about an inch square on the back jacket panel, where the surface is missing. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

International Exhibitions Foundation, 1978. Softcover. Good. Good+. 1978 International Exhibitions Foundation. Oversized. Softcover. Color and black & white photographs. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear, with some nicks around the edges. Title page has "Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978" handwritten in ink at the bottom of the page. NOT ex-library. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. 272 pages. Produced in cooperation with the Japan Foundation. Participating Museums: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Ohio; Japan House Gallery, New York, New York; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1983 Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 9.8 x 11.5 inches, has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and blind-stamped cover lettering. Color and black & white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. There is a light vertical crease in the front free endpaper. Except for some small light stains on the half-title page, pages are clean and unmarked. 252 pages. Translated by Katherine Watson. Dust jacket has moderate surface and edge wear, with a one inch tear at the bottom front corner. Printed and bound in West Germany. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Kodansha, 1987. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1987 Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan. Kodansha English Library, No. 26. First English Edition. First Edition, 1987, stated. Small softcover with dust jacket. Text in English with Japanese notes at rear. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Top corner of a few pages bumped. Spine NOT creased. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 165 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Does not have additional narrow paper obi band over dust jacket. Originally published in Japanese under the title Kaze no Uta o Kike. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Kodansha International Ltd., 1983. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1983 Kodansha International Ltd. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Back cover has a small flaw in the cloth original to the volume. 23 pages have some underlining and margin markings in red and blue ink. Four pages near the end have some highlighting in yellow. 307 pages. Translated by Don Sanderson. Foreword by Edwin McClellan. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some light wrinkling at the edges. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Kodansha International Ltd., 1983. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1983 Kodansha International Ltd. A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 2, ONLY. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped; spine cloth has some vertical wrinkles. 46 pages have some underlining and margin markings in red and blue ink; a few of these pages have numerous markings. 230 pages. Translated by Don Sanderson. Foreword by Rene E. Etiemble. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with some light wrinkling at the edges. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Ikenobo Floral Art Institute, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Good ; Poor Jacket. 1951 Ikenobo Floral Art Institute. First Edition, stated. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has cream faux-leather-covered boards and gilt spine and cover lettering. Four color frontispiece plates; two are tipped-in color prints. Additional color plates. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers lightly soiled, with some bleed through of the colored parts of the dust jacket in stripes on a quarter of the front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 119 pages + 15 page index. Jacket has tattered top and bottom edges, with half of the back panel missing. The spine panel is torn and there are several other smaller tears. Jacket spine sunned and jacket is lightly soiled. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1977 Cleveland Museum of Art. Softcover. Exhibition Catalog. Brown plastic comb binding. Outer covers and interior separating pages between sections are made of Japanese rice paper with embedded golden yellow fibers. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Plastic comb binding undamaged. Due to its delicacy, the rice paper outer covering has a few small chips the edges and some loosening fibers. Pages clean and unmarked. A few pages have some very light foxing near the top edge. 42 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Cincinnati Art Museum, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1990 Cincinnati Art Museum. Exhibition catalog. Softcover. Oversize, 9 x 10 inches. Black & white illustrated front cover with red and black lettering; covers have fold-in flaps. Color and black & white photographs and plates. High-quality glossy paper. Includes errata slip. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Small smudge on back cover. Spine is tanned. Pages clean and unmarked. 56 pages. Catalog of the exhibition held at the Cincinnati Art Museum, January 19 - May 20, 1990. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Pergamon Press, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1970 Pergamon Press, Australia. Softcover. Black and white plates. Map endpapers. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Front cover has a crease at the bottom corner that affects the first few pages. A few small stains on back cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 155 pages.

George Braziller, Inc., 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Near Fine Jacket. 1989 George Braziller, Inc., National Gallery of Art, Washington. No edition stated. Stated First printing. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 9 x 12 inches, has terra-cotta red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decoration. Color photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Except for a very small (approximately one-eighth inch) printing flaw in the text on two opposing pages (no artwork affected), the pages are clean and unmarked. 402 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Exhibition catalog. Exhibition dates: National Gallery of Art, Washington, 30 October, 1988 to 23 January, 1989. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Kodansha International, Ltd., 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1982 Kodansha International, Ltd. Revised edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 8.5 x 12 inches, has black cloth-covered boards with red spine lettering. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 212 pages. Printed in Japan. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Shufunotomo Company, Ltd., 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1986 Shufunotomo Company, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. First Edition. First printing, stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 7.4 x 10.3 inches, has beige textured paper-covered boards with black spine lettering. Black and white illustrations. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 311 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Light shelf wear to the bottom edge. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the spine ends. Dust jacket spine sunned. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bridgestone Museum of Art. Ishibashi Foundation, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good+. 1988 Bridgestone Museum of Art. Ishibashi Foundation. Second edition. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Oversized, 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Color reproductions of painted art works with black and white photographs of sculptures. Black & white reference images at back. High-quality glossy paper. Except for image captions in English, all text is in Japanese. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Spine is sunned. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. 147 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Bridgestone Museum of Art. Ishibashi Foundation, 1987. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1987 Bridgestone Museum of Art. Ishibashi Foundation. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover. Oversized, 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Color reproductions of art works with black and white reference images at back. High-quality glossy paper. Except for image captions in English, all text is in Japanese. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Spine is sunned. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. 103 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Kobunsha, 1885. Paperback. Fair. Fair. 1885 Kobunsha, "2 Minami Sayegicho, Tokio" (Tokyo, Japan). Date is in Japanese system, Meiji 18 = 1885. Japanese Fairy Tale Series number 1. Title "Momotaro" in transliterated Japanese on front cover. Silk string-bound plain paper book, approximately 4.75 x 7.2 inches. Binding along left edge consists of two sets of four holes stabbed through the paper, with white silk threads forming an X on the back and two knots on the front. Spine is not covered. Color woodblock illustrations on covers and many pages. Front cover has illustration of a Samurai and animals in Samurai costumes at a gated entrance. Covers wrinkled and soiled, with a one-inch tear at the top of the front cover that goes through the title, and a spot of white paint in sky. String binding intact. Corners worn. Back cover is soiled and illustrated pattern barely visible. Pages have some mild staining overall, but one pair of facing pages has suffered from moisture damage that has resulted in about… Read More

Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1992. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1992 Shambhala Publications, Inc. Shambhala Centaur Editions. Translated by Sam Hamill. First Edition, stated. First printing. No additional printings listed. Small softcover, 4.25 x 5 inches, with folded-in flaps. Red and white illustrations from 1609 block prints. Parallel text in English and Romanized Japanese (romaji). 160 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Head of spine lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked.

Privately printed, 1970. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1970 Privately printed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green rice-paper covered boards with fiber inclusions and maroon cloth-covered spine. Gold spine lettering. Black and white frontispiece. 71 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear, with mild sunning at the edges. There were three paperclips marking pages in the book that left rust marks and impressions on the pages they were on, as well as on the adjacent pages, including the frontispiece. Two pages, one in the preface and one in the contents, have a typewritten correction label added. Frontispiece (glossy paper) has some light foxing; a few text pages have some light foxing in the bottom margin. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Ongaku no Tomo Sha, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 2007 Ongaku no Tomo Sha. Text in Japanese. First published in English in 1998 by Oxford University Press. Translated by Chiharu So. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has off-white textured paper-covered boards with gray spine lettering. Maroon endpapers. Black and white illustrations. Maroon woven index ribbon. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends very lightly bumped. Small dent on front cover. Gift inscription on verso of title page (in Japanese). Tip of index marker is frayed. Very small light spot on bottom page edges. Pages clean and unmarked. 422 pages. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Original paper promotional band also present. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.