Noguchi Tachibana "Description of Samurai Armor," 1818
1818. "Noguchi was probably a samurai or armorer in the Tachibana Clan one of the feudal warlord clans... Read More about Noguchi Tachibana "Description of Samurai Armor," 1818
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In Beautiful Japan. A Story of Bamboo Lands.
New York: Hobart Co, 1904. Read More about In Beautiful Japan. A Story of Bamboo Lands
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RARE SIGNATURE OF PERRY'S PRECURSOR
Signature clipped from a document [with] an engraving of Biddle.
np: nd. RARE SIGNATURE OF PERRY'S PRECURSOR. Commodore James Biddle (1783-1848) made the first attempt to establish formal relations between the United States and Japan in 1846. Biddle, a distinguished naval officer from Philadelphia, and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, set out from New York with two warships, the..... Read More about Signature clipped from a document [with] an engraving of Biddle
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. An account of Travels in the Interior including visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the...
London: George Newnes, 1900. First edition thus. Miss Isabella Lucy Bird, later Mrs. J.F. Bishop (1831-1904), left England to seek a better climate for her health in 1878, she returned to Japan in 1894 and 1896. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society..... Read More about Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. An account of Travels in the Interior including visits to the...
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China Japan and Korea.
London: William Heinemann, 1921. First Edition. Read More about China Japan and Korea
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A Japanese Omelette. A British Writer's Impressions on the Japanese Empire.
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1933. First. Ronald Victor Courtenay Bodley, MC (1892-1970), a British army officer, lived in Japan in the early 1930s, and was considered by Westerners at that time to be a preeminent source of knowledge on the area, proving to be erroneous on whether the Japanese were..... Read More about A Japanese Omelette. A British Writer's Impressions on the Japanese Empire
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The Heart of Japan.
London: Methuen, 1902. First edition. Read More about The Heart of Japan
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Around the World through Japan.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. Second edition. Read More about Around the World through Japan
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Fine modern binding
Gleanings from Japan.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. First Edition. Fine modern binding. An important, first-hand account of an Englishman of his visits to Japan over a period of time in the 1860s. This books remains in print. Read More about Gleanings from Japan
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With 26 Fabric Samples
Nippon Hand Weaves in "Kusakizome" Dyes.
Kakio, Kawasaki , Kanagawa: Getumeikai, 1959. One of 200 copies (this #128). With 26 Fabric Samples. Read More about Nippon Hand Weaves in "Kusakizome" Dyes
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Inscribed, Privately Printed
Across the Meridian and Fragmentary Letters.
[New York: [Privately printed by the De Vinne Press], 1887. Inscribed, Privately Printed. Privately printed account of a world tour by a wealthy family in 1875-76, liberally illustrated with beautiful photographs. The author travelled through China, Japan, Siam, Ceylon, India, Egypt, Greece, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Great Britain. The..... Read More about Across the Meridian and Fragmentary Letters
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Letters from Japan. A record of Modern Life in the Island Empire.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. New Edition in One Volume. Written by a British Diplomat's wife who spent 3 years in Japan. Read More about Letters from Japan. A record of Modern Life in the Island Empire
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Syntaxis of Woordvoeging der Nederduithe Taal, uitgegeven door de Maatschappij tot nut van 't Algemeen. Oranda bunten kohen./ Gra Japanese...
Leiden: Deventer and Groningen, bij D. Du Mortier en Zoon, 1810. [But Edo; Kaei 1 (1848)]. The scarce first syntax of the Dutch language printed in Japan, here with the woodcut text in italic freehand. Genpo was a well known Dutch scholar who introduced Dutch learning to Japan, this printed..... Read More about Syntaxis of Woordvoeging der Nederduithe Taal, uitgegeven door de Maatschappij tot nut van 't...
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The Japanese Nation in Evolution.
New York: Crowell, [September, 1907]. First edition. Read More about The Japanese Nation in Evolution
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Japan and Her People.
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1902. First edition. Read More about Japan and Her People
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Japan and Her People.
Philadelphia: The Johns C. Winston Co. The International Press, [1902]. First edition. Read More about Japan and Her People
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Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the Years 1852, 1853...
New York: D. Appleton. and Company London: Trübner & Co, 1856. First One Volume Edition. This is an abbreviated version of the 3 volume set, without the scientific data. Read More about Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the...
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Appreciations of Poetry. Selected and Edited by John Erskine.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1916. First Edition. The text is based on the lecture notes kept by Hearn’s students. Read More about Appreciations of Poetry. Selected and Edited by John Erskine
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Interpretation of Literature. Selected and Edited with an Introduction by John Erskine.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1915. First Edition. Read More about Interpretation of Literature. Selected and Edited with an Introduction by John Erskine
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Japan An Attempt at Interpretation.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. First edition Later Impression (November 1904). Read More about Japan An Attempt at Interpretation
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The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn. Edited with an Introduction by Elizabeth Bisland.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910. First Trade Edition. Read More about The Japanese Letters of Lafcadio Hearn. Edited with an Introduction by Elizabeth Bisland
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William Lyon Phelps’s Copy
Life and Literature by . . . Selected and Edited with an Introduction by John Erskine.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1917. First Edition. William Lyon Phelps’s Copy. Inscribed to William Lyon Phelps: “To Wm. Lyon Phelps/Christmas 1917/ from Dodd Mead & Co.”. Read More about Life and Literature by . . . Selected and Edited with an Introduction by John Erskine
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Occidental Gleanings by...Sketches and Essays Now First Collected by Albert Mordell.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925. Read More about Occidental Gleanings by...Sketches and Essays Now First Collected by Albert Mordell
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