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New York: Ballantine Books, [1976]. Second Printing. Very good. Murray Tinkleman. Second printing of the Ballantine edition, paperback, pp. [8], 245, [3]; cover illustrated by Murray Tinkelman, light corner creases to covers and one leaf dogeared, very good.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961. Second Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Second edition, 8vo, pp. xxvi, 217, [3]; frontispiece, facsimile title pages; full blue cloth, gilt title on spine; pencil ticks on margins, else near fine.

Pasadena: International College of California, 1979. Near Fine. Large 8vo, pp 119, [1]; text in English, illustrated throughout with color photographs; red paper covered boards, title printed in white on cover and spine; touch of toning to spine and a couple spots on final page, near fine Included is a 14-page insert with text in Japanese with step-by-step instruction on putting on KimonoAnd introduction text for identifying and wearing different types of kimono for men and women. With a brief history of Japanese clothing and a large section dedicated to the kumihimo, or braided cords used to secure the obi. The kumihimo section includes pattern, tools, and instructions for creating a number of different patterns of kumihimo.

[Minneapolis]: Voyageur Press, [2015]. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. First edition, approx. 9" x 11.5"; over 100 text illustrations; pictorial endpapers; full black cloth; fine in fine pictorial dust jacket. "The text and photographs for this book are the result of more than two decades of research and photography by the world's preeminent railway historian."

[Nago (Okinawa): Yamagawa Photo Studio, 1962]. First Edition. cloth. Fine/n/a. 4to, pp. [110]; text in parallel Japanese and English; grayscale photo illustrations throughout; gray cloth, corner a touch bumped, else fine in a worn slipcase. Effectively a tourism vehicle to generate interests in the natural beauty and local sights of Okinawa.

Brussels: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1986. Paperback. Near Fine. Exhibition catalog, 11.75 x 8.25 in. 167, [3]; introduction in French by J. Toulet, catalog entries in English; color folding frontispiece, 75 entries, each illustrated on opposing pages, 5 in color, the rest in grayscale; pictorial color printed wrappers; crease to lower wrapper, spine suned, text clean near fine. A catalog of important, unique, and exceptional bindings and association copies.

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, [1976]. Quarto, pp. 297, [3]; 212 illustrations, many double-page; full white cloth, in pictorial dust jacket; plastic coating on dust jacket starting to lift in a couple of places, else fine/fine in original stiff card slipcase. A photographic tour of Russian architectural history.

London: Folk Press Ltd., 1926. cloth. fine. 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 278; deep green cloth boards, gilt title on spine; text clean, fine.

London: Compendium, 2001. Quarto, pp 192; full color illustrations throughout; full black cloth, gilt title on spine, fine in fine pictorial dust jacket.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, 9.5 x 8.25 in., pp. xv, [1], 497, [3]; 373 figures in the text; bibliography and glossary of Chinese transliterations; fine in fine pictorial jacket. "A study of Buddhist halls, tombs, and pagodas built primarily through the patronage of the Northeast Asian lords of Qidan nationality from the mid-tenth through the first decades of the twelfth century ... This highly interpretive study will serve as a standard reference on a pivotal but heretofore ignored period of Chinese and East Asian art and cultural history."

Tokyo: Choukoron Shinsha, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. First edition, 4to, pp. 218, [2]; 5 color plates and 158 pages of grayscale facsimile calligraphy; text in Japanese; transcriptions and criticism of plates; printed paper wrappers; owner's signature on inner cover, plastic dust jacket torn at lower panel, text clean and sound, very good in lightly toned slipcase.

[Ithaca]: Cornell University, [2006]. Paperback. Fine. Edition limited to 1200 copies, 4to, pp. 191, [1]; 67 color-illustrated entries; pictorial paper wrappers; fine.

Uithoorn: J. G. Gieben, 1979. Paperback. Very good. 8vo, pp. [6], 148, [2]; 51 grayscale images; dating tables, name lists of artists, designers, engravers, printers and publishers in appendix; pictorial paper wrappers; upper wrapper a touch stained and worn, very good.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1962. 8vo, 925" x 725"; title page printed in red and black, text illustrations throughout by Kipp Soldwadell, folding map; printed paper wrappers; the slightest toning to top edge, else fine. With the cover title "A garden that reminds one of Kyoto" Guiberson's garden was eventually donated to UCLA and became the UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden.

[Philadelphia]: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000. Cloth. Fine/fine. Oblong 4to, pp. 220; color images through out, two folding plates; gray cloth, gilt titled spine, fine in fine dust jacket. Published along with the titular exhibition. "Active from the Momoyama period to the early Edo period (1615-1867) Hon'ami Koetsu was a master of calligraphy, lacquerwork, and ceramics... His works, based on the artist's admiration for and deep knowledge of classical Japanese stories and poems, present a renewal of the classics and an attempt at a new way of expression."

Princeton and Tokyo: Princeton University Press and University of Tokyo Press, [1979]. cloth. Very good. Square 8vo, pp. xiv, 417, [1]; full blue cloth patterned in white and red, gilt title on spine; text clean and bright, musty, else very good.

[Tokyo: ARS, 1928]. Paperback. Good. Large 8vo, pp. 8, 56 (offset color illustrations), 78, [2]; 18 pages of plates, text illustrations; text in Japanese; printed paper wrappers; wrappers creased, spine reinforced with tape, corners bumped, a few short tears at margins, good.A visually arresting collection of early 20th century design, with articles on theory, including staging, blocking, lighting, perspective, etc., and full-page color illustrations showcasing the forefront of modern design at the time.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974. Library binding. Very good/very good. 8vo, pp. x, [3], 265, [1]; blue library buckram, gilt title on spine, ex-library, with call number own spine, labels, and stamp on endpaper and title page; text unmarked, adhesive residue on pastedown and jacket panel, a very good copy in a bright but creased dust jacket.

Tokyo: Imperial Government Railways, 1915. 12mo, pp [4], 63; 34 plates, two folding charts and one color folding map; pictorial paper wrappers, stab stitched and decorated with purple tassels; edges, covers, and the corners of title page foxed, internally clean, very good. A stamp on the lower cover says this book was given out "Compliments of the Japan Tourist Bureau, Japanese Pavilion, Panama-Pacific Exposition Grounds, San Francisco" ie, the 1915 World's Fair. An attractive guidebook aimed at the western tourist, produced on Japanese paper in the fukurotoji format, and with interleaved plates.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. Cloth. Very Good. Second edition, 4to, pp. xi, [1], 228, [18]; bifolium alphabet, circular of Indian popular names (8pp.), and four folding charts laid in to lower pocket; later burgundy cloth, original gilt title cover inlaid to upper board, red title label on spine; ex-library with blind emboss on title page and stamps on loose items; Indian name insert with some neat annotations, very good.