Japan from Midnight Books

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,… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Shunyodo Shoten, 1979. Fine. Iwasaki Kanen. A portfolio of 20 color prints: 6 10 x 7.25 in. tipped into 12.5 x 9.5 in folios, and 14 measuring 10 x 14.25 in. tipped into 12.5 x 17 in. folios. Accompanied by 12-page booklet in Japanese. Fine in stiff card chistu case. The Honzou Zufu was originally published in… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Kyoto: Kyoto Shorin, ca. 1860. Reprint edition, large fukurotoji, 9 vols, four of them with illustrations of swords, showing blades, tangs, and maker's marks; red paper covers with original title labels; covers rubbed, a good clean set. The title was originally released in 1792 and saw a number of reprints, over the years It serves as a reference for… Read more about this item

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

Tokyo: Shibata Shoten, 1987. Near Fine. Fifth printing, oblong 8vo, pp [2], 118, [2]; parallel text in English and Japanese, 95 photographs, 56 of them full-page; full gray paper covered boards, pictorial dust jacket; light foxing to first and last pages and inside dust jacket, near fine. Takahashi joined the Shima Kanko Hotel at the age of 16,… Read more about this item