Japan (Baedeker Guide)
Ostfildern, Germany: Verlag Karl Baedeker, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. More
Japan
The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant mortality, marriage patterns, urban and rural..... More
The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. With promotional band on dust jacket. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant..... More
The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap
London: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine and disease in the last three hundred years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores..... More
Manga Design
Koln: Taschen, 2004. First Edition (presumed). Outsized Softcover. A DVD is included. manga /mon-gah/ noun A type of Japanese comic book published in anthologized series, vastly popular in Japan among adults and widely influential on advertising, visual arts, and particularly the Anime film genre. The influence of..... More
Now You're One of Us: A Novel
New York: Vertical, 2007. Michael Volek, Mitsuko Volek (trs.). First Edition. Paperback. In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby, here is a new classic about the bride who's no longer sure what to think. All families have their own rituals, secrets, and credos, like..... More
Spinning Tropics: A Novel
New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 2009. Wayne P. Lammers (tr.). Paperback. Meet Hiro. She’s tall, lanky and awkward—a twenty-something Japanese woman who has decamped to Vietnam from Tokyo to work as a language teacher. Meet Dung. She’s shy, beautiful, and tough—a young Vietnamese woman studying Japanese, determined to create a...... More
Japanese For Busy People I (Kana Version)
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1995. Second Printing. Softcover. More
A Guide to Food Buying in Japan
Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1994. Softcover. More
Creating Japanese Gardens
San Ramon, CA: Ortho Books, 1989. Reprint. Softcover. These days, people crave gardens that fill the soul and comfort the body. Japanese gardening answers those yearnings. This book demonstrates how to: - Create a feeling of sanctuary - Make tranquil spaces - Arrange plants and ornaments Use..... More
Clouds in the West: Lessons from the Martial Arts of Japan
Guilford: The Lyons Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. More
Japanese Pottery Old and New (The Detroit Institute of Arts October 8 - November 12, 1950)
Detroit: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1952. William A. Bostick (catalogue design), Sylvester Luca (photos), Leo Teholiz (map of Japan). Second Edition. Paperback, Staple-Bound. Features map of Japan with indications of localities represented in exhibit. More
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727. Born in Westphalia in 1651, Kaempfer travelled throughout the Near and Far East before settling in Japan as physician to the trading..... More
Contemporary Japanese Workbook: An Introductory Workbook for Students of Japanese Volume 2 (with Audio CD)
Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2007. First Edition. Paperback (Outsized). Contemporary Japanese Workbook, Volume 2 was created as a supplementary material for Contemporary Japanese: An Introductory Textbook for College Students. A workbook which is best used for reviewing and reinforcing the concepts and learning materials introduced in the textbook, it is also..... More
A History of Japan: 1334-1615
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1961. First Edition, Third Printing. Trade Paperback. A History of Japan: 1334-1615 describes the growth of a new feudal hierarchy, the ebb and flow of civil war, the rise and fall of great families, and the development amidst extreme political disorder of remarkable new features..... More
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
London: Vintage Books, 2019. Noma Bar (cover illustration). Reissued Vintage Edition. 19th Printing. Paperback. A compelling mediation on the power of running and a fascinating insight into the life of this internationally bestselling writer. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running..... More
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: A Memoir
New York: Vintage International, 2009. Philip Gabriel (tr.). 24th Printing. Paperback. An intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is an illuminating glimpse into the solitary passions of one of our greatest artists. While training for..... More
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
London: Vintage, 2003. Yuko Shimizu (cover art). First Printing. Paperback. Part of the special Vintage Japanese Classics series Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a tour de force—and one of Haruki Murakami’s most acclaimed and beloved novels. In a Tokyo suburb..... More
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
London: Vintage, 2003. Jay Rubin (tr.). Reprint. Paperback. Toru Okada's cat has disappeared and this has unsettled his wife, who is herself growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has started receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's..... More
Wind/Pinball: Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 (Two Novels)
New York: Vintage International, 2016. Ted Goossen (tr.). First Edition. Eleventh Printing. Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER Wind/Pinball, a unique two-in-one volume, includes, on one side, Murakami’s first novel Hear the Wind Sing. When you flip the book over, you can read his second novel, Pinball, 1973. Each book has its..... More
Underground
London: Vintage, 2013. Paperback. In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after-effects. Murakami interviews the victims to try and establish precisely what happened on the subway that day. He also interviews members and ex-members..... More
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
New York: Vintage International, 2017. Paperback. Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz club in Tokyo, and the aesthetic and emotional power of music permeates every one of his much-loved books. Now, in Absolutely on Music, Murakami fulfills a personal..... More
After Dark
London: Vintage Books, 2008. Reprint. Paperback. Eyes mark the shape of the city The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help..... More
Sputnik Sweetheart
London: Vintage Books, 2002. Reprint. Paperback. Sumire is in love with a woman seventeen years her senior. But whereas Miu is glamorous and successful, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dresses in an oversized second-hand coat and heavy boots like a character in a Kerouac novel. Sumire spends hours..... More
"Tabibito" (The Traveler)
Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 1982. Galen Song (cover design). First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Translated by L. Brown and R. Yoshida. This is Yukawa's autobiography of his early years, written in Japanese when he was fifty years old. It describes his family background and the education and experiences..... More
