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 Cake Tree in the Ruins
London: Pushkin Press, 2018. Ginny Tapley Takemori (tr.), New Pushkin Press Edition. Second Printing. Paperback. "I am still unable to leave the burnt-out ruins" Akiyuki Nosaka, 2014 In 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his sister starving to death..... 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
Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680 - 1900
Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2010. Stephen Addiss (foreword). Reprint. Hardcover. Heavy item, extra handling charge for local delivery. Japanese woodblock prints, or ukiyo-e, are the most recognizable Japanese art form. Their massive popularity has spread from Japan to be embraced by a worldwide audience. Covering the period from the beginning 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
Clover Omnibus Edition
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Manga, 2009. First Printing. Softcover. Kazuhiko is a young, but already deeply wounded black ops agent of a baroque, retro-tech future-pulled out of retirement to escort Sue, a mysterious waif, to a destination she alone knows. Sue and Kazuhiko have never met . . . yet she..... 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
Killing Commendatore
London: Vintage Books, 2019. Philip Gabriel (tr), Ted Goossen (tr). Paperback. When a thirty-something portrait painter is abandoned by his wife, he holes up in the mountain home of a famous artist. The days drift by, spent painting, listening to music and drinking whiskey in the evenings. But then he..... 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
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
