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Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Volume 1. (Travel, Description, Customs, Japan) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Fujiya Hotel, Ltd. ( 1946 ), Myanoshita, Japan, 1946
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Flexible covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Second Edition. Octavo, 200 pages, Japanese binding in silk, with a printed, paper chemise with the title printed on the flap, worn, torn. NOTE: herein are two different paper types, white and brown (suggesting that the brown paper may have been surplus from the 1937 editioin). Here are descriptions of many of the custom, manners, ceremonies, festivals, arts and crafts of the Japanese besides numerous other subjects. 355 .illustrations. NOTE: this work first appeared in 1934, and through 1937, and calling this 1946 appearnce its 5th printing; but, its compiler, Mr. Yamaguchi, the manager of the Fujiya Hotel, refers to this as the second edition. How much was it revised for the post-war tourist trade?.
Published by Yamagata Press, Yokohama, 1946
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Two volumes : illustrations. Paper wrappers worn, short tears at head and foot of spine, spine labels edgeworn; contents unmarked. 570 grams.
Soft cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Book is wrapped in folded cloth and cardboard, and bound in soft cloth, with string. Cardboard wrapping is worn, rubbed and sunned, but complete and intact. Cover is in great condition, with text and images clear and legible. Binding is tight. Small stain on outer edge of text-block. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Soft cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Book is wrapped in folded paper and bound in soft cloth, with string. Paper wrapping is worn and tanned on edges, but complete and intact. Cover is in great condition, with text and images clear and legible. Binding is tight. Small stain on outer edge of text-block. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Published by Fujiya Hotel
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.6.
Published by Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Japan, 1937
Seller: Inno Dubelaar Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. First printing. 207 pages, 389 illustrations, mostly photos, index, octavo format, side-stitched into silvery patterned silk covers, in a cream linen three-panel folding portfolio case, with floral decoration and paper spine label, secured with ivory clasps. A superb production. Book itself is in New unread condition. The case shows some soiling from handling but is not overly worn, nor damaged. LAID IN: four original Fujiya Hotel menus from 1935 and 1938 with interesting educational material on the back about Japanese art, proverbs, etc. The original owner of the book was a Canadian diplomat in Tokyo in the 1930s.
Published by Fujiya Hotel Ltd., 1935,, 1935
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
De GARIS, Frederic. We Japanese : Being Descriptions of Many of the Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Festivals, Arts and Crafts of the Japanese Besides Numerous other Subjects. 200 Pages, 355 Illustrations. Miyanoshita, Hakone, Japan: Fujiya Hotel Ltd., (1935). Second Printing. Pp 200. 8vo, stitched limp silk with paper label to front, in tri-fold bone-clasp case. Vg in rubbed, slightly soiled case with slight wear at corners. 90.00.
Published by Fujiya Hotel Ltd, Japan, 1937
Seller: STEVE BROWN (BOOKS), Lichfield, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th Printing & First Edition. Volume 1 is a 4th reprint in its original presntation box secured by ivory/bone fastebers. Volume 2 is a first edition published in June 1937. Both books are inscribed by H.S.K. Yamaguchi, managing director of the Fujiya Hotel in Hakone, Japam and both signatures are accompanied by pasted-in metallic portraits of Mr Yamaguchi. Soft Cover.
Paperback. Condition: Good. 2nd printing. P.
Published by Japan, 1937
Seller: Black Box Books, ASHFORD, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Vol. 1. SIGNED WITH DEDICATION BY MR H S K YAMAGUCHI (Managing Director of the Fujiya Hotels, Hakone and Miyanoshita, Japan.) 1937. FINE. A charming introduction to Japan for the foreign visitors of the time, explaining Japanese traditional customs, manners, history, arts, food, festivals, geography, architecture etc. Very comprehensive, it comes as a FINE brocade-covered, 200 page limp paperback book. Very thin paper. Very clean and neat English text. It comes with its VERY GOOD dark blue cloth covered hardback folder, lined with beige and silver sprinkled paper and with two ivory toggles to hold it together. It has some fading to spine and front and a chip or two. Vol. 2 . 1939. As above, also FINE, but Frederic de Garis is not mentioned as the writer. It is also SIGNED WITH DEDICATION BY MR YAMAGUCHI and has a loose photograph of him and his astonishing white mustachios . This also has a neat silk brocade cover but the GOOD folding outer casing is pinky beige, also with its little ivory toggles but is more faded and worn than Vol. 1 and the front has some pale staining. Priced at £150 GBP for the two volumes together.
Published by Fujiya Hotel, Ltd., Miyanoshita.Hakone, Japan, 1949
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, Truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3vol.set: 200pg.+355illus.; 200pg.+389illus.; 204pg.+145illus.; SCs string-bound; tan w/gilt&blk.-labels on design covers; PONs; near fine w/clean,tight pgs. DJs (covers with slot/tab) lt.blue w/blue 'floral' design; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; spines sunned; labels darkend; chips&tears. Vol.I (8th print): "Being descriptions of many of the customs, manners, ceremonies, festivals, arts and crafts of the Japanese besides numerous other subjects" Vol.II (5th print): "Being descriptions of the characteristics, history, legendry, tradition, drama, images, shrines, temples, customs, manners besides numerous other subjects" Vol.III (1st): "Descriptions of manners, customs, spirits and psychology of the Japanese Nation" illus.
Published by Kegan Paul Intl, 2002
ISBN 10: 0710307195ISBN 13: 9780710307194
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book Print on Demand
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. combined edition. 591 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.
Published by Miyanoshita, Japan, 1949
Seller: Muse Book Shop, DeLand, FL, U.S.A.
Book
Linen. Condition: Near Fine. Three Volumes on rice paper with stitched linen covers, book 1 190 pages, 355 illustrations, book 2 written by Atsuharu, book 3 also written by Atsuharu.