Garis Frederic (96 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Original brown silk, paper title. Stab binding. Wear to edges, pages browned, inscription on verso front flyleaf.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 345 Illustrations, A Few With Color, Tissue Guarded Plates (illustrator). 1st Edition. Vi + 204 Pp. Navy Blue Silk, String Tied. Apparent First Printing, Copyright 1936. Very Good- Light Usage, Pages Browning, Tiny Frays Of Silk At Tips, Lowest Loop Of String Binding Is Broken And Loose, Binding Intact.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Bound in limp paper covered in brown raw silk tied with silk cord. Title pasted to cover. Contents a little foxed, 345 illustrations,previous owner's name on title page.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Slipcase. 355 Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. 200 Pp. + 2 Pp Index. Beige Silk Printed In Brown And Green Over Covered Paper Wrappers, String Bound. Fine, No Wear Or Marks.Slipcase With Light Wear, But Paper Label Is Frayed At Edges.

PAPERBACK BROWN. Condition: VG. JACKET: WORN. Soft and fragile DJ DATE PUBLISHED: EDITION: 400.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Title Continues: Besides Places Away From Well-Trodden Trails, and Numerous Other Subjects. Frontis-piece, with tissue guard intact, iii, [4], 204pp, [1], printed on double pages [Japanese style], bound in silk over paper, paper label on front cover intact [not chipped], single thread binding [Japanese style], with binding and hinges tight. Contents include History, Legends, Samurai, Music, Arts, Women & Dress, Customs, Superstitions, Charms, Festivals, Theater, Puppets, Religion, Architecture, Geisha Songs, Swords and much more. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT with b/w photographs. Covers show corner wear, small hole to cloth on front cover. In a protective mylar sleeve.

Cloth - Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Volume I is the 1946 fifth printing, and Volume II is the 1947 third printing. 200 pages with 355 illustrations, and 200 pages with 389 illustrations. Scattered moisture stains with tide marks, though there is no sticking of the leaves. Penciled name and address on the blank front free end leaf of Volume II. Jackets with chips and wear a long edges, as well as some moisture stains. Both volumes remains tight and contents are otherwise generally clean. All text and images remain clear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Hand-sewn silk wrappers. Condition is VERY GOOD ; silk a little sunned, very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. Trav. Stax.

PAPERBACK. Condition: VG. FIFTH PRINTING. INCLUDED IS A FUJIYA HOTEL NATURAL HOT SPRINGS LABEL.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No date stated. 2nd edition. Volume 1. Slightly dampstained. (Japan, Cultural Traditions).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed? iii.204pp. Illus throughout. A very detailed pre-war guide to Japan with much of the material adapted from the author's writings for the Japanese Government Railways. Unusually bound with a mainly bare outer spine and bound with string. Written on very thin paper but each page has been deliberately double bound. There is a little creasing and the odd mark but overall VG. Text is in English.

paper wrapper covered in green cloth with stitch binding, 204pp illus, VG-(sl wear to extrems, sl sunned & soiled, text sl soiled).

Stitched. Silk cover. Condition: Good, unless otherwise noted. 23x16cm, vi, 204 pp. 345 illustrations, some in colour. // Describes many customs, festivals, arts and crafts of the Japanese. An amazing assembly of facts and information on varied aspects of Japan in the 1930s. A lovely thing but sadly with waterstaining throughout and priced as a reading copy.

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: Good. Yes, illustrated. (illustrator). 1st Edition. This volume is an early printing of the cultural guide commissioned by H.S.K. Yamaguchi, the managing director of the historic Fujiya Hotel in Miyanoshita, Hakone. Written by Frederic de Garis, the book serves as an encyclopedic reference to Japanese life, covering 355 subjects including festivals, superstitions, arts, and daily customs. The layout typically features a single subject per page, accompanied by black and white illustrations. This copy is bound in the traditional Japanese style with silk cloth over flexible boards and a cord-tied spine. It was printed by Yamagata Press in Yokohama. Details: Title: We Japanese: Being Descriptions of Many of the Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Festivals, Arts and Crafts of the Japanese Besides Numerous Other Subjects Author: Frederic de Garis (for H.S.K. Yamaguchi) Edition: First Edition. The first printing was issued in December 1934; this May 1935 issue is the second printing. In the context of this specific title, early printings are distinct and collectible as they preceded the later combined volumes. Printing: Second Printing (May 1935) Illustrator: Not credited; contains 355 black and white illustrations/woodcuts. Language: English Binding: Softcover/Flexible boards; Japanese-style silk-covered boards with string/cord tie (Yotsume Toji binding). Dust Jacket: No (As issued; originally sold with a card slipcase not present here). Publisher: Fujiya Hotel, Ltd. Publisher Location: Miyanoshita, Hakone, Japan (Printed by Yamagata Press, Yokohama) Year of Publication: 1935 Weight: 0.85 lbs.

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?

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Intact and clean throughout. Pages with some small corner bends and minor edgewear. Cover cloth with some fading and some chipping and wear to edges. Some smudging to paper title label. Cloth starting to separate from paper on at lower rear corner. Easily repaired with proper adhesive. 204 pages and 345 illustrations, some in color.

Condition: VG. Yokohama 1936 Yoshikawa. Octavo, 204pp., phot illustrations, index, Japanese-style book, accordion fold in green silk covered wraps with mounted paper label on front board. VG.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second Printing. 2nd printing softcover. Original Japanese sewn binding. Near fine; hint of spotting, bookplate and PO stamps. In the original cloth chemise with ivory toggles. The chemise is sunned/foxed and lightly worn, and the label is toned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover, 204pp., 345 illustrations- some in color, contents show some light toning, navy cloth over paper wraps is slightly toned, scuffed, else very good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1936 paperback, average external wear, a little staining, pages yellowed with some creases and minor blemishes.

Flexible cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Seventieth Printing. Both books are in pristine condition. Volume II: Being Descriptions of the Characteristics, History, Legendry, Tradition, Drama, Images, Shrines, Temples, Customs, Manners, Besides Numerous Other Subjects. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Two volume set of soft cover books in Japanese design outer wrappers - seventh printing, Nov. 1947. Illustrated with mostly black and white drawings/reproductions. Text in English with some Japanese. In excellent condition. Bookseller since 1995 (ULBDRM#3-R) rareviewbooks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1937. Original decorative cloth covers with string binding; laid inside tri-fold cloth covered boards with pasted on spine titles; cloth covered boards are worn and faded; heaviest wear along edges and spine; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; edges of cloth covers are worn with some fraying; text pages are in very good condition; illustrations in black and white; no internal markings; 200 pages.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Japanese stab-binding in silk cloth-covered stiff silvery/gray decorative paper wraps.Title laid on front cover and spine of slipcase. Ex-library stamps inside, but no marks on cover. No date indicated - circa 1930's. In tattered ex-library marked blue slipcase, torn at top of spine, with bone closures. Printed on double pages of rice paper flecked with sparkly mica. Black and white illustrations with occasional spots of color. Corner of first blank page cut out. Keywords: Japan, Stab binding, Silk, Mica, Japanese.

Frederic De Garis for H.S.K. Yamaguchi We Japanese: Being Descriptions of Many of the Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Festivals, Arts and Crafts of the Japanese Besides Numerous Other Subjects 3rd Printing, 1936, Fujiya Hotel, Japan, Very Good condition, in Good original holder.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Gut. 2nd pr. 200 p. ; num. ill. Good. Softcover with linen covering in light-edged cloth folder. Cover shows mild wear. Clean but slightly foxed pages. Note of ownership. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 490.

Yokohama 1946. Illus, 8.5x6", 200pp, stitched silk, some browning to text, covers discolored in wall paper jacket, couple pp frayed at top, label in paper jacket chipped. 5th printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 345 illus, some in color (illustrator). 1st Edition. FINE book, 1936 first ed. "AS NEW" BUT: covers with tiny scrapes & fep front bottom corner with light fold mark. Brown cloth, string tied covers, FINE binding. 345 illus, some in color. 200pp followed by 4 page index.