Hatiro Yamagami (13 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. Good - illustrated and with color. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall.

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). 82pp. B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. 1st. First edition. Softcover. Published Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1940. 12mo. wrappers, 82pp., illus color frontis, b/w plates, one additional color plate. fraying to the edges of the overlaping covers, text block very good.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Board Of Tourist Industry, Tokyo, 1940. 1st edition. Small format with yapped edges. Traditional warrior's armor of Japan, starting in ancient times. Illustrated. Very good condition, retaining its translucent glassine jacket.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. 82 pp. and replete with black-and-white photographic plates of Japanese armor, weapons and associated dress. Printed blue card stock wraps, sunned and bit worn along edges, and with colorful illustration onset. Protected in original glassine wraps. Publisher's device at title page in full-color, lovely three-quarter page frontis illustration of a samurai swordsman.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover. Gray covers with black lettering and illustrated paste down on front cover. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1940. 82 pages. In good condition. Covers are faded and creased along edges. Color illustration on front cover is bright. Front gutter is beginning to crack, but binding remains strong. Photographs throughout of Japanese armor throughout time. A good reading copy.…

Tourist Library #31; small 8vo; stiff wraps with yapped edges and with pictorial label paste-on, softcover; 133 pages; color frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations; lightly edgeworn and sunned wraps and some internal foxing else very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Number 31 from the Japanese Tourist Library. With numerous b/w and colour images. Toning and rubbing to edges of covers. Contents clean and tight. Good.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Tourist Library. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 84 pages. Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover - otherwise, the interior is clean and unmarked. Wear to edges and corners and sunning to spine, but a nice solid volume . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. …

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. * PUBLISHER : BOARD OF TOURIST INDUSTRY JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS * YEAR : 1940 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 83 * CONDITION : USED - ACCEPTABLE * OTHER: THE COVER IS WORN AND CREASED WITH BUMPING AND TANNING ALONG THE EDGES AND CORNERS WITH SMALL TEARS IN PLACES. THE SPINE IS HEAVILY RUBBED AND TANNED WITH BUMPING AT BOTH ENDS. THE BINDING IS FIRM. THE PAGES ARE LIGHTLY TANNED, HOWEVER PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Tourist Library no. 31. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, colour illustration laid down upper wrapper, 82pp. 19.5 x 13.5cm. Signature of a prior owner upper pastedown, original wrappers browned and little worn edges, otherwise a good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A set of 4 interesting and attractive Japanese tourist guides, comprising: Tourist Library No. 8; What is Shinto?, by Genchi Kato, 1935, 73pp;  Tourist Library No. 9; Castles in Japan, by Prof. N. Orui and Prof. N. Toba, 1935, 106pp;  Tourist Library No. 31; Japan's Ancient Armour, by Hatiro Yamagami, 1940, 82pp; and;  Tourist Library No. 34; Sumo - Japanese Wrestling, by Kozo Hikoyama, 1940, 101pp. In addition, the Sumo volume is accompanied by a 1907 postcard with related image (from Shozo Kato, a London Japanese art dealer). Published by the Board of Tourist Industry; Japanese Government Railways, and sold by Maruzen Co. Ltd, Japan Tourist Bureau, and Kyo Bun Kwan Ginza, Tokyo, 1935-1940. A good set of 4 booklets, with card wraps and tipped on cover images. Covers with age discoloration and wear to edges. The text is mainly bright and clean. Very occasional age spotting. The Ancient Armour booklet with hand written number to front cover and International YMCA library stamps inside. Well illustrated throughout. Occasional minor flaw. An interesting set. Text in English. Weight approximately 486g (the set - unpacked). Dimensions: each volume approximately 199mm high x 135mm wide x 6mm deep. More photos on request. …

Softcover. Condition: Fair. 82p. (Tourist Library: 31.) Corners worn.