Massarella Derek Ed (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. first edition 2012 hardcover with dist jacket in near fine condition, just some very slight shelf wear on dust jacket. xxii, 481 pages with 3 maps and 14 illustrations. In 1582 Alessandro Valignano, the Visitor to the Jesuit mission in the East Indies, sent four Japanese boys to Europe. Until the arrival of the embassy in Europe, the Euro-Japanese encounter had been almost exclusively one way: Europeans going to Japan. This book is an account of their travels, their long journeys out and back, and the 20 months in Europe being received by popes and kings. It was published in Macao in 1590 with the title De Missione Legatorvm Iaponensium ad Romanum curiam. The present edition is the first complete version of this rich, complex and impressive work to appear in.

8°, original softcover. 1. ed. 215 p. Rare copy. Within: A comprehensive Index of The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, first, second and third series, 1972-1985 (Richard Wilson and June Colby, 94p.). - Very fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

8°, original softcover. 1. ed. 171 p. Within: Daijosai: Aspects of its History and Meaning (Nicola Liscutin, 28 p.). Child of Wrath: The Literature of Takahashi Takako (Livia Monnet, 36 p.). - Some pages slighlty wavy, otherwise very fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

8°, original softcover. 1. ed. 229 p. Rare copy. Within: Race, Culture, and History in American and Japanese Popular Fiction (William Wetherall, 28 p.). San ya: Scenes from Life at the Margins of Japanese Society (Edward Fowler, 58 p.). - Small name on contents page. Very fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

Hard Cover. Condition: F. Dust Jacket Condition: F. First Edition. F/F. 4to. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xxii, 482 (last blank), with 13 figures + 3 maps. Heavy item (1.7 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy.

Hardcover. pp. 480. Large 8vo. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light shelfwear, discoloured spotting to page ends of fore-edge, some edgewear and discoloured spotting to dustjacket, with 1 short tear to bottom edge of rear panel, now protected in plastic brodart sleeve; very good in very good- dustjacket. Series III Volume 25. "In 1582, Alessandro Valignano, the Visitor to the Jesuit mission in the East Indies, sent four Japanese boys, two of whom represented important Christian daimyo in Western Japan, to Europe. This book is an account of their travels.".

Large 8vo. Publisher's original navy blue cloth gilt, in the dust-jacket. An excellent copy. The Hakluyt Society was founded in 1846 in London for the publication of primary sources of exploration and discovery expeditions. They were named after Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) a collector and editor of narratives of voyages and travels. The publications are primarily from English expeditions related to English interests from the 17th century on. These volumes cover the early search for the North West Passage through Hudson Bay, which was determined not to lead to the Pacific Ocean.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover; small 4to; 481 pages. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt ship on front. Bright and clean pages. In a blue paper jacket with black text. Some spotting on front. FINE/VG. Book.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket New book large octavo xxii + 481pp., frontis., maps, bibliog., index, Hakluyt Society Third Series No. 25.