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Vendor SKU Author Title Publisher Condition Description Keywords(s) Price Image
14975 Annon Kyoto Imperial Palace unknown Very good. 7 x 10 inch booklet of color pictures of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. In Japanese and English Kyoto Imperial Palace, Japan $25
15448 Anon 13 Yokohama Souvenir photos from the 1930s Unknown Good. Light shelf wear. Thirteen 2.75 x 2.0 inch b&w photos of Yokohama, Japan in the 1920-1930s. They are captioned on the back in Japanese and English. Yokohama, Japan, Photography, ephemera $24
3613 Anon... Kodo - Kyodan Layman Buddhism in Japan Kodo-Kyodan Good. Scrape marks on front cover, rubber stamp on back. 1962 paperback with 40 pages and b&w photos. Japan, Buddhism. Japan, Buddhism, Dodo - Kyodan $20
15596 Army Service Corps The School of Military Government Restricted. A 36 section course on a proposed problem, the occupation of Japan. One section missing. Army Service Corps Fair. A bit musty. Paper browning and occasionaly brittle. Occasional rusty staples. Some pencil writing. 8.5 x 11 printed on one side, individual sheets. A restricted Army Service Forces course at The School of Military Government, Charlottesville, Virginia in 1944. There are 36 sections listed with number 23 missing. The subject is a hypothetical occupation of Japan in great detail. The page count is approximate. Japan, WW2, Army Service Forces $100
12799 Bernstein, Barton J. The Atomic Bomb The Critical Issues Little, Brown and Company Good. The covers have some shelf wear and some of the pages are faintly wavey. There's a university book store stamp inside. The Atomic Bomb and politics. Atomic Bomb, Japan, Politics $75
16971 Campbell, Capt. Adrinne, and Master Sgt. Mike Daniels, designers A Day in the life of Misawa USAF? Good. Front cover has faint shelf wear. 8.5 x 11.5 inches, mostly color photographs of Misawa AB, Japan. Misawa, Japan, Misawa AB, USAF, Aviation $40
15028 Chihaya, Masatake IJN Yamato and Musashi/Battleships Profile Publishers Very good. The Japanese WW2 battleships Yamato and Mushshi. There are many b&w photos and a fold out illustration. WW2, Japan, Yamato, Musashi $20
9109 Corwin, Charles Biblical Encounter With Japanese Culture Christian Literature Crusade 1977 2nd edition paperback with 172 pages and a bibliography. Very good. Japan, missionaries Japan, Missionaries $15
16828 Corwin, Elouise A Bridge for Kanai Tyrannus Hall International Good. Some wear on the bottom of the spine. Post WW2 missionary in Japan. There are b&w photos and illustrations. Japan, Missionary $25
8831 Cowling, Anthony My Life With The Samurai How I Survived Japanese Death Camps Premium Printing 2001 2nd edition paperback, signed by the author, 236 pages, b&w photos, index. New Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2 Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2 $30
8832 Cowling, Anthony My Life With The Samurai How I Survived Japanese Death Camps Premium Printing 2001 2nd edition paperback, signed by the author, 236 pages, b&w photos, index. New Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2 Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2 $30
8833 Cowling, Anthony My Life With The Samurai How I Survived Japanese Death Camps Premium Printing 2001 2nd edition paperback, signed by the author, 236 pages, b&w photos, index. New Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2 Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2 $30
16767 Dille, John Substitute For Victory Doubleday & Company Good. In a good dust wrapper that shows edge wear and has an inked out price. An ugly bookplate. "An optimistic report on What we have accomplished in Korea, Formosa, and Japan..." Korea, Formosa, Taiwan, Japan $25
14667 Drea, Edward J. Leavenworth Papers No. 2 Combat Studies Institute Good. Light shelf wear. Nomonhan: Japanese-Soviet Tactical Combat, 1939. There are maps, charts, b&w photos, notes and a bibliography. Soviet and Japanese conflict in Mongolia. WW2, Japan, Russia, Nomonhan, Mongolia $20
16512 Grodzins, Morton Americans Betrayed Politics and the Japanese Evacuation The University of Chicago Press Very good. Faint shelf wear. Owner's name in ink inside. No dust wrapper. The "evacuation" of Japanese Americans to concentration camps in the early part of WW2 Japanese American, WW2, prison camps $60
17186 Gruenewald, Mary Matsuda Looking Like The Enemy My Story of Imprisonment In Japanese-American Internment Camps NewSage Good. Previous owner signature in red magic marker inside the front cover. Price sticker on the back. Signed by the author. WW2 Japanese American Internment Camp, Tule Lake, Klamath, Oregon. There are b&w photos. Japanese American Internment, Nisei, Tule Lake, Klamath, Oregon, WW2 $40
13846 Gulick, Sidney L. Evolution of The Japanese Social and Psychic Flemiing H. Revell Good. Covers have light shelf wear. Front hinge shows a crack but is holding solidly. No dust wrapper. Japanese history. Japan $30
17394 Haar, Francis The Best Of Old Japan Charles E. Tuttle Co. Good. No dust wrapper. 7 x 10 inches of b&w photography Japan, photography $25
7970 Hasegawa, Saiji, director Japan Trade Guide With A Comprehensive Mercantile Directory 1965 The Jiji Press, Ltd. 1964, 7 X 10 inches, with 736 pages, b&w photos and an index. Very good. with light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Japan, trade, commerce Japan, trade, commerce $20
15453 Hayashiya, Tatsusaburo Japan-History and Culture Vol. I Heibonsha Limited Very good. Owner signature inside. In a chipped dust wrapper. In a slightly worn slip case. Japanese history and culture. In Japanese. There are many b&w & color photos. 2 fold outs. Japan, history $40
5504 Hyogo Prefectural Government Captivating Hyogo Hygo Prefectural Government 1987 with 173 pages of mostly photos. 10 X 11.5 inches. Fine in a good dust wrapper. Hyogo, Japan Hyogo, Japan $20
14385 Iwabuchi, Takashi, and Marian June Okada Between East & West Cultural Barriers Q&A Central Press Very good. In English and Japanese, cultural barriers examined. Japan, Cultural barriers $20
14094 Japan Industry Floating Fair Association 7th Japan Industry Floating Fair '67 Japan Industry Floating Fair Association Good. Light shelf wear. Many ads, b&w photos, a fold-out of the layout of exhibition hall, an alphabetical list of manufacturers. Japan, Maritime, industries $20
17091 Jessup, Bertram East Meets West Festival Of The Arts University of Oregon Good. Slightly rusty staples 6 x 9 inch brochure / program for an East Meets West Festival, January 6 to April 5, 1957 at the University of Oregon. Also included is a 3-fold brochure on secret Christians (Catholic) in 20th Century by Professor, P.M. Tagita. Tagita gave a lecture on January 16. University of Oregon, Aisa, Japan, Kakure Krishtitan, Art $40
10392 Kaneda, Kazuo Over Shadowed Journey An Amazing Account of Hither To Unrevealed War-Time Experiences of a Japanese Minister The Hope Press Very good with faint shelf wear. No dust wrapper. 1963 hardback with 159 pages and b&w photos. Japanese Christian ministers experiences in WW2. Sunk by American Submarines, stationed in the Celebes, Indonesia. Japan, Christian, WW2. Submarines, Celebes, Indonesia $30

Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price
14975	Annon	Kyoto Imperial Palace	unknown	Very good.	7 x 10 inch booklet of color pictures of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. In Japanese and English	Kyoto Imperial Palace, Japan	$25
15448	Anon	13 Yokohama Souvenir photos from the 1930s	Unknown	Good. Light shelf wear.	Thirteen 2.75 x 2.0 inch b&w photos of Yokohama, Japan in the 1920-1930s. They are captioned on the back in Japanese and English.	Yokohama, Japan, Photography, ephemera	$24
3613	Anon...	Kodo - Kyodan Layman Buddhism in Japan	Kodo-Kyodan	Good. Scrape marks on front cover, rubber stamp on back.	1962 paperback with 40 pages and b&w photos. Japan, Buddhism.	Japan, Buddhism, Dodo - Kyodan	$20
15596	Army Service Corps The School of Military Government	Restricted. A 36 section course on a proposed problem, the occupation of Japan. One section missing.	Army Service Corps	Fair. A bit musty. Paper browning and occasionaly brittle. Occasional rusty staples. Some pencil writing.	8.5 x 11 printed on one side, individual sheets. A restricted Army Service Forces course at The School of Military Government, Charlottesville, Virginia in 1944. There are 36 sections listed with number 23 missing. The subject is a hypothetical occupation of Japan in great detail. The page count is approximate.	Japan, WW2, Army Service Forces	$100
12799	Bernstein, Barton J.	The Atomic Bomb The Critical Issues	Little, Brown and Company	Good. The covers have some shelf wear and some of the pages are faintly wavey. There's a university book store stamp inside.	The Atomic Bomb and politics.	Atomic Bomb, Japan, Politics	$75
16971	Campbell, Capt. Adrinne, and Master Sgt. Mike Daniels, designers	A Day in the life of Misawa	USAF?	Good. Front cover has faint shelf wear.	8.5 x 11.5 inches, mostly color photographs of Misawa AB, Japan.	Misawa, Japan, Misawa AB, USAF, Aviation	$40
15028	Chihaya, Masatake	IJN Yamato and Musashi/Battleships	Profile Publishers	Very good.	The Japanese WW2 battleships Yamato and Mushshi. There are many b&w photos and a fold out illustration.	WW2, Japan, Yamato, Musashi	$20
9109	Corwin, Charles	Biblical Encounter With Japanese Culture	Christian Literature Crusade 1977 2nd edition paperback with 172 pages and a bibliography.	Very good.	Japan, missionaries	Japan, Missionaries	$15
16828	Corwin, Elouise	A Bridge for Kanai	Tyrannus Hall International	Good. Some wear on the bottom of the spine.	Post WW2 missionary in Japan. There are b&w photos and illustrations.	Japan, Missionary	$25
8831	Cowling, Anthony	My Life With The Samurai How I Survived Japanese Death Camps	Premium Printing 2001 2nd edition paperback, signed by the author, 236 pages, b&w photos, index.	New	Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2	Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2	$30
8832	Cowling, Anthony	My Life With The Samurai How I Survived Japanese Death Camps	Premium Printing 2001 2nd edition paperback, signed by the author, 236 pages, b&w photos, index.	New	Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2	Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2	$30
8833	Cowling, Anthony	My Life With The Samurai How I Survived Japanese Death Camps	Premium Printing 2001 2nd edition paperback, signed by the author, 236 pages, b&w photos, index.	New	Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2	Autobiography, Prisoner of War, POW, Anthony Cowling, Japan, WW2	$30
16767	Dille, John	Substitute For Victory	Doubleday & Company	Good. In a good dust wrapper that shows edge wear and has an inked out price. An ugly bookplate.	"An optimistic report on What we have accomplished in Korea, Formosa, and Japan..."	Korea, Formosa, Taiwan, Japan	$25
14667	Drea, Edward J.	Leavenworth Papers No. 2	Combat Studies Institute	Good. Light shelf wear.	Nomonhan: Japanese-Soviet Tactical Combat, 1939. There are maps, charts, b&w photos, notes and a bibliography. Soviet and Japanese conflict in Mongolia.	WW2, Japan, Russia, Nomonhan, Mongolia	$20
16512	Grodzins, Morton	Americans Betrayed Politics and the Japanese Evacuation	The University of Chicago Press	Very good. Faint shelf wear. Owner's name in ink inside. No dust wrapper.	The "evacuation" of Japanese Americans to concentration camps in the early part of WW2	Japanese American, WW2, prison camps	$60
17186	Gruenewald, Mary Matsuda	Looking Like The Enemy My Story of Imprisonment In Japanese-American Internment Camps	NewSage	Good. Previous owner signature in red magic marker inside the front cover. Price sticker on the back.	Signed by the author. WW2 Japanese American Internment Camp, Tule Lake, Klamath, Oregon. There are b&w photos.	Japanese American Internment, Nisei, Tule Lake, Klamath, Oregon, WW2	$40
13846	Gulick, Sidney L.	Evolution of The Japanese Social and Psychic	Flemiing H. Revell	Good. Covers have light shelf wear. Front hinge shows a crack but is holding solidly. No dust wrapper.	Japanese history.	Japan	$30
17394	Haar, Francis	The Best Of Old Japan	Charles E. Tuttle Co.	Good. No dust wrapper.	7 x 10 inches of b&w photography	Japan, photography	$25
7970	Hasegawa, Saiji, director	Japan Trade Guide With A Comprehensive Mercantile Directory 1965	The Jiji Press, Ltd. 1964, 7 X 10 inches, with 736 pages, b&w photos and an index.	Very good. with light shelf wear. No dust wrapper.	Japan, trade, commerce	Japan, trade, commerce	$20
15453	Hayashiya, Tatsusaburo	Japan-History and Culture Vol. I	Heibonsha Limited	Very good. Owner signature inside. In a chipped dust wrapper. In a slightly worn slip case.	Japanese history and culture. In Japanese. There are many b&w & color photos. 2 fold outs.	Japan, history	$40
5504	Hyogo Prefectural Government	Captivating Hyogo	Hygo Prefectural Government 1987 with 173 pages of mostly photos. 10 X 11.5 inches.	Fine in a good dust wrapper.	Hyogo, Japan	Hyogo, Japan	$20
14385	Iwabuchi, Takashi, and Marian June Okada	Between East & West Cultural Barriers Q&A	Central Press	Very good.	In English and Japanese, cultural barriers examined.	Japan, Cultural barriers	$20
14094	Japan Industry Floating Fair Association	7th Japan Industry Floating Fair '67	Japan Industry Floating Fair Association	Good. Light shelf wear.	Many ads, b&w photos, a fold-out of the layout of exhibition hall, an alphabetical list of manufacturers.	Japan, Maritime, industries	$20
17091	Jessup, Bertram	East Meets West Festival Of The Arts	University of Oregon	Good. Slightly rusty staples	6 x 9 inch brochure / program for an East Meets West Festival, January 6 to April 5, 1957 at the University of Oregon. Also included is a 3-fold brochure on secret Christians (Catholic) in 20th Century by Professor, P.M. Tagita. Tagita gave a lecture on January 16.	University of Oregon, Aisa, Japan, Kakure Krishtitan, Art	$40
10392	Kaneda, Kazuo	Over Shadowed Journey An Amazing Account of Hither To Unrevealed War-Time Experiences of a Japanese Minister	The Hope Press	Very good with faint shelf wear. No dust wrapper.	1963 hardback with 159 pages and b&w photos. Japanese Christian ministers experiences in WW2. Sunk by American Submarines, stationed in the Celebes, Indonesia.	Japan, Christian, WW2. Submarines, Celebes, Indonesia	$30

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Vendor SKU Author Title Publisher Condition Description Keywords(s) Price Image
10392 Kaneda, Kazuo Over Shadowed Journey An Amazing Account of Hither To Unrevealed War-Time Experiences of a Japanese Minister The Hope Press Very good with faint shelf wear. No dust wrapper. 1963 hardback with 159 pages and b&w photos. Japanese Christian ministers experiences in WW2. Sunk by American Submarines, stationed in the Celebes, Indonesia. Japan, Christian, WW2. Submarines, Celebes, Indonesia $30
11253 Kaneda, Kazuo Over Shadowed Journey An Amazing Account of Hither To Unrevealed War-Time Experiences of a Japanese Minister The Hope Press Very good. Owner's small inscription inside. In an edgeworn dust wrapper. 1963 hardback with 159 pages and b&w photos. Japanese Christian ministers experiences in WW2. Sunk by American Submarines, stationed in the Celebes, Indonesia. Religion, Christianity, Japan, WW2, Indonesia, Submarine $35
16850 Kathe, Raymond A., president Living in Japan 1965 The American Chamber of Commerce In Japan Good. Faint soiling on the covers. No dust wrapper. How for Americans to live in Japan in 1965... Japan $25
11566 Kilbourne, Edwin W. Bridge Across The Century Volume One Japan Korea China Self-Published Good. There's a faint manufacturing vertical crease on the pages. No dust wrapper. There's a book plate from the previous owner. A history of the OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, by one of it's founders. There are 20 pages of b&w photos, and an addendum. There's a tipped in note from the author on one page and the author has also left an inscription on the title page. OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, Missionaries, China, Japan, Korea, WW2. $40
16891 Kuck, Loraine The World Of The Japanese Garden Walker / Weatherhill Good. Corners have mild bumping. No dust wrapper 7 x 10.25 inches with many b&w photos by Takeji Iwamiya Japan, Gardening $40
4894 Kyoto Seika College We Love Kyoto Our Guide Book Kyoto Seika College 1985 large paperback with 136 pages, b&w photos and illustrations. Fair to good. Casual binding and some loose pages, soiling on the back cover. Kyoto, Japan Kyoto, Japan $20
14937 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statistical Handbook Of Japan 1961 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese Government Good. Light shelf wear on the edge of the spine. There are many b&w photos, graphs, tables and an appendix representing Japan in 1961 Japan $20
4357 Moore, Raymond S. Michibiki The Leading of God Review and Herald Good . Shelf wear top , bottom and edges of spine. No dust wrapper. Michibiki The Leading of God with illustrations by Stanley Dunlop Jr., Seventh Day Adventist, Japan Missionary College. Religion, Seventh Day Adventist, Japan, missionaries $20
13124 Moy, Agnes He Leadeth Me Missionary Fields Fellowship, Assemblies of God Good. The front cover has some small, white spots. Moy was a missionary in China and Japan. Her first station was Sinpaoan in the province of Chahar near the Mongolian border. When WW2 started she was imprisoned at the Chefoo internment camp by the Japanese. There are b&w photos in the back. Autobiography, Agnes Moy, Missionaries, China, Japan, Prisoner of War, POW, Chefoo $25
16866 Multiple authors Executive Order 9066, Japanese American Internment Camps, 20 newspaper clippings, 1970 - 1990, Seattle, WA papers. Multiple Good. Clippings are yellowing. Plays, Movies, reviews and more, Executive Order 9066 and Japanese American Internment Camps, newspaper clippings. WW2, Executive Order 9066, Japanese American Internment Camps $25
13034 Myer, Dillon S. Uprooted Americans The Japanese Americans And The War Relocation Authority During World War II The University of Arizona Good. Part of a book plate inside. In a fair to good dustwrapper that has a moisture stain on the back. Japanese Americans and the War Relocation Authority in WW2. There are many b&w photos, appendices, bibliography and an index. Japanese Americans, War Relocation Authority, WW2, prisoners of war, POW $30
14336 N.Y.K Japan Mail Line N.Y.K Japan Mail Line, 1930's Seattle-British Columbia-Orient Service Sailing Schedule N.Y.K Japan Mail Line Good. 9.25 x 4 inches with ships and sailing times on the front and an ink blotter on the back. M.S. Hie Maru, Heian Maru, Hikawa Maru. Only Hikawa Maru survived WW2. N.Y.K, Japan, Ephemera, WW2 $30
14992 Pape, Dorothy Branch of God's Planting Word of Life Press Good. Has a small library notation on the spine and inside the front cover. No other markings. A 70 year history of the Scandinavian Alliance Missionaries, now known as TEAM, in Japan. There are numerous b&w photos. Scandinavian Alliance Missionaries, Japan $25
10709 Rennolds, Aida Cultural Clash East / West Horarth Press-Hawaii Good. Price sticker on the front cover, some soiling on the back cover. 1972 paperback with 100 pages and b&w photos. Hawaii, Philippines, Japan and China. Hawaii, Philippines, Japan, China $20
13960 Robinson, Nadine and Don Babes In Jingu Land Japan Seventh-day Adventist Publishing House Good. Light shelf wear and soiling on the covers. No dust wrapper. Small, 5 x 7 inches, with many b&w photos and a map, a tourist-like description of Japan after WW2 Japan $50
6066 Sesoko, Tsune, editor Dynamic Yokohama: A City on the Move City of Yokohama 1986 paperback with 103 pages, many color photos and an index. 7 X 10 inches. Very good Yokohama, Japan, with photos. Kokohama, Japan $12
16034 Smetheran, H. E., LTJG Editor U.S.S. Roanoke CL 145 Far East Cruise 1957-58 USN Good. Covers are faintly bent. 8 x 12 inches, with many b&w as well as color pictures - a very expensively produced USN cruise book for the USS Roanoke, CL-145 USN, U.S.S. Roanoke, Japan, Philippines, Okinawa, Korea, Australia and Hawaii $250
15435 Snider, K. Lavern It's Happening In Japan Today The Story of 8 Growning Churches Japan Free Methodist Mission Good. Light shelf wear on the covers. The Free Methodist Church in Japan in the 1970-1980s. There are several b&w photos. Japan, Religion, Free Methodist, missionaries $20
14533 Staff The Imperial Story-90th Anniversary Issue The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo Very good. 7.25 x 10 inches, a history of the Imperial Hotol in Tokyo, Japan. There are color and b&w photos. In English and Japanese. The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan $20
15450 Staff The First Fifty Years of Tamagawa Gakuen Tamagawa Gakuen Very good. One picture has a small blemish. The slip case is also very good 7.5 x 10 inches, a history of Tamagawa Gakuen, a K-graduate school. In Japanese with English picture captions. In a slip case. Japan, Tamagawa Gakuen, education $75
15451 Staff Education of Tamagawa Gakuen Tamagawa Gakuen Very good. Autographs on the inside front cover and front free endpaper. Slip case has slight wear. 7.5 x 10 inches, a 1973 yearbook for Tamagawa Gakuen, a K-graduate school. In Japanese with English picture captions. In a slip case. Tamagawa Gakuen, Japan, education $25
15452 Staff Education of Tamagawa Gakuen Tamagawa Gakuen Very good. Autographs on the inside front cover and front free endpaper. Slip case has slight wear. 7.5 x 10 inches, a 1979 yearbook for Tamagawa Gakuen, a K-graduate school. In Japanese with English picture captions. In a slip case. Tamagawa Gakuen, Japan, education $30
17341 Staff Japan Board Of Tourist Industry Japanese Government Railways Fair. Rusty staples affecting edges of inner margins. Cover detached, scratches, creasing. 7.25 x 10 inches with many b&w photos and illustrations. The World's Fair is referenced. Japan, ephemera $20
15236 Unknown Korea - Japan Photo Album 1950s Self-published Good. Some of the photo corners are loose, some tissue guards are creased. Others are missing parts. The front and back inside paste-downs have wrinkles. 15.5 x 10.5 inches with an attractive, inlaid cover map of Japan and Korea, black pages with tissue guards. There are a total of ten 8 x 10 b&w photos, some mounted with photo corners. Two are duplicates. One photo of Mt. Fuji, a farming scene, cute girls on an improvised teeter totter, the San Francisco Beer Hall, Korean version. Kimpo Airfiend is mentioned on the back of a picture. Japan, Korea, Kimpo Airfield $75
17273 Unknown British Haiphong Road Internee Diary, WW2 Japanese Camp in Shanghi Self published Good. The reproduction of some pages isn't always good. 8.5 x 14 inches, "COPY", an unattributed diary (I think British, armistice day instead of VA, tiffin for food) of 16 pages. Starts at November 5, 1942, ends September 13, 1943. A daily typewritten record. Food, discipline, deaths, sickness and more and the Haiphong Road Camp. Japanese Kempeitai, Shanghi, WW2, Haiphong Road Camp $50

Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price
10392	Kaneda, Kazuo	Over Shadowed Journey An Amazing Account of Hither To Unrevealed War-Time Experiences of a Japanese Minister	The Hope Press	Very good with faint shelf wear. No dust wrapper.	1963 hardback with 159 pages and b&w photos. Japanese Christian ministers experiences in WW2. Sunk by American Submarines, stationed in the Celebes, Indonesia.	Japan, Christian, WW2. Submarines, Celebes, Indonesia	$30
11253	Kaneda, Kazuo	Over Shadowed Journey An Amazing Account of Hither To Unrevealed War-Time Experiences of a Japanese Minister	The Hope Press	Very good. Owner's small inscription inside. In an edgeworn dust wrapper.	1963 hardback with 159 pages and b&w photos. Japanese Christian ministers experiences in WW2. Sunk by American Submarines, stationed in the Celebes, Indonesia.	Religion, Christianity, Japan, WW2, Indonesia, Submarine	$35
16850	Kathe, Raymond A., president	Living in Japan 1965	The American Chamber of Commerce In Japan	Good. Faint soiling on the covers. No dust wrapper.	How for Americans to live in Japan in 1965...	Japan	$25
11566	Kilbourne, Edwin W.	Bridge Across The Century Volume One Japan Korea China	Self-Published	Good. There's a faint manufacturing vertical crease on the pages. No dust wrapper. There's a book plate from the previous owner.	A history of the OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, by one of it's founders. There are 20 pages of b&w photos, and an addendum. There's a tipped in note from the author on one page and the author has also left an inscription on the title page.	OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, Missionaries, China, Japan, Korea, WW2.	$40
16891	Kuck, Loraine	The World Of The Japanese Garden	Walker / Weatherhill	Good. Corners have mild bumping. No dust wrapper	7 x 10.25 inches with many b&w photos by Takeji Iwamiya	Japan, Gardening	$40
4894	Kyoto Seika College	We Love Kyoto Our Guide Book	Kyoto Seika College 1985 large paperback with 136 pages, b&w photos and illustrations.	Fair to good. Casual binding and some loose pages, soiling on the back cover.	Kyoto, Japan	Kyoto, Japan	$20
14937	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Statistical Handbook Of Japan 1961	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese Government	Good. Light shelf wear on the edge of the spine.	There are many b&w photos, graphs, tables and an appendix representing Japan in 1961	Japan	$20
4357	Moore, Raymond S.	Michibiki The Leading of God	Review and Herald	Good . Shelf wear top , bottom and edges of spine. No dust wrapper.	Michibiki The Leading of God with illustrations by Stanley Dunlop Jr., Seventh Day Adventist, Japan Missionary College.	Religion, Seventh Day Adventist, Japan, missionaries	$20
13124	Moy, Agnes	He Leadeth Me	Missionary Fields Fellowship, Assemblies of God	Good. The front cover has some small, white spots.	Moy was a missionary in China and Japan. Her first station was Sinpaoan in the province of Chahar near the Mongolian border. When WW2 started she was imprisoned at the Chefoo internment camp by the Japanese. There are b&w photos in the back.	Autobiography, Agnes Moy, Missionaries, China, Japan, Prisoner of War, POW, Chefoo	$25
16866	Multiple authors	Executive Order 9066, Japanese American Internment Camps, 20 newspaper clippings, 1970 - 1990, Seattle, WA papers.	Multiple	Good. Clippings are yellowing.	Plays, Movies, reviews and more, Executive Order 9066 and Japanese American Internment Camps, newspaper clippings.	WW2, Executive Order 9066, Japanese American Internment Camps	$25
13034	Myer, Dillon S.	Uprooted Americans The Japanese Americans And The War Relocation Authority During World War II	The University of Arizona	Good. Part of a book plate inside. In a fair to good dustwrapper that has a moisture stain on the back.	Japanese Americans and the War Relocation Authority in WW2. There are many b&w photos, appendices, bibliography and an index.	Japanese Americans, War Relocation Authority, WW2, prisoners of war, POW	$30
14336	N.Y.K Japan Mail Line	N.Y.K Japan Mail Line, 1930's Seattle-British Columbia-Orient Service Sailing Schedule	N.Y.K Japan Mail Line	Good.	9.25 x 4 inches with ships and sailing times on the front and an ink blotter on the back. M.S. Hie Maru, Heian Maru, Hikawa Maru. Only Hikawa Maru survived WW2.	N.Y.K, Japan, Ephemera, WW2	$30
14992	Pape, Dorothy	Branch of God's Planting	Word of Life Press	Good. Has a small library notation on the spine and inside the front cover. No other markings.	A 70 year history of the Scandinavian Alliance Missionaries, now known as TEAM, in Japan. There are numerous b&w photos.	Scandinavian Alliance Missionaries, Japan	$25
10709	Rennolds, Aida	Cultural Clash East / West	Horarth Press-Hawaii	Good. Price sticker on the front cover, some soiling on the back cover.	1972 paperback with 100 pages and b&w photos. Hawaii, Philippines, Japan and China.	Hawaii, Philippines, Japan, China	$20
13960	Robinson, Nadine and Don	Babes In Jingu Land	Japan Seventh-day Adventist Publishing House	Good. Light shelf wear and soiling on the covers. No dust wrapper.	Small, 5 x 7 inches, with many b&w photos and a map, a tourist-like description of Japan after WW2	Japan	$50
6066	Sesoko, Tsune, editor	Dynamic Yokohama: A City on the Move	City of Yokohama 1986 paperback with 103 pages, many color photos and an index. 7 X 10 inches.	Very good	Yokohama, Japan, with photos.	Kokohama, Japan	$12
16034	Smetheran, H. E., LTJG Editor	U.S.S. Roanoke CL 145 Far East Cruise 1957-58	USN	Good. Covers are faintly bent.	8 x 12 inches, with many b&w as well as color pictures - a very expensively produced USN cruise book for the USS Roanoke, CL-145	USN, U.S.S. Roanoke, Japan, Philippines, Okinawa, Korea, Australia and Hawaii	$250
15435	Snider, K. Lavern	It's Happening In Japan Today The Story of 8 Growning Churches	Japan Free Methodist Mission	Good. Light shelf wear on the covers.	The Free Methodist Church in Japan in the 1970-1980s. There are several b&w photos.	Japan, Religion, Free Methodist, missionaries	$20
14533	Staff	The Imperial Story-90th Anniversary Issue	The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo	Very good.	7.25 x 10 inches, a history of the Imperial Hotol in Tokyo, Japan. There are color and b&w photos. In English and Japanese.	The Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan	$20
15450	Staff	The First Fifty Years of Tamagawa Gakuen	Tamagawa Gakuen	Very good. One picture has a small blemish. The slip case is also very good	7.5 x 10 inches, a history of Tamagawa Gakuen, a K-graduate school. In Japanese with English picture captions. In a slip case.	Japan, Tamagawa Gakuen, education	$75
15451	Staff	Education of Tamagawa Gakuen	Tamagawa Gakuen	Very good. Autographs on the inside front cover and front free endpaper. Slip case has slight wear.	7.5 x 10 inches, a 1973 yearbook for Tamagawa Gakuen, a K-graduate school. In Japanese with English picture captions. In a slip case.	Tamagawa Gakuen, Japan, education	$25
15452	Staff	Education of Tamagawa Gakuen	Tamagawa Gakuen	Very good. Autographs on the inside front cover and front free endpaper. Slip case has slight wear.	7.5 x 10 inches, a 1979 yearbook for Tamagawa Gakuen, a K-graduate school. In Japanese with English picture captions. In a slip case.	Tamagawa Gakuen, Japan, education	$30
17341	Staff	Japan	Board Of Tourist Industry Japanese Government Railways	Fair. Rusty staples affecting edges of inner margins. Cover detached, scratches, creasing.	7.25 x 10 inches with many b&w photos and illustrations. The World's Fair is referenced.	Japan, ephemera	$20
15236	Unknown	Korea - Japan Photo Album 1950s	Self-published	Good. Some of the photo corners are loose, some tissue guards are creased. Others are missing parts. The front and back inside paste-downs have wrinkles.	15.5 x 10.5 inches with an attractive, inlaid cover map of Japan and Korea, black pages with tissue guards. There are a total of ten 8 x 10 b&w photos, some mounted with photo corners. Two are duplicates. One photo of Mt. Fuji, a farming scene, cute girls on an improvised teeter totter, the San Francisco Beer Hall, Korean version. Kimpo Airfiend is mentioned on the back of a picture.	Japan, Korea, Kimpo Airfield	$75
17273	Unknown British	Haiphong Road Internee Diary, WW2 Japanese Camp in Shanghi	Self published	Good. The reproduction of some pages isn't always good.	8.5 x 14 inches, "COPY", an unattributed diary (I think British, armistice day instead of VA, tiffin for food) of 16 pages. Starts at November 5, 1942, ends September 13, 1943. A daily typewritten record. Food, discipline, deaths, sickness and more and the Haiphong Road Camp.	Japanese Kempeitai, Shanghi, WW2, Haiphong Road Camp	$50

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17142 Vaccari, Oreste and Mrs Enko Elisa Vaccari The Up-To-Date english-Japanese Conversation-Dictionary Self-Published? Fair. Spine missing, covers worn and chipped. Some small puncture holes in the pages. Binding a little loose, browning paper. Inscribed to a doctor and signed by the authors."...with the compliments of the authors, Tokyo, June 30th, 1948. There ads in the back. Japan, Dictionary $75
16248 Vaccari, Oreste, & Mrs. Enko Elisa Vaccari Japanese Readers (Complete in One Volume) Charles E. Tuttle Company Good. Covers and spine are worn, especially on the edges. Owner's name in ink inside. Japanese language course. Japan, Japanese Language $20
16666 Van Bergen, R. The Story Of Japan Franklin Publishing Company Good. Covers and spine have wear and soiling. Owner's name in ink inside. The publisher is The Franklin School Library. Japan. There are b&w illustrations and an index. No map with this edition? History, Japan $20
10469 Vogel, Leo Anchor Watch Ye Galleon Press Very good. Previous owner's address label inside. 1983 oversized paperback, signed by the author, with 144 pages, b&w photos and an index. ISBN 0-8770-301-9 The story of Vogel shipping out as a crewman on the steamship Olympia in the late 1920's. Voyages to Japan and China. Autobiography, Olympia, Japan, China, Pacific Northwest $20
16564 Wilkes, Edmund C., Glyndon Townhill, Noah S. Brannen The Kodansha Japanese-English Dictionary Kodansha International Very good. Plastic covers Japanese-English dictionary Japan, Japanese-English Dictionary $25
15884 Yamazaki, James N., with Louis B. Fleming Children Of The Atomic Bomb Duke University Press Very good. In a very good dust wrapper. An American Physician's Memoir of Nagasaki, Hiroshima and the Marshall Islands. Signed on the title page. WW2, Japan, Atomic Bomb, Nagasaki,Hiroshima, Marshall Islands $20

Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price
17142	Vaccari, Oreste and Mrs Enko Elisa Vaccari	The Up-To-Date english-Japanese Conversation-Dictionary	Self-Published?	Fair. Spine missing, covers worn and chipped. Some small puncture holes in the pages. Binding a little loose, browning paper.	Inscribed to a doctor and signed by the authors."...with the compliments of the authors, Tokyo, June 30th, 1948. There ads in the back.	Japan, Dictionary	$75
16248	Vaccari, Oreste, & Mrs. Enko Elisa Vaccari	Japanese Readers (Complete in One Volume)	Charles E. Tuttle Company	Good. Covers and spine are worn, especially on the edges. Owner's name in ink inside.	Japanese language course.	Japan, Japanese Language	$20
16666	Van Bergen, R.	The Story Of Japan	Franklin Publishing Company	Good. Covers and spine have wear and soiling. Owner's name in ink inside. The publisher is The Franklin School Library.	Japan. There are b&w illustrations and an index. No map with this edition?	History, Japan	$20
10469	Vogel, Leo	Anchor Watch	Ye Galleon Press	Very good. Previous owner's address label inside.	1983 oversized paperback, signed by the author, with 144 pages, b&w photos and an index. ISBN 0-8770-301-9 The story of Vogel shipping out as a crewman on the steamship Olympia in the late 1920's. Voyages to Japan and China.	Autobiography, Olympia, Japan, China, Pacific Northwest	$20
16564	Wilkes, Edmund C., Glyndon Townhill, Noah S. Brannen	The Kodansha Japanese-English Dictionary	Kodansha International	Very good. Plastic covers	Japanese-English dictionary	Japan, Japanese-English Dictionary	$25
15884	Yamazaki, James N., with Louis B. Fleming	Children Of The Atomic Bomb	Duke University Press	Very good. In a very good dust wrapper.	An American Physician's Memoir of Nagasaki, Hiroshima and the Marshall Islands. Signed on the title page.	WW2, Japan, Atomic Bomb, Nagasaki,Hiroshima, Marshall Islands	$20

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