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Quiet Passages: the Exchange of Civilians Between the United States and Japan During the Second World War
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Corbett, P. Scott
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Kent State U. Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1987 ISBN: 0873383435 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 226pp.
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$15.00
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Pink Samurai: Love, Marriage and Sex in Contemporary Japan
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Bornoff, Nicholas
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Pocket Books Edition: 1st Date Published: 1991 ISBN: 0671742655 Condition: FINE/NEAR FINE
Comments: Pp 479.
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$6.50
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The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, and Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient
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Prasso, Sheridan
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Public Affairs Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 2005 ISBN: 1586482149 Condition: Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 437pp. SIGNED by the author front end paper. Bit of a curl to edges of DJ.
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$15.00
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Meiji Revisited: the Sites of Victorian Japan
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Finn, Dallas
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Weatherhill Edition: 1st Date Published: 1995 ISBN: 0834802880 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 276pp. Mail wt 4 lbs.
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$12.00
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My Brother, My Sister, and I
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Watkins, Yoko Kawashima
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Bradbury Press/Macmillan Edition: 1st Date Published: 1994 ISBN: 0027925269 Condition: FINE/FINE
Comments: 275 pp. *SIGNED* INSCRIBED by the author in English and French on the 1/2 title. Search - JAPAN Back To Top
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$15.00
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On Familiar Terms: a Journey Across Cultures
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Keene, Donald
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Kodansha Edition: 2nd ptg Date Published: 1994 ISBN: 1568360061 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 292 pp.
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$5.75
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Katie-San: From Maine Pastures to Japan Shores
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Berry, Katherine F.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Dresser, Chapman and Grimes Edition: 1st? Date Published: 1962 Condition: VG+/Good only
Comments: 285pp. Prev owner's name and address front end paper. 3" tear across bottom front (well-closed), other short tears, shallow chips.
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$25.00
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Studies in Japanese Culture
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Roggendorf, Joseph (Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Sophia University Edition: 1st? Date Published: 1963 Condition: Good/fair Reading copy only! DJ badly torn. Not musty, though.
Comments: 276pp. Damp conditions evident: Bottom right corners of initial pages have damplines, waviness. Transfer of DJ onto book bottom edges.
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$10.00
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Modern Japanese Literature
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Keene, Donald (Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Grove Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1956 Condition: VG+/VG
Comments: 440pp. Prev owner's name. Spine of DJ a little sunned. Nice overall.
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$10.00
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The Honorable Elders: a Cross-Cultural Analysis of Aging in Japan
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Palmore, Erdman
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Duke U. Press Edition: 1st ed Date Published: 1975 ISBN: 0822303450 Condition: NEAR FINE/VG
Comments: 148 pp. 1/2" tear and a 1/2" pen squiggle to DJ. Search - JAPAN Back To Top
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$12.00
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The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan
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Morris, Ivan
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Oxford U. PRess Edition: 1st Date Published: 1964 Condition: G+/VG (marginalia)
Comments: 336pp. Occasional lines and marks made in margins, o/w book would be VG+. Prev owner's name front end paper. Some edgewear to DJ.
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$12.00
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Socialist Parties in Postwar Japan
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Cole, Allan B. (Et Al)
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Yale U. Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1966 Condition: FINE/VG
Comments: 490 pp. Spine of DJ rather sunned.
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$13.50
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A Voice From Japan: an Outsider Looks in
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Meyer, Caroline
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: HBJ Edition: 1st Date Published: 1988 ISBN: 0152006338 Condition: Near Fine/VG+
Comments: 212 pp. Bit of sunning to rear panel of DJ.
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$5.50
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Lilla's Feast
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Osborne, Frances
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Ballantine Edition: 1st Date Published: 2004 ISBN: 0345467000 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 280pp.
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$10.00
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Spectacular Helmets of Japan 16th-19th Century
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Japan House Gallery (Alexandra Munroe, Ed. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Japan Society Edition: 1st, ltd 2500 Date Published: 1985 ISBN: 0913304220 Condition: Fine/VG+
Comments: 193pp. Couple 1/4" tears top spine of DJ. Search - JAPAN Back To Top
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$110.00
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Geisha
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Dalby, Liza Crihfield
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Vintage Books Edition: 1st trade pbk Date Published: 1985 ISBN: 0394728939 Condition: VG wraps
Comments: 347pp. Bit of curl to corners of wrappers.
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$5.50
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Botchan
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Natsume, Soseki (U. Sasaki Transl. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Tuttle Edition: 1st US Date Published: 1968 Condition: Near Fine/VG
Comments: 188pp. Spine of DJ sunned from organe to yellow.
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$15.00
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Political Women in Japan: the Search for a Place in Political Life
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Pharr, Susan J.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: U. California Press Edition: 1st Date Published: 1981 Condition: VG-/VG+
Comments: 239 pp. About 10 pp have vertical pen line marginalia. Spine a bit cocked. Light wear to DJ.
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$10.00
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The Economic Development of Japan: Growth and Structural Change 1868-1938
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Lockwood, William W.
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Binding: Mail wt. 3 lbs Publisher: Princeton U. Press Edition: 5th ptg Date Published: 1954 Condition: G+ /G_
Comments: 603 pp. Spine cocked, some foxing to edges, a bit musty. Notes on dedication page. Wear to head and heel of spine-faded DJ.
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$12.00
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Future of Japan and the Korean Peeninsula
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Fukuda, Tsuneari
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Hollym International Edition: 1st US Date Published: 1978 ISBN: 0930878140 Condition: VG/VG
Comments: 202pp. A few notes rear end paper, but text clean. Prev owner's name. Shallow chip top rear of lightly worn DJ. Search - JAPAN Back To Top
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$15.00
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Samurai William: the Adventureer Who Unlocked Japan
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Milton, Giles
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Edition: 1st Date Published: 2002 ISBN: 0340794674 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 400 pp.
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$6.50
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Two Minutes to Noon: the Story of the Great Tokyo Earthquake and Fire
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Busch, Noel F.
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Simon and Schuster Edition: 1st Date Published: 1962 Condition: VG/VG
Comments: 191pp. Bit of a bow to cover, top edge soiled. Some foxing spots on rear and on inside of DJ.
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$9.00
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The Soul of the Far East
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Lowell, Percival
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Macmillan Edition: new ill'd ed. Date Published: 1911 Condition: VG+
Comments: 226pp. Quite nice overall: Unopened, with some fading to spine lettering at heel. Top edge gilt. Nice new edition of the famous astronomer's Asian travel book, originally published in 1888.
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$25.00
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Japan: the Official Guide
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Japan Travel Bureau
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Binding: flex bind Publisher: Tourist Industry Bureau Edition: 9th ed Date Published: 1962 Condition: G+
Comments: 1015pp. Prev owner's names, etc on title page. Bit of wear to head and heel of spine.
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$7.00
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Japanese Ink Paintings: Early Zen Masterpieces
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Kanazawa, Hiroshi
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Kodansha Edition: 1st Date Published: 1979 ISBN: 0870113763 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 210pp. Prev owner's name. Spine a bit cocked. 1? 4" tear top spine of lightly worn DJ. From the publisher's Japanese Arts Library. Search - JAPAN Back To Top
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$75.00
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Japanese Portrait Sculpture
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Mori, Hisashi
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Kodansha Edition: 1st Date Published: 1977 ISBN: 0870112864 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 150pp. From the publisher's Japanese Arts Library.
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$25.00
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The Makioka Sisters
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Tanizaki, Junichiro
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Knopf Edition: 1st US Date Published: 1957 Condition: VG+/G
Comments: 530pp. 1" tear top spine, a number of 1/4-1/2" tears, some small chips and edgewear to DJ. Small prev owner's name label front down EP.
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$20.00
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Harp of Burma
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Takeyama, Michio (Transl. Hibbett)
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Tuttle Edition: 1st US Date Published: 1966 Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 132pp. Slight cock to spine. Bit of edgewear to bright DJ. Scarce as a first US.
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$50.00
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The Samurai Film
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Silver, Alain
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Overlook Edition: reprint Date Published: 1983 ISBN: 0879511753 Condition: VG+/VG
Comments: 242pp. 1/4" tear top spine, light wear to DJ.
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$12.00
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Lafcadio Hearn
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Stevenson, Elizabeth
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Macmillan Edition: 1st Date Published: 1961 Condition: VG+/G+
Comments: 362pp. DJ has some edgewear and a fair amount of sunning. Search - JAPAN Back To Top
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$7.00
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The Samurai Film
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Silver, Alain
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Barnes Edition: 1st US Date Published: 1977 ISBN: 0498013499 Condition: Near Fine/VG
Comments: 242pp. Bit of edgewear to DJ.
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$13.50
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The Island of the Fisherwomen
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Maraini, Fosco (Mosbacher, Transl. )
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Harcourt Brace and World Edition: 1st US Date Published: 1962 Condition: Near Fine/VG+
Comments: 95 + photos. 1/4" tear bottom rear of DJ. A very nice copy of this much sought-after book.
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$75.00
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House and Home in Modern Japan: Architecture, Domestic Space, and Bourgeois Culture, 1880-1930
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Sand, Jordan
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Harvard U. Asia Center Edition: 1st Date Published: 2003 ISBN: 0674012186 Condition: VG/VG
Comments: 482pp. Spine a bit cocked, some rubbing, shelfwear to DJ.
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Price:
$45.00
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Chanoyu: Japanese Tea Ceremony
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Seizo, Hayashiya
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Binding: paperback Publisher: Japan Society Edition: 1st Date Published: 1979 ISBN: 0913304107 Condition: Fine/Near Fine (trade paperback with DJ)
Comments: 189pp. NO OVERSEAS or priority please: too big.
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$20.00
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Sasakawa Ryoichi: a Life
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Seizaburo, Sato (Transl. Fujiko)
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: EastBridge Edition: 1st US Date Published: 2006 Condition: Fine/Near Fine
Comments: 8vo 241pp. Bit of shelfwear to DJ. Search - JAPAN Back To Top
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Price:
$15.00
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Pacific Nightmare: How Japan Starts World War III
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Winchester, Simon
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Birch Lane/Carol Edition: 1st Date Published: 1992 Condition: VG+/VG+
Comments: 8vo 302pp. Slight cock to spine. Light wear to price-clipped DJ.
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Price:
$6.00
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Sword and Blossom
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Pagnamenta, Peter And Williams, Momoko
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Binding: hardcover Publisher: Penguin Edition: 1st Date Published: 2006 Condition: Fine/Fine
Comments: 8vo 345pp.
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Price:
$5.00
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