New York & Tokyo: Kodansha, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His first collection of short fiction, one which confirms his reputation as one of Japan's most significant modern writers. The stories - often surrealistic - start from the same point: a seemingly innocuous act plunges an ordinary individual into extraordinary, often nightmarish circumstances that lead him to question his identity or his sanity. Translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter. 247 pp. ISBN: 4770014651.

Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1970. dj. Hardcover first edition - A comparative study of the products of two different cultures: zen and transcendenatlism. Includes sections on what Zen is, American Transcendentalism and American Transcendentalism in combination with Zen. Christianity and Zen, including two appendices. Brief biography of author tipped in at end of book. Index, vi, 218 pp.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of two women - one an American orphan adopted by a Japanese family and the other the daughter of that family -whose lives intersect in late nineteenth century Japan. 391 pp. ISBN: 1-594489300.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2007. First edition - The author's first novel, the story of two women - one an American orphan adopted by a Japanese family and the other the daughter of that family -whose lives intersect in late nineteenth century Japan. 390 pp.

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, (1982). First edition - Translations of six 20th century Japanese women's stories - writers who choose not to recognize the docile stereotype of Japanese women, but rather to write probing, provocative and sometimes chilling explorations of the female pysche. Translated and with an introduction by Birnbaum. Among the writers are Kanei Mieko, Sono Ayako, Enchi Fumiko and others. ix, 147 p . ISBN: -824808177.

Tokyo, Japan: Hokuseido Press, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - Rather uncommon first edition of this classic and comprehensive English-language work on Japanese, Chinese & Korean humor from all periods (India is not included, although the introduction describes India as the chief origin of world humour.) Among the topics are Chinese classics and poetry, ghost stories, Liehtse, proverbs, Taoism, Zen, short stories, Korean humor and proverbs, Chinese influence on Japan, Japanese caricature, old and modern Senryu, Yanagidaru, and more. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, 26 rather striking inserted plates (7 in color), each with a tissue guard imprinted with notations about the plate, by Kang Hi An, Li Am, Sengai, Hakuin, Tosa Minsunaga and others, and 6 en texte illustrations. Chronological chart, bibliography, index. 582 pp.

Housatonic, MA & New York: Lascaux Publishers / Grove Press, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - Wide-ranging conversations with this great Argentinian writee on topics ranging from Borges life and work to books, poetry, the detective story, the tango, the Kaballah, and more, translated by Nicomedes Suarez Araruz, Willias Barnstone and Noemi Escandell. Includes a selection of poems translated by Willis Barnstone, Jorge Luis Borges and Nicomedes Suarez Araruz, Frontispiece illustration by Roberto Paez, photographs by Willis Barnstone. A title in the Altamira Inter-American series. 157 pp. ISBN: 0-39453879X.

New York: Pocket Books, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dj: 'Journalist Nicholas Bornoff opens a unique, richly researched window to the East in this revealing, often surprising account of sexual pursuits and politics in modern Japan. Attitudes towards women, men, family, work and erotic preferences are explored in depth, from the first primitive myths to the neon glare of the modern cities' - including geishas, love hotels, no-pantie coffee shops, erotic comics and more. Photographs. xvi, 479 pp. ISBN: 0-671-742655.

New York: John Day, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of how an assignment in Japan helped Buck find her way back to life after the death of her husband. 256 pp.

New York: Penguin, 2008. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this award winning writer and journalism scholar based in part on the life of the legendary Otaka Yoshiko, set in Shanghai during World War II, occupation Japan and the Middle East in the 1970s. 392 pp. ISBN: 9781843549048.

New York: Macmillan, (c 1958) dj. Hardcover - A new edition with illustrations by Lynd Ward of this classic children's book originally published in 1930. A story of the cat who came to live with a poor Japanese artist and brought him good fortune while teaching him patience and devotion. Winner of the Newbery Medal. Square format. 63 pp.

Rutland, VT and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co. (1989). Foreword by Millard (Corky) Alexander. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-804815313.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The poet's third and final novel set in Japan in the last days of the second World War. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-395-475651.

New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, a collection of 10 lyrical and very personal essays on living - not just in the West - but in the universe. When her first book was published, Annie Dillard said 'Wyoming has found its Whitman' and like Dillard's own writings, Ehrlich explores the relationship between the human and natural worlds. Illustrated with brush paintings by the author. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-670-821616.

New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, a collection of 10 lyrical and very personal essays on living - not just in the West - but in the universe. When her first book was published, Annie Dillard said 'Wyoming has found its Whitman' and like Dillard's own writings, Ehrlich explores the relationship between the human and natural worlds. Illustrated with brush paintings by the author. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-670-821616.

New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, a collection of 10 lyrical and very personal essays on living - not just in the West - but in the universe. When her first book was published, Annie Dillard said 'Wyoming has found its Whitman' and like Dillard's own writings, Ehrlich explores the relationship between the human and natural worlds. Illustrated with brush paintings by the author. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-670-821616.

New York: Macmillan, 1928. Hardcover first edition - Based on a holographic manuscript of Cameron, written when he was 72, shortly before his death in Japan, this is the story of his travels from Scotland at age 17, in 1867, to Hawaii and over 3 oceans. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 10 other photographic plates (of an old-time luau, Honolulu harbor, etc.) and many drawings. Notes. 460 pages.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992.). SIGNED first edition - Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. SIGNED on the title page. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-663585228.

Needham, MA: Silver Burdett Ginn. (1992.). SIGNED - Young adult novel - two 'barrio brothers from San Francisco' go to Japan for the summer. SIGNED on title page. Glossaries of Spanish and Japanese words and phrases. 134 pp. ISBN: 0-663585228.

New York: Putnam, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 21st Century Tokyo, after the millennial quake. Rei Toei is the beautiful entirely virtual media star adored by all Japan: the Idoru. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-399-141308.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition - Rather uncommon advance issue of this debut novel - told as the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, ranging from a poor fishing village in the 1920's to Kyoto in the 1940's and through World War II. Basis for the 2005 Academy award winning movie of the same title. 393 pp. Letter to booksellers bound in at beginning of book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition - Rather uncommon advance issue of this debut novel - told as the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, ranging from a poor fishing village in the 1920's to Kyoto in the 1940's and through World War II. Basis for the 2005 Academy award winning movie of the same title. 393 pp. Letter to booksellers bound in at beginning of book.

New York: Vintage Books, (1999.). Author's highly praised first novel - told as the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, ranging from a poor fishing village in the 1920's to Kyoto in the 1940's and through World War II. Basis for the 2005 Academy award winning movie of the same title. 434 pp. ISBN: 0-679-781587.

New York: Harper Perennial, (2011). First edition - "A sweeping saga of nineteenth century Jaopan, where Oei, the daughter of the great Japanaese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai. " Glossary, 501 pp. Issued as a trade paperback original.

New York: Macmillan, 1956. dj. Hardcover first edition - A warm and lively story of a Japanese family and the importance of festivals and the continuous work in the rice fields. Illustrated by Vera Bock.

New York: St Martin's, (1985). Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in Japan in 1860 at the opening of the first British Legation in Yedo - Tokyo - in 250 years. Author's note, glossary, map. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-312896328.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1991). Hardcover first edition - A book which reflects on the recent past and offers a wide-ranging perspective on the startling changes now reshaping the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and an analysis of Japan's rise to its present position in the world's economy. I don't think he could have imagined how prophetic he was being when he said the American century is over! 126 pp. ISBN: 0-68810391X.

New York: Grove Press, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A young Englishwoman obssessed with a past she cannot understandcomes to Tokyo seeking a rare piece of film footage that has been lost for decades. It shows a specific horrifying incident that took place during the notorious 1937 Nanking Massacre." Hayder's powerful third novel, one which alternates between Nanking in China as the Japanese Army comes closer and closer and the underworld of the yakuzi in modern Tokyo. Author's note. 363 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-17945.