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.

Seattle and Tokyo: Association for Asian Studies. University of Washington Press / University of Tokyo Press. n.d. (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - A study which "explores the political implications of various kinds of Japanese conciliatory techniques, particularly as they affect the enforcement of rights and popular right-consciousness essential to democratic government and rational industrial society." 2 volumes. Volume I includes a map, chart, 181 pp. Volume II contains several appendices glossary, bibliography, index, 183 - 420 pp.

New York: SOHO Press, (1999). First edition - A novel by this Australian writer which focuses on the lives of three women expatriates in Japan... "Their Japan is one of cherry blossoms and tea ceremonies, to be sure, but it's also one of love hotels, department-store 'disaster corners,' and monotonous second-rate teaching jobs. Rather than pretending to tell us something new about Japan, Highbridge has told us something new about those who seek it out; the result is a delicate, unsentimental, and surprisingly cohesive book." (Chloe Byrne)"

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first crime novel featuring Reiko Himekawa, a young female homicide detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, to be published in the US. Translated from the Japanese by Giles Murray. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-1250061591.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "thriller about baseball, sex slavery and trade agreements." Boldly INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late noted collector Larry Owens and dated in the year of publication. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312855532.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., (1935). Hardcover first edition - The memoirs of an 20th century Japanese feminist and one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan. She was best known as a pioneer in the birth control movement and a strong supporter of labour reform. Born into a family of samurai, she married a young baron at an early age, and they began their life together at the Miike coal fields in Japan and she witnessed first hand the hardships endured by the miners. In 1922, she was Margaret Sanger's guide during her first trip to Japan. Illustrated with photographs in black and white. 373 pp.

Mount Shasta, CA: Shasta Abbey Press, (1978). First edition - The chronicle of her last six years in Japan by Jiyu-Kennett, one of the first Western women to become a Zen master. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-930066030.

London: Picador, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of Lucy Fly, an English woman working as a translator in Tokyo. When the story opens she has been arrested for the murder of another English woman, Lily Bridges, whose partial remains have just been found. Otto Penzler called this "little gem of a book is a startlingly good debut - it grips you while you read and stays with you long after you've finished." SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Crime Writer's Association John Creasey Memorial Award for the best first crime novel of 2001. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-330485016.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of eight stories by this award winning writer, written over a period of 20 years from 1959 to 1979, and set in Vietnam, in the South China Sea, and in the cities and mountains of Japan. Translated from the Japanese by Cecelia Segawa Seigle. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-396091083.

New York Ballantine, (1992.). First edition - From the author of "A Patch of Blue." The title refers to the Kagami, or sacred mirror, which is said to reflect the sacred self. This novel portrays Japan in all its complexity as it follows the history of 3 families during the turbulent years after the 'opening of Japan' by Commodore Perry in 1853 through the World War I and the Great Earthquake of 1923.

New York: St Martin's, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - Rather uncommon second novel by the author best known for "Patch of Blue." Set in Japan in an isolated village on the slopes of a volcano in the years from 1941 to 1945, this is the story of an oddly assorted group of foreign civilians living out the war in near starvation and misery, and especially of the American wife of a Japanese scientist. Kata, born in Australia and married to a Japanese scientist, based this on many of her own experiences, although she commented on how good both her in-laws and her Japanese friends were to her. 206 pp.

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1977). Hardcover first edition - A look at netsuke from its origins to contemporary carvers. Includes a photo-essay on the creation of netsuke. Foreword by Hans Conried. Illustrated with 51 black and white photographs by Tsune Sugimura and 108 full color photographs by Tomo-o Ogita and sketches by Adelheid Roth Roscher. Bibliography, glossary-index, and list of dealers.Slightly oversized format, printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-804811598.

New York: Vintage Books, (2005). First edition - A thriller by one of Japan's most highly regarded contemporary writers - a story of domestic violence in suburbs of Tokyo. Translated by Stephen Synder, Note on Japanese currency. Winner of the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, this was her first book to appear in the US, where it was nominated for an Edgar. This was the only novel published in translation to make crimereads recent list of 30 essential novels by women written in the past 100 years.

New York: Harper & Row, (1976) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which was both an enormous best seller in Japan and the basis for a very popular film. The Japanese archipelego is being wrenched by enormous forces - a parable for our times on how we deal with natural disasters, the consequences of global warming, national identity and the essential relocation of millions of people. Translated from the Japanese by Michael Gallagher. 184 pp. ISBN: 0-060124490.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2016). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, who inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. An old friend - a noted Japanese potter and artist - and his entire family have been targeted for death. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, the father of a six-year old girl, who recently inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page. 400 pp. ISBN: 9781451691696.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2013). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, the father of a six-year old girl, who recently inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page with stamp in red. 400 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, the father of a six-year old girl, who recently inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 400 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2017). SIGNED first edition - The author's fourth novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, who inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. When two of his friends are killed backstage at the Kennedy Center, Brodie is enlisted - off the books - to help track down the assassin. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 358 pp.

New York: Morrow, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel based on the life of Yoshiko Kawashima, cousin of the last emperor of China, commander of an army, and a spy for the Japanese in China. ISBN: 0-688-108342.

New York: Putnam, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Book written to mark the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Index, notes and an appendix that discusses the images of Hiroshima in film and books.425 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140727.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award winning writer originally published in 1987 under the title "Whore Banquets." The story of a young Englishman stuck in Tokyo, his passport lost, working illegally is part thriller and part black comedy. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-297828991.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Superintendant Otani and his wife Hanae take a vacation on the island of Awaji, and Otani reflects on a murder case he was involved in 20 years ago. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-684-191318.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Superintendant Otani mystery, set in Japan. ISBN: 0-684-192470.

New York: Random House, (1954) dj. Hardcover first edition - An "authoritative account of the Great Age of Japanese prints (about 1660 to 1860), and the artists who created them. The age in which these men flourished was robust, colorful and art-fostering even though it happened entirely within the period of the powerful Tokugawa dictatorship." Includes 65 illustrations with 40 of them are in full color. Includes information on the Japanese print market today, including an estimate of prices. Brief biographies of the ukiyo-e artists whose works are included in this book. Bibliography, index and glossary. xii, 403 pp.

New York: Perigee (Putnam), (1980.). Novel originally published in 1960, and translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-399-504869.

New York: Random House, (2010). First edition - The fifth novel by the author of the Man Booker finalists "Cloud Atlas" and "Number9 Dream." Set in 1799 on Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, an artificial island which is the Japanese Empire's sole window onto the world, and the farthest outpost of the Dutch East Indies Company. Among his many awards, Mitchell has been selected as one of the best young British authors by Granta. 469 pp.

New York: Random House, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth novel by the author of the Man Booker finalists "Cloud Atlas" and "Number9 Dream." Set in 1799 on Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, an artificial island which is the Japanese Empire's sole window onto the world, and the farthest outpost of the Dutch East Indies Company. Among his many awards, Mitchell has been selected as one of the best young British authors by Granta. 479 pp. ISBN: 9781400065455.

Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, (1959) dj. Hardcover - An introduction to Kabuki - a dramatic art based on singing and dancing - originally published in 1938. Illustrated with many photographs, with several in full color, including the frontispiece. Bibiliography. Index, 157 pp