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: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. dj. First edition - Fictionalized account of the hunt for the "Japanese Bluebeard," a serial killer responsible for the deaths of 10 women in 1946, the first year after the surrender of Japan. A vivid picture of the corruption and confusion in post-World War II, bombed-out, American-occupied Tokyo. Introduces Detective Minami. Author's note, glossary, sources. 355 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: Harper & Row, (1965.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A highly technical monograph on the extent of mortality and morbidity among children resulting from consanguineous marriage in Japan." Chapters include Statistical Methods; The Comparability of the Consanguinity Groups; Inbreeding & Mortality in the Japanese; Medical Histories; Physical Disease; Anthropometries; Radiological Studies of Growth & Development; Dental Characteristics; Laboratory Studies; Neuromuscular & Mental Status; School Data; The 'Average' Child of Inbreeding; The Interpretation of the Effects of Inbreeding; Appendices. Includes charts & tables.Quarto. xii, 419 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on the story of his own mother and the journey she made as a young woman and how she met her husband - "After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with ther parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place." Illustrated in full color. Large square format. 31 pp. ISBN: 0-395904951.

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: 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.

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.

Tokyo, Japan & Rutland, VT: Uchida Rokakuho Publishing House / Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962. dj. Hardcover first edition - Photographs and text by Jacqueline Paul, edited by John G. Roberts. Records the process by which one visitor to Japan learned something about that country. The author sought to understand the nature and the problems of modern Japan through an unbiased observation of contemporary Japanese life as it is lived in Tokyo. Her book concentrates on those aspects of the Tokyo scene in the post World War II years that she found most interesting as a photographer and a foreigner -.from the role of women to the pressures put on students. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Oblong format. Unpaginated (116 pp)

New York: SOHO Press, (1999.). Originally published in Japan in 1965, this is an intricate mystery by one of Japan's most popular authors - twice-failed stock trader manipulates stocks, engages in industrial espionage, maybe even commits murder. Based on actual events. Translated from Japanese by Sadako Mizuguchi. 257 pp. ISBN: 1569472432.

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.

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: Gotham / Penguin, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Although written with humor, there is a lot of wisdom in this story: an American journeys to Japan seeking guidance from Japanese billionaire Momofuku Ando--the father of instant ramen noodles, created in 1958 in his backyard --in a memoir which explores all types of hunger and how to break free of them. INSCRIBED on the title page - C -- Mankind is noodlekind! (Womankind too!)" and dated 4/19/09 (a month before its official publication date of May, 2009.) Bibliography. 292 pp. ISBN: 1592404445.

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.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1946, in post-war, burned-out, American-occupied Japan, this is a fictionalized account of the real-life hunt for the "Japanese Bluebeard" - a decorated Imperial soldier who raped and murdered at least 10 women. In addition to receiving many awards, Peace was named by Granta in 2003 as one of the 20 best young British novelists. Map, glossary. 355 pp. ISBN: 9780307263742.

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

New York: Gotham / Penguin, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Although written with humor, there is a lot of wisdom in this story: an American journeys to Japan seeking guidance from Japanese billionaire Momofuku Ando--the father of instant ramen noodles, created in 1958 in his backyard --in a memoir which explores all types of hunger and how to break free of them. SIGNED on the title page and dated 4/19/09 (a month before its official publication date of May, 2009.) Bibliography. 292 pp. ISBN: 1592404445.

New York: Crown, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - George Weller was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covered World War II across Europe and then set out to explore the devastation inflicted on Nagasaki. Censored by General MacArthur in 1945, lost for 60 years, these never-before-published reports provide a moving, unparalleled look at the bomb that killed more than 70,000 people and ended WWII. Also includes other published reports on the horrors of Japan's Pow Camps. Foreword by Walter Cronkite. Edited with an essay by Anthony Weller, the son of George Weller. Photographs. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-307-342018.

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.

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: 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.

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.

New York: Kodansha International, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Japanese novelist - Japan's most liberated woman writer - to appear in English in the US. Translated by Sonya L. Johnson. 372 pp. ISBN: 1-56836-0185.

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

New York: Random House, 1994. First edition - The author's first book, a historical mystery set in 17th century Japan - nominated for several awards.

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: 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.