Recent Arrivals from Midnight Books
Recent Arrivals from Midnight Books
The arts of Hon'ami Koetsu, Japanese Renaissance master
by Fischer, Felice
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Published
- 2000
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- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780876331385
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€46.60
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[Philadelphia]: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2000. Cloth. Fine/fine. Oblong 4to, pp. 220; color images through out, two folding plates; gray cloth, gilt titled spine, fine in fine dust jacket. Published along with the titular exhibition. "Active from the Momoyama period to the early Edo period (1615-1867) Hon'ami Koetsu was a master of calligraphy, lacquerwork, and ceramics... His works,… Read more about this item Item Price
€46.60
Colored in the year's new light. Japanese surimono from the Becker collection
by [McKee, Daniel]
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- Used - Near fine
- Published
- [2008]
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- Paperback
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€74.56
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[Ithaca]: Cornell University, [2008]. Paperback. Near fine. 4to, pp. 320; 173 color-illustrated entries; pictorial paper wrappers; small split at top of lower joint, else fine. Item Price
€74.56
Heroes & Ghosts. Japanese prints by Kuniyoshi 1797-1861
by Schaap, Robert
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Published
- [1998]
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- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9789074822107
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€116.50
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Leiden: Hotei Publishing, [1998]. Cloth. Fine/near fine. 4to, pp. 280; 279 color illustrated entries, plus appendices and essays on Kuniyoshi's work and career; full black cloth, fine in near fine dust jacket. Item Price
€116.50
Japanese poetry prints. Surimono from the Schoff collection
by McKee, Daniel
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- [2006]
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€37.28
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[Ithaca]: Cornell University, [2006]. Paperback. Fine. Edition limited to 1200 copies, 4to, pp. 191, [1]; 67 color-illustrated entries; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. Item Price
€37.28
/ Lamp
by Kawakami, Sumio
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Published
- 1953
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- Boards
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€111.84
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Tokyo: Ryuseikaku, 1953. Boards. Fine/Fine. Trade edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. [64]; text in Japanese; illustrated title page and 26 full-page illustrations after woodcuts by Kawakami. Illustrated yellow boards, ownership stamp on endpaper and title page, fine in glassine jacket an original clamshell box with advertising insert laid in. Kawakami was a member of the… Read more about this item Item Price
€111.84
/ Okinawa
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- Used - Fine
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- n/a
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1962]
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- Cloth
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€27.96
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[Nago (Okinawa): Yamagawa Photo Studio, 1962]. First Edition. cloth. Fine/n/a. 4to, pp. [110]; text in parallel Japanese and English; grayscale photo illustrations throughout; gray cloth, corner a touch bumped, else fine in a worn slipcase. Effectively a tourism vehicle to generate interests in the natural beauty and local sights of Okinawa. Item Price
€27.96
Egoyomi and surimono, their development and history
by Forrer, Matthi
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- Used - Very good
- Published
- 1979
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- Paperback
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€41.94
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Uithoorn: J. G. Gieben, 1979. Paperback. Very good. 8vo, pp. [6], 148, [2]; 51 grayscale images; dating tables, name lists of artists, designers, engravers, printers and publishers in appendix; pictorial paper wrappers; upper wrapper a touch stained and worn, very good. Item Price
€41.94
The book if idols being a translation from the Arabic of the Kitab al-asnam
by Ibn-al-Kalbi, Hisham (Nabih Amin Faris, trans.)
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Published
- 1952
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- Cloth
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€139.80
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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952. cloth. fine/very good. 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 59, [3]; full green cloth, gilt title on spine; dust jacket sunned with some shallow chipping, fine/very good. An annotated translation of ibn-al-Kalbi's record of pagan religious practices, first set down around 800 CE. Item Price
€139.80
Songs of gods, songs of humans. The epic tradition of the Ainu
by Philippi, Donald L.
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- Used - Very good
- Published
- [1979]
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- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780691063843
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€46.60
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Princeton and Tokyo: Princeton University Press and University of Tokyo Press, [1979]. cloth. Very good. Square 8vo, pp. xiv, 417, [1]; full blue cloth patterned in white and red, gilt title on spine; text clean and bright, musty, else very good. Item Price
€46.60
Word-lore, the 'folk' magazine. Volume I
by Macmillan, Douglas
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- Used - fine
- Published
- 1926
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- Cloth
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€27.96
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London: Folk Press Ltd., 1926. cloth. fine. 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 278; deep green cloth boards, gilt title on spine; text clean, fine. Item Price
€27.96
Tomio Mohri costume installation
by Mohri, Tomio (Kazumi Kurigami, photographer)
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- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990]
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- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9784897371047
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€139.80
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[Tokyo: Rikuyosha Publishing, Inc., 1990]. First Edition. cloth. fine/fine. Kazumi Kurigami. First edition, folio, pp. [20], 49, [31]; full- and double-page color photo illustrations; text in Japanese and English; full gray cloth, pictorial dust jacket; some tape residue to free endpapers from plastic jacket protector (tape not attached to jacket), else fine in near fine slipcase. Item Price
€139.80
The chronology of oral tradition. Quest for a chimera
by Henige, David P.
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- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Published
- 1974
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- Library binding
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€55.92
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974. Library binding. Very good/very good. 8vo, pp. x, [3], 265, [1]; blue library buckram, gilt title on spine, ex-library, with call number own spine, labels, and stamp on endpaper and title page; text unmarked, adhesive residue on pastedown and jacket panel, a very good copy in a bright but creased dust jacket. Item Price
€55.92
Oriental religions and their relation to universal religion: China
by Johnson, Samuel
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1877
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- Cloth
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€69.90
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. First Edition. cloth. Very good. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 975, [1]; full green cloth, gilt title on cover and spine; spine ends rubbed, upper hinge cracked, text clean and sound. Samuel Jonson (1822-1882) was a Transcendental Unitarian, rationalist preacher and accomplished writer and speaker. "The motive to this study, as he… Read more about this item Item Price
€69.90
Introduction to the study if Indian languages. With words phrases and sentences to be collected
by Powell, J. W.
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1880
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- Cloth
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€69.90
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. Cloth. Very Good. Second edition, 4to, pp. xi, [1], 228, [18]; bifolium alphabet, circular of Indian popular names (8pp.), and four folding charts laid in to lower pocket; later burgundy cloth, original gilt title cover inlaid to upper board, red title label on spine; ex-library with blind emboss on title page and stamps… Read more about this item Item Price
€69.90
/ Gendai shougyou bijyutsu zenshuu [= Complete commercial artist] Vol. 5. Famous show windows
by Kitahara, Yoshio, ed.
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- Used - Good
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- 1928]
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€55.92
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[Tokyo: ARS, 1928]. Paperback. Good. Large 8vo, pp. 8, 56 (offset color illustrations), 78, [2]; 18 pages of plates, text illustrations; text in Japanese; printed paper wrappers; wrappers creased, spine reinforced with tape, corners bumped, a few short tears at margins, good. A visually arresting collection of early 20th century design, with articles on theory, including staging, blocking, lighting,… Read more about this item Item Price
€55.92
A bibliography of the honourable Robert Boyle, fellow of the Royal Society
by Fulton, John F.
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- Used - Near fine
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1961
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€23.30
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961. Second Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Second edition, 8vo, pp. xxvi, 217, [3]; frontispiece, facsimile title pages; full blue cloth, gilt title on spine; pencil ticks on margins, else near fine. Item Price
€23.30
Well-known Japanese trade marks used on cotton goods
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- Used - Very good
- Published
- 1955
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- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€186.40
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Tokyo: [All Japan Cotton Spinners' Association], 1955. cloth. Very good. 16mo, pp. [304]; 277 entries, each with a grayscale depiction of the trademark, its name, company and product associated with it; full navy cloth, gilt title on cover and spine; light foxing to edges, library blindstamp on title page, very good. Two copies only in OCLC, none in the… Read more about this item Item Price
€186.40
Dying inside
by Silverberg, Robert
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- [1976]
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- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€6.52
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New York: Ballantine Books, [1976]. Second Printing. Very good. Murray Tinkleman. Second printing of the Ballantine edition, paperback, pp. [8], 245, [3]; cover illustrated by Murray Tinkelman, light corner creases to covers and one leaf dogeared, very good. Item Price
€6.52
Barbed boredom. A souvenir book of Stalag Luft IV
by Janis, Charles G.
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1950
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€419.40
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Irvington, NJ: Published by the Author, 1950. Paperback. Good. Staple-bound book, 8.75 x 6 in.; pp. [2], iv, 109, [1]; 11 illustrations including two maps and drawings by Janis, William James, and Frank S Mizer; 54 pages are a two-column roster list of all American POWs at Stalag Luft IV. Orange and black printed paper wrappers; first four… Read more about this item Item Price
€419.40
The early writings of William Makepeace Thackeray
by Johnson, Charles Plumptre
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1888
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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€139.80
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London: Elliot Stock, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, large paper copy, limited to 50 of an edition of 550 copies, 10 x 8 in.; pp. xiv, 64, [2]; four plates in two states for a total of 8 plates, plus text illustrations; quarter roan over green cloth, gilt title on spine; spine rubbed and faded, corners bumped,… Read more about this item Item Price
€139.80
