Kagerou Bunko (ABAJ, ILAB) (725 Ergebnisse)

No Binding. Zustand: Fair. 2nd Edition. Tabular list of the butterflies. Karl Friedrich Vieweg (1790) was a German entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera. Red edges. No binding. Book shop label paste down on the bottom of the title page. Foxing on the content. Plates and pages missing. Fair condition. Text in German.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First American edition of a famous literary project inspired by Ian Fleming (1908-1964) involved commissioning seven essays from renowned modernist writers. These essays explored the themes of deadly sins: envy, pride, covetousness, gluttony, sloth, lust, and anger. The result was a creative iconography that captured the essence of post-war Western civilization. Text in English. 1 volume. 21,5x14cm. 87 pp. Illustrations in text. Red cloth hardcover binding. Dust jacket slightly sunburned. Near fine condition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Selaginella is the sole genus of vascular plants in the family Selaginellaceae, the spikemosses or lesser clubmosses. 18 pages. 1 plate. Very good to near fine condition. Removed from the original binding. No jacket or binding. Foxing. First edition. Text in German.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Letters of Ulisse Aldrovandi to Francesco I and Ferdinando II Grand Dukes of Tuscany and to Francesco Maria II Duke of Urbino from the State Archives of Florence. Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 - 4 May 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe. Carl Linnaeus and the comte de Buffon reckoned him the father of natural history studies. Pagination 355 to 401. Cover detached. Edges are damaged. Otherwise in good condition. Text in Italian.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dissertation on the use of the antimony as a medicine. Johann Georg Anton Kapfer (1706-1760), In 1734 he became physician of the city of Dillingen and the diocese of Augsburg, with the title and rank of prince-bishop Augsburg council, in 1759 Prince-bishop court medic and city physicist in Eichstädt. 28 pages. In 4to. Very good to near fine condition. Removed from the original binding. No jacket or binding. Foxing. First edition. Text in Latin.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dissertation on the Formation of the Bones. Abraham Vater (1684 - 1751) - German anatomist and physician, Abraham Vater was the son of a distinguished physician and was born on the city of Wittenberg (Holland). After the death of his father in 1733 Abraham Vater was appointed to the chair of Anatomy. In 1720 he published the discovery of a biliary diverticulum, the hepatopancreatic ampulla, known today as the Ampulla of Vater or duodenal papilla. Known as an anatomist, Vater also wrote on surgery, gynecology, pharmacology, pathology, chemistry, and botany, making him a complete scientist. In a twist of fate, Vater died in 1751 after being afflicted with jaundice, probably a consequence of biliary blockage of his eponymic ampulla.  22 pages, [2], in 4to. First edition. No binding. Removed from the original binding. The pages are intact. Very good to near fine condition. Text in Latin.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 80 pages. In 8vo. Brown pages. Red edges. Creasing of the corner of the pages. No binding. Very good to near fine condition. Removed from the original binding. No jacket or binding. The pages tight is weak. Foxing. First edition. Text in Gothic German.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A commentary on Geography of Africa by Herodote. In 4to. 102 pages. Paper wrapper Creasing edge of the pages. Contents are slightly foxing. Very good to near fine condition. First edition. Text in Latin.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Alexander Kuprin (1870-1938), prominent Russian writer, novel Yama: the pit (1909) about the typical conflict in the typical brothel of the Southern town in the Russian Empire. Translator Nobunari Matsunaga (1892-1924), first professor of Russian language in the Osaka Gaigo Daigaku (Osaka University for foreign studies). Original cloth paperboard. Golden embossing. Spine cracked and damaged. Comes with remains of the original slip case. Ex-ownership stamps on the end paper. Occasional browning and the faint stains on the content. The ex-owner description on the back side of the cover in white pen. One illustration by the unknown artist on the title page. Condition very good only. 14,9 x 10,8 cm. 9+584 pages. Text in Japanese.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The theoretical book  "The actor in cinema" written  by a famous film director Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893-1953) and published in 1934. The author was one of the pioneers of Soviet cinema, as well as Sergei Eisenstein. His publications about screenwriting, editing and playing are the basics of everyone in the cinema industry. In the present book he compares the acting on the theater scene and in the movies. Original paper wrapper. Soft cover. No dust jacket, as it was issued. Original obi. Slight discoloration on the spine. very few pencil marks on the margins of the pages. Otherwise near fine condition. First edition. Text in Japanese. 18 x 12,4 cm. 147 p.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Shimpei Asai (born 1937) is a Japanese photographer, musician and haiku poet. He grew up in Nagoya, a rich industrial town between Kyoto and Tokyo. Until today the town is known for its unique street culture and elevated music scene. Not surprisingly Asai found himself as a photographer of the Beatles tour in Japan. His book "Street photograph" is actually a bulk of snapshots taken in Guam archipelago, an American military base in the Pacific region. One can hardly find a street in the album, and the snapshots are perfect and Classic as they were made by Ingmar Bergman. Ken Kasugai in his essay is taking us to an imaginary expedition to the unknown land of an American colony, comparing an observer with Robinson Crusoe. Though the observer is allowed to avoid the reading of this text. Text in Japanese. In 4to. 20x21,5cm. Unpaginated. Photobook. Monochrome. 45 plates. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. Dust jacket is soiled and foxed. Near fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Takehiko Nakafuji (born in 1970) is a famous Japanese photographer. Initially studied as a writer in the most prestigious universities for humanities in Japan - Waseda, he changed the speciality to become a photographer. He graduated from the Tokyo Visual Arts Institute as an apprentice of Daido Moriyama. The photobook Winterlicht is based on his travels to post-Soviet countries from 1997 to 2001. Here he includes flaneuring snap shots from the winter streets of Berlin, Warsaw, Gdansk, Prague, Wien, Budapest and Bucharest. Short bio in Japanese and English. In 4to. 25,7x22,4 cm. Unpaginated. [88 pp, 73 plates]. Photobook. B&W. Dust jacket. Fine condition.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Christian Gottfried Stentzel ( 1698 in Torgau - 1748 in Wittenberg) was a German medic. Dissertation on the Acute Poisoning. In addition to studying medicine, he also studied ancient languages, earned his master's degree in philosophy on October 17, 1721, and developed special skills in Greek. 82 pages, in 4to. Removed from the original binding. The binding is tight. Very good condition. First edition. Text in Latin.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A beautiful edition of the history of the guilds, from Antiquity to nowadays, with a focus on British History. Text in English. 8vo. XI + 414 + [2] pp. 22.3 x 14.2 cm. Eleven b&w offset plates + vignettes and initials. Thomas Taylor's ex-libris on the pastedown endpaper. Emerald green cloth hard cardboard cover with golden embossing on the spine. One chip on the spine. Fine condition.

No Binding. Zustand: Near Fine. Ca. 1900s. A few light creases, minor stains to edges. Lightly attached to card. 1 leaf, 22.5x30.3cm.

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. Georg Franck von Franckenau (3 May 1643 in Naumburg (Saale) 17 June 1704 in Copenhagen) was a German physician and botanist. Georg Franck studied medicine and anatomy in Strasbourg, he received his M.D. in 1666. 16 pages, 4°. 20 x 16 cm. No binding. Foxing and dark spots. Text in Latin.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Franz Ernst Brückmann (1697-1753) was a German mineralogist born at Marienthal near Helmstedt. Having qualified as a physician in 1721, he practised at Braunschweig and afterwards at Wolfenbüttel (from 1728). In 1747 he was appointed medical assessor in Braunschweig. Pages 871-884. In 4to. Removed from the original binding. Pages are detached. The corner of the title is damaged. Very good condition.Text in Latin.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Medical dissertation on healthy drinking of the warm water. 1 vol. ([32] p.) ; In-4° Very good to near fine condition. Removed from the original binding. No jacket or binding. Foxing. First edition. Text in Latin.

No Binding. Zustand: Good. Matteo Realdo Colombo (c. 1515 - 1559) was an Italian professor of anatomy and a surgeon at the University of Padua between 1544 and 1559. Giampaolo Vlacovich (Lissa, October 23, 1825 - Padua, January 11, 1899) was an Italian physician and academic. 42 p. ; 23 cm. In 8vo. Paper wrapper, damaged. Creasing of the corners. Brown pages. Good to very good condition. Text in Italian.

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Dissertation on quicklime. Johannes Junker (Juncker) (1697-1759) was a German physician and chemist. Juncker was a leader in the Pietist reform movement as it applied to medicine. He directed the Francke Foundations and initiated approaches to medical practice, charitable treatment, and education at the University of Halle that influenced others internationally. He was a staunch proponent of Georg Ernst Stahl and helped to more clearly present Stahl's phlogiston theory of combustion. 4 °, 28, (4) pp., 19,2 x 16,4 cm. First edition. Paperback. No binding. Near fine. Text in Latin.

No Binding. Zustand: Good. Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), a student of the famous Swedish botanist Carl Linné, visited Nagasaki and Edo in 1775-76. During his stay in Japan, he collected and named numerous plants and so has been called the father of Japanese botany. But he also taught western medicine to Japanese colleagues and introduced mercury in the treatment of syphilis. More than any person before him, he introduced Japan to the outside world. Thunberg deserves the credit of being the pioneer of occidental medicine and science in Japan. 253-262. 1 plate. In 8vo. Fragment of the compendium with the text of an article. Paper wrapper. Pages are no intact. No binding. Good condition. Very rare. Text in Swedish.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The original book by Leon Trotsky on Lenin was published in 1924 in Moscow, after Lenin`s death. The publication was intended as an accumulated materials for the future biographers. In which he creates the iconic and heroic image of the historical leader. Shiro Koike (1892-1946) was a leader of the Japanese National Socialist party in 1920s, from 1932 member in House of Representatives. To avoid the book from total banning, translation includes some censorship cuts of the ideological key terminology. 1 title page illustration. One leaf of b&w portraits of Lenin and Trotsky. Original soft cover paper wrapper. Original dust Jacket. Damage and chipping on the top of the spine of the dust jacket. Minor creasings on the page edges. Top edge - with dust stain. Overall very good to near fine. 18,6 x 12.6 cm. 277 p. Text in Japanese.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. The translator Nobori Shomu (1878-1958) together with Futabatei Shimei and Mori Ogai established the school of translation from Russian to Japanese in Waseda University. The book is 3rd volume of the series of the Modern Russian literature translated into Japanese. It represents the translations of famous pre-revolutionary writers. Boris Zaitsev: "Silent Dawn", "Visitor", "Sister", "Death", "Wife", "Woolf". Fyodor Sologub: "Hide and seek", "Poison garden", "White dog", "White mother", "Triumph of the Death". Supplement includes poems by Balmont "The scream of night", "Jealousy"; by Arkhipov "Carpe diem"; by Chirikov "Miracle". hard cover. Original brown cloth binding. White cloth spine. Decorated in guilt and green embossed art-deco design. Missing original slipcase. Top edge guilt. Faint stains on few pages. Otherwise very good to near fine. 14,9 x 10,8 cm. 2+1+430 p. One photo portrait of Zaitsev. Text in Japanese.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. A photo-book of Japanese stage performers and Japanese and foreign screen actors/actresses. Most pages feature a photographic illustration of the performer along with a photo of them in full stage costume and makeup. The album includes examples of male performers dressed as women for kabuki productions, several actresses (particularly interesting as female parts in kabuki were traditionally played by men), Japanese film actors and actresses, and foreign film actors and actresses including Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, Janet Gaynor, Gary Cooper, Ramon Novarro, and so on. Original orihon (accordion-style) folding album, wrappers lightly creased, foxed, and worn. Occasional foxing and marks to text and illustrations, but overall in good to very good condition. Text in Japanese. Supplement to volume 22 issue 1 of the Kodan Kurabu [Storytelling Club] series. This particular book was the suppement for the `New Years` issue of the journal. Used book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Forty years is an alternative title of the last novel by Maxim Gorky (1888-1936) The life of Klim Samgin . Gorky started the work in 1925 and never finished this monumental story. The present book is a first part of the 4 parts epos. The translator Nii Itaru was a vanguard writer and anarchist, very important at the time. He is responsible for the mobu-moga modernist movement in Japan. Translation was done in October 1930, possibly after the publication in the magazine Krasnaya nov . Original paper wrapper. Cracking at the corners of the spine, the binding is still tight. Occasional browning & foxing on the contents. 2 cm damage at the margin of the last page. Small ex-owner stamp on the title page. Overall very good to near fine condition. Size 18.7x12.5cm, 818p. Text in Japanese.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) was a key figure in Silver Age literature of Saint-Petersbourg and of all Russian Empire. He represented the type of the dreamer and visionaire. Infernal imagery of his books continued the tradition of Dostoyevski and anticipated the expressionism in XX century literature. The translator Nobori Shomu (1878-1958) together with Futabatei Shimei and Mori Ogai established the school of translation from Russian to Japanese in Waseda University. The book is first volume of the series of the Modern Russian literature translated into Japanese. The book includes the preface with Andreyev`s biography written by translator and 6 works by Andreyev: "The Abyss" (1901), "The Curst of the Beast" (1908), theater piece "Human life" (1907), "In the basement" (1901), "In the fog" (1902), "In the haze". Hard cover. Original brown cloth binding. White cloth spine. Decorated in guilt and green embossed art-deco design. Missing original slipcase. Top edge guilt. Missing end paper. Occasional browning on the content. Otherwise very good to near fine condition. One photo portrait of Andreyev. 14,9 x 10,8 cm. 2+1+417 p. Text in Japanese.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A collection of short texts for Japanese students of Russian language, created by Japanese scholar Isamu Sato. The collection has a very high density of communist ideology. It consists mainly of the unknown proletarian writers of the early Soviet era. The book was sold from the collection of Yamazoe-san, an unrecognized translator from Russian to Japanese. Some pages contain interlinear translation into Japanese in pencil. Only one copy in the National Diet Library. Text in Russian and Japanese. 106 p. 18,4x13cm. Creasing and waiving of the leaves. Pencil notes. Original hard cardboard binding. Olive cloth spine. Soiled and rubbed. Near fine condition overall.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Famous short story by Anton Chekhov published in Tokyo for Russian language studies. First published in 1885. The book was sold from the collection of Yamazoe-san, an unrecognized translator from Russian to Japanese. Some pages contain interlinear translation into Japanese in pencil. Only two copies at CINII. No copies at OCLC. Text in Russian and Japanese. 15x11cm. 33pp. Clean inside, except pencil notes. Paper wrappers. Slightly rubbed. Water stains on the back. Rubbed corner. Near fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Oishi Yoshino (born 1944) is an overwhelming and underestimated Japanese female artist who worked as a photojournalist. In 1970', at her early age she joined the protest movement. She focused on depicting the human suffering, picturing victims of Hiroshima, Vietnam war, Soviet perestroika, Cambodian Khmer Rouge, concentration camps in Poland etc. She worked in Asia, Europe, Africa, and spent three years in Papua New Guinea. The present book is probably her first publication. Rare. Text in Japanese and English. In 4to. 26х21cm. Unpaginated. Photobook. Monochrome printing. Hardcover. Original dust jacket. Occasional foxing. Near fine condition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Isao Hirachi (born 1945) is the "Annie Leibovitz'' of Japanese photography. He has dedicated his career to portraying famous individuals and showcasing their stories in numerous photo books. The Onsen Geisha is an unconventional artistic project where the author creates a small world reminiscent of Toulouse Lautrec's interventions in the world of Parisian brothels. Onsen, a resort designed for healing and entertainment in hot springs, is a favorite Japanese weekend activity. Recently, it has become challenging to find a resort that offers geisha services. Hirachi's poetic optics do not depict onsen geisha as snow fairies in a surreal neverland. His documentary book makes them more visible, calling them by names and narrating their stories. Text in Japanese. 25,5x18cm. 131pp. B&W. Foxes occasionally. Paper wrappers. Slip case also foxed. Near fine condition.