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Jinkoku ki [or] Jinkokki 人國記 [Record of People & Their Provinces] [or] Shinkan jinkoku ki 新刊人國記 [Record of People & Their Provinces, Newly Published]

Jinkoku ki [or] Jinkokki 人國記 [Record of People & Their Provinces] [or] Shinkan jinkoku ki 新刊人國記 [Record of People & Their Provinces, Newly Published] by SEKI, Sokō 関祖衡, ed

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Title
Jinkoku ki [or] Jinkokki 人國記 [Record of People & Their Provinces] [or] Shinkan jinkoku ki 新刊人國記 [Record of People & Their Provinces, Newly Published]
Author
SEKI, Sokō 関祖衡, ed
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Numerous woodcut illus. in text. Four vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching, orig. title-slips on covers (partially perished). Tokyo: Suhara[ya] Mohei 須原茂兵衛, 1701. First edition of this rare work on the customs of Japan’s provinces. The book is of unknown authorship. There are two versions, the older being from the Muromachi period (1336-1573), the second being the edition of our book. The revision was made by Seki Sokō (d. ca. 1716-29), who also added the maps seen in our book. The territories covered include all of present-day Japan except for Okinawa and Hokkaido. The provinces of Japan were ancient territorial divisions that were nominally in place until 1868. During the period of warrior rule, they lost political importance in favor of the domains of feudal lords, but as our book shows, they still played an important role in people’s imagination of the territory and its people. The book is divided into two parts, each spanning two volumes. Part One begins with the five provinces surrounding the imperial capital of Kyoto: Yamashiro, Yamato, Kawachi, Izumi, and Settsu. These are followed by the provinces of Tōkaidō, the East Sea Circuit, through which the road ran that connected Kyoto to the bakufu’s capital at Edo: Iga, Ise, Shima, Owari, Mikawa, Tōtōmi, Suruga, Kai, Izu, Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimōsa, and Hitachi. Next come the provinces of the Tōsandō, the East Mountain Circuit, comprising central and northern Honshū: Ōmi, Mino, Hida, Shinano, Kōzuke, Shimotsuke, Mutsu, and Dewa. Finally, at the end of Part One, the book surveys the provinces of the Hokurikudō, the North Land Circuit, covering the western coast of Honshū: Wakasa, Echizen, Kaga, Noto, Etchū, Echigo, and Sado. Part Two covers southern Honshū and the other Japanese islands. First are listed the provinces of San’indō, the Northern Side of the Mountains Circuit: Tanba, Tango, Tajima, Inaba, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami, and Oki. Next follow the provinces of San’yōdō, the Southern Side of the Mountains Circuit: Harima, Mimasaka, Bizen, Bitchū, Bingo, Aki, Suō, and Nagato. The book then lists the provinces of the Nankaidō, the South Sea Circuit, including a part of Honshū and all of the island of Shikoku: Kii, Awaji, Awa, Sanuki, Iyo, and Tosa. Finally, the last provinces listed are those of the Saikaidō or West Sea Circuit, comprising Kyūshū and outlying islands: Chikuzen, Chikugo, Buzen, Bungo, Hizen, Higo, Hyūga, Ōsumi, Satsuma, Iki, and Tsushima. A map is supplied for each province. There is then a discussion of the customs (fūzoku 風俗) of the province. Regarding Shinano, for example, we learn that the customs of the province are the “customs of the samurai.” In Harima, the people are “wise.” The publisher, whose name is usually written Suharaya Mohei 須原屋茂兵衛, operated for nine generations, into the Meiji period. The publishing house is said to have been established by a transplant from Kii province in 1658 by Nihonbashi bridge in Tokyo, but the earliest surviving printing dates from 1684. Very good set; some worming touching characters and illustrations. ❧ Kazutaka Unno, “Cartography in Japan,” pp. 412 & 414, in The History of Cartography (University of Chicago Press: 1994), Vol. 2, Book 2.
We" (Signed limited edition)

We" (Signed limited edition) by Lindbergh, Charles A.

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Title
We" (Signed limited edition)
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Lindbergh, Charles A.
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First edition. Fine. Number 481 of a thousand copies signed by the author and publisher. Bound in publisher''s half vellum gilt with edges untrimmed. A Fine copy of the book, with the original publisher's glassine dust jacket and box. Glassine jacket chipped with some small loss (especially to head of spine) and tear to lower flap. Box with some spotting, wear and splitting to a few corners. An excellent copy, with the vellum binding especially fresh and untouched. Written with an eye for the mechanical aspects of his aviation journey, Charles Lindbergh records his pioneer solo flight across the Atlantic in We. Lindberg wrote this book only two months after completing his historic flight, which would inspire Amelia Earhart and countless other pilots to continue pushing the boundaries of modern aviation. Horace Green, in his 1927 review of We, applauds the meticulous attention to detail revealed in the pilot's narrative, noting that "the outstanding feature is the fact that Lindbergh's success was laid on careful foundations... his plans are exact, careful and weighed in the balance" (The New York Times). Fine.
SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE. Advice to a Young Scientist

SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE. Advice to a Young Scientist by Medawar, Peter B.

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Title
SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE. Advice to a Young Scientist
Author
Medawar, Peter B.
Seller
Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First edition (2nd printing). SIGNED--CLASSIC COMPENDIUM OF KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR THE EARLY CAREER SCIENTIST BY BRILLIANT NOBELIST, DISCOVERER OF IMMUNE TOLERANCE. 14.5x24 cm hardcover, black cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed front free endpaper, "To Polly from Peter Medawar." i-xv, 109 pp, very good in very good dust jacket with edgewear and crease to front flap, in protective mylar sleeve. SIR PETER MEDAWAR (1915 - 1987) was a British zoologist whose work on graft rejection and the discovery of acquired immune tolerance was fundamental to the practice of tissue and organ transplants. He was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Sir Frank MacFarlane Burnet. FROM JACKET FLAP: "Sir Peter Medawar has entitled his book Advice to a Young Scientist, placing himself, as he observes, in the company of Polonius, Lord Chesterfield and William Cobbett. Taking the part of a benevolent counsellor, he delivers wry observations on how to choose a research topic, how to get along with collaborators, older scientists and administrators, how (and how not) to present a cientific paper, and how to cope with culturally "superior" specialists in the arts and humanities. He explains and discusses the scientific process, the various types of experiments and the limitations of science; and in the final chapter, called "Scientific Meliorism Versus Scientific Messianism", he contends that while science cannot solve all problems, it can help to make the world a better place."
Trial and Conviction of Louis H. F. Wagner, for the Murder of Anetha M. Christenson, at a Special Setting of the Supreme Judicial Court, Held at Alfred, ME., June 16, 1873

Trial and Conviction of Louis H. F. Wagner, for the Murder of Anetha M. Christenson, at a Special Setting of the Supreme Judicial Court, Held at Alfred, ME., June 16, 1873 by Wagner, Louis

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Trial and Conviction of Louis H. F. Wagner, for the Murder of Anetha M. Christenson, at a Special Setting of the Supreme Judicial Court, Held at Alfred, ME., June 16, 1873
Author
Wagner, Louis
Seller
De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
Description
Saco: William Noyes & Co, 1874. 180, 25, 69, 40, 65 pp. Ex-library with partial library label on the inside front cover and a raised blind stamp on the title page. Much of the spine is lacking. Wagner rowed out to Smuttynose which is part of the Isles of Shoals off Portsmouth N.H. and killed two women with an axe thinking there was $600 hidden on the island. A third woman survived. He was convicted and executed, and this is a transcript of the trial. This is an infamous Maine murder that still is recounted in articles, books and through other media. The last copy at auction was in 2021 and no copies currently online. McDade, 1032.
Drive, He Said (Original Australian poster for the 1971 film)

Drive, He Said (Original Australian poster for the 1971 film) by Jack Nicholson (director, screenwriter); Jeremy Larner (novel, screenwriter); Terence Malick (uncredited screenwriter); William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern (starring)

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Drive, He Said (Original Australian poster for the 1971 film)
Author
Jack Nicholson (director, screenwriter); Jeremy Larner (novel, screenwriter); Terence Malick (uncredited screenwriter); William Tepper, Karen Black, Michael Margotta, Bruce Dern (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1971. Vintage Australian insert poster for the 1971 US film. Printed by Robert Burton Pty., in Sydney. Based on screenwriter Larner's 1964 novel. Nominated for the Palme d'Or, and a key film in the BBS Productions cycle of the early 1970s, as well as a New Hollywood film, albeit lesser-known. Hector (Tepper) plays college basketball superbly, but his lover, Olive (Black), has reservations about their relationship. All the while, Hector's friend Gabriel (Margotta) contemplates and protests the Vietnam War. Nicholson's directorial debut, after astonishing performances in "Easy Rider" (1969) and "Five Easy Pieces" (1970). Shot on location at the University of Oregon and throughout the state. 12.75 x 30 inches, folded twice as issued. Very Good plus, with light toning, brief edge creasing, and a few central tears. Scarce. Criterion Collection 547.

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