Tanaka Ryozo Ed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Oblong 8vo. pp. [1, title-page] + 2 leaves of maps + 48 leaves captioned in Japanese and English + [1, colophon]; slightly shaken in the original cloth with string ties, paper label to upper cover, minor wear to label and to extremities of binding. This printed photographic album records scenes during the early months of 1932, when Japanese forces took control of Shanghai. The so-called Shanghai Incident developed after an attack on five Japanese Buddhist monks escalated into anti-Japanese protests in parts of the city. On the 28th January, Japanese planes set off from aircraft carriers to bomb Shanghai, the first major aircraft carrier action in East Asia. The hostilities between Japanese and Chinese forces prompted the League of Nations to send representatives to broker a ceasefire, culminating in the Shanghai Ceasefire Agreement signed on May 5. The present album, a Japanese propaganda publication, shows troops in action, some of the damage wrought by the hostilities, and related scenes.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon état. In-8 à l'italienne, relié soie verte à la japonaise avec cordonnet mauve, titre imprimé contrecollée sur le premier plat, 2 cartes suivies de 48 planches légendées sous serpentes, généralement deux sujets par planche. Bon exemplaire. Photographies se rapportant aux suites des incidents de Mandchourie à Shangai, prémices à la guerre sino-japonaise de 1937. in-8°.…

Oblong hardback, approx 10.5 x 7.5 inches. In light brown patterned silk cloth. Silk cord binding to spine. Paper title label to front. In very good condition. A couple of minor splits to cloth at ends of spine binding. Rubbing marks to title label on front. Plates all clean and bright, all tissue guarded. Else a very good clean and tight copy. Title page + map. Illustrated with 48 pages of B&W photographs (average 2 per page.).…

[Tokyo: Shomi-do, 1932]. Oblong quarto, silk-bound boards with ribbon binding, unpaginated, title page, two maps printed in colour, 48 leaves of photographic plates interlined with tissue, colophon, a fine copy in the original lettered cardboard box. Scarce in this condition.

First edition. This appears to be a deluxe edition for the home market as captions are written in both Japanese and English. The binding is in snakeskin, (probably faux snakeskin), with purple ribbon binding intact. Japanese titles to the outside and image of soldiers helmet and straw hat. 2 red & black maps, (one of Cha-Pei & one entitled "map of Sino-Japanese distuarbances (sic), Shanghai") + 48 pp. of black and white photographs depicting the Japanese invasion of Shanghai. Captions are in Japanese and English. Overall in excellent condition. There is a tiny loss to the top and bottom edge of the spine. Very small split to the binding edge. A couple of marks to the cover - but overall in excellent condition. Unpaginated but title, 2 maps, 47 leaves of photographs (printed on one side & 1 leaf colophon. 265 x 190 mm (10½ x 7½ inches). unpaginated but title, 2 maps, 47 leaves of photographs (printed on one side & 1 leaf colophon. …