Osaka: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1946. 335p., stiff red wraps moderately worn. First post-war edition of the yearbook published by Asahi Simbun, one of Japan's major newspapers. More

Cat.No: 142252

Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1945. Oversized Paperback. xlvii, 510 p. 8 1/2 x 11 inches, side-stapled. Stamped "Classification Removed...1946" on front cover. Covers soiled and browned with wear to edges. Pages age-toned. Notations and some circling of words in red pencil to pages. More

Cat.No: 207410

San Francisco; printed in Japan: Aoki Taiseido, 1916. 225p., very good hardcover, bilingual text. Letter-writing manual with sample texts reflecting a wide variety of circumstances encountered by Japanese living in the United States. Includes samples of legal documents. More

Cat.No: 218111

Tokyo: Joho Senta Shuppankyoku, 1992. Hardcover. 47p., 5.25x7.5 inches, text in Japanese and English, very good hardcover in dj. A bilingual edition by poster artist Akiyama, who created the "Condom Boy" and"“AIDS virus boy" characters as part of an awareness campaign for AIDS prevention. In the introduction, Akiyama explains how..... More

Cat.No: 153453

Tokyo: Bukkumansha, 2002. Paperback. 220p., text in Japanese, illustrated with photos, very good paperback in pictorial wraps;. Author is a professional motor-boat racer, born in Osaka. The book explains the author’s early sense of being male in spite of being born biologically female and traces his successful attempt to relaunch..... More

Cat.No: 167169

Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1986. Paperback. xi, 162 p; very good in wraps. Text in Japanese. Iwanami gendai sensho series, no. NS 550. Introduces the nature of the AIDS virus, discusses its spread; notes various forms of AIDS; chapter on encounters with AIDS patients; describes scene at an AIDS clinic in... More

Cat.No: 150858

Tokyo: Kabushiki kaisha Shinchosha, 2006. Paperback. Two volumes in stiff paper case, 213 and 92 pages respectively, very good in wraps. Text in English and Japanese. Catalog of the exhibition held at Miho Museum and three other museums in Japan, Sept. 1, 2006 - August 19, 2007. More

Cat.No: 152076

Tokyo: Burankasha, 2011. Paperback. 134p., manga comic strips in b&w and some color, text in Japanese, very good trade paperback in wraps and dj. A cartoon (mostly B&W some color) illustrated work that explains the complexity of gender and sexuality. It provides detailed explanations of 20 different basic patterns –..... More

Cat.No: 202974

Buenos Aires: Editorial Dunken, 2010. Paperback. 214p., very good softcover, text in Spanish and Japanese. Haiku by the Ikebana instructor who has taught in San Francisco, New York and San Pablo. More

Cat.No: 211607

South San Francisco: Heian, 1983. 266p., very good hardcover, mildly worn dj; Japanese-langage edition of "Out of the mud grows the lotus." Brief explanatory printed letter from the author's widow is laid in, giving a San Leandro address. The minister from the Buddhist Churches of America discusses his work with... More

Cat.No: 190650

Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1987. Paperback. 62p., text in Japanese, very good slim trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Iwanami bukkuretto series, no.89. Author was a television producer of health and medicine related programs for NHK (Japan's public broadcasting), he also consulted with Ministry of Health. Written after the first wave of... More

Cat.No: 150838

Tokyo: Hakubikan Shuppan, 1987. Paperback. 206p., text in Japanese, very good paperback in wraps. Opens with discussion of cases of AIDS dementia in Japan; the disease is explained as being from the US which is at the front lines of AIDS; includes translation of latest sex manuals from US for... More

Cat.No: 162830

Tokyo: Shueisha, 1993. Paperback. 234p., text in Japanese, photos, very good paperbacj in pictorial wraps. Hirata is said to have been the first Japanese to publicly declare that he had AIDS. The focus of this book is on Hirata's experience with realizing he is HIV+ and how his life changes... More

Cat.No: 153379