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Mostly art books in Japanese, Chinese dictionaries, books about fountainpens. Books to sell  

  The Complete Guide to Japanese Systems 全図解 日本のしくみ  I just saw the new edition of this book at my local library. This seems like a book worth to study. Important topics in Japanese "daily" life are briefly addressed. Short but they can serve as an entry point for further study. The older editions have a few bad "reviews" on Amazon. I call them bozo reviews, just giving points, no explanations => no meaning.   So, better have a look for yourself when you visit your preferred bookshop. If you have to say something about this book or the older editions, please comment. Thank you.  Click on the photo with the contents view to see it enlarged.   Publisher：IBCパブリッシング Authors：安部 直文（著）／Michael Brase（訳） publication date：2023/11/04 ISBN-13：9784794607881 220 pages MRSP 2200 yen

If you are in monsters and ghosts, you might be interested to help starting a new book on Kickstarter. The Book of the Hakutaku: a Bestiary of Japanese Monsters A fully illustrated encyclopedia of yokai: ghosts, spirits & monsters of traditional Japanese folklore. Over one hundred illustrations!  by Matthew Meyer@ Yokai.com Become a supporter here: LINK to Kickstarter

The auction catalogues of Kogire-Kai are published on issue.com: LINK The newest is the 98th. A good chance to see a lot of Asian art at one place. A book about Chinese ornaments is re-published digitally at the French National Library and at archive.org: LINK FNL LINK archive Examples of Chinese Ornament selected from Objects  in the  South Kensington Museum and Other Collections Owen Jones  1867

Unfortunately, Japanese summers are very humid and soon your books will smell "kabi". There is only one solution: digitize them. It only takes a cutter, a scanner, lots of time and coffee. Or you check the internet, there are companies doing this for you - check with the keyword "本pdf化". A mess (and you don't even see the backside). Nicely ordered according to the book sizes - speeds up the setting of books in the cutter. A paper cutter, I used this one time and experience a scanner, this one is from Brother and coffee and after some time it looks like this No more kabi smell.

If you enjoy reading books, have a look at these here - more recommendations will follow. Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation (in English) by Lafcadio Hearn epub                @gutenberg.org Kindle (free)   @amazon.co.jp pdf                   @archive.org Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series (in English) by Lafcadio Hearn epub                @gutenberg.org Kindle (free)   @amazon.co.jp Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series (in English) by Lafcadio Hearn epub                @gutenberg.org Kindle (free)   @amazon.co.jp Die preussische Expedition nach China, Japan und Siam in den Jahren 1860, 1861 und 1862 - Reisebriefe (in Deutsch) ...