Giichi Akita. [The entry used by Worldcat names him Hodo Akita].

[Sanpo Jikata Taisei].

Tokyo, Kitajima Junshiro &c 1837 (Tenpo 8). Five volumes (25x18cm) publisher's wrappers; 4,156 double folded leaves, numerous woodcut illustrations. A spot of worming in the first cover and a touch in another volume, a rather good set.
¶ First edition of this manual of land management and surveying, published at a troublesome time in Japanese history: the 1830s brought a movement, fiercely resisted by the authorities, towards the adoption of western science and technology and, relevant to this book in particular, a period of horrendous drought, famine and unrest in rural Japan. Land surveying was primarily concerned with taxation and, before the Meiji reforms, accurate measurement was not only unimportant but unwanted. The extent and value of land was a matter for negotiation. The intricacies of Japanese land surveying in the early modern period demand long learned essays - and after reading a couple I'm none the wiser - but what is clear is that this book is a major work in the history of rural engineering, survey and management. It was also problematic for the authorities: "problems in surveyor education were aggravated by government censorship. Bakufu officials did not want administrative uses of survey techniques discussed in public. Under the guise of 'respect authority; despise the people (kanson minpi),' the mysteries of official practice were not to be released to the public domain." (Brown: A Case of Failed Technology Transfer - Land Survey Technology in Early Modern Japan; 1998). The authorities did suppress or attempt to suppress the Sanpo Jikata Taisei; Brown refers us to the preface of the 1976 reprint of this book for details and I came across another reference that claimed the woodblocks were destroyed. This seems fairly scarce outside Japan; the title is well represented in western libraries but once we discard the 1976 reprint I found only two libraries with originals through Worldcat.

Richard Neylon, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 9186

Keywords: science technology political economy economics agriculture surveying trades c19th Japan Asia reform progress

Him applaus

Magazin 3, März 1979. Forum für Kultur, Show und Erotik

St. Pauli Verlag Helmut Rosenberg, 1979. - Zeitschrift für Homosexuelle / sonst gutes Exemplar - Einband: Paperback/Taschenbücher. 138

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Book number: 2J10078

Keywords: Zeitschriften

Him applaus

Magazin 8, August 1979. Forum für Kultur, Show und Erotik

St. Pauli Verlag Helmut Rosenberg, 1979. - Zeitschrift für Homosexuelle / gutes Exemplar - Einband: Paperback/Taschenbücher. 136

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Book number: 2J10079

Keywords: Zeitschriften

Bingham, Clifton [not credited on title but several poems signed by him]

Mr. JUMBO AT HOME Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson

London, Blackie and Son Limited 1910 by inscription Colour plates (24) by Harry B. Neilson of anthropomorphic animals dressed as humans. . Quarto green pictorial cloth (very worn, water marks & scratched, but covers still attached and keeping the book together) All Edges Gilt. Unpaginated but over 100 pages. Lacks both free endpapers but has half title & titlepage in red and black, some pages may be missing but the 24 colour plates are all present. Many b/w illustrations both full page & in-text, all are child-coloured, but colour plates are not affected. Some marginal tears and one text page with a hole less than 1cm missing), some foxing/staining, mainly marginal. The 4 best plates of boxing, bathing from bathing-machines, playing croquet and "Out on the Golf Links" are in the best condition. Gift inscription to Helen Mary Godwin from Mrs. Statler Xmas 1910 and ownership page filled in to Jane Godwin Marston 1941. Poor condition, sold for the plates.

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Book number: J74113

Catalogue: Children's Books and Pop-Ups

Keywords: childrens illustrated anthropomorphic animals

Bruce Marshall from the Story Told to Him By Wing Commander F F E Yeo-thomas G C, M C

The White Rabbit

London, Evans Brothers Ltd, 1952. Hard Cover/No Jacket. pp.262 with index b/w plates clean tight copy with tanning to text pages 2 former owner names on inside from cover dated 1952 and 1953 inside front cover cracked but pages/cover still attached, blue cloth covers faded with bumping to corners and crimping to top/bottom spines some soiling to edges Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Good.

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Book number: 0283532

Catalogue: WAR

FÜRST, ALFONS (EDIT.) IN COLLABORATION WITH PUI HIM IP, KARLA POLLMANN, ELENA RAPETTI :

Perspectives on Origen and the history of his reception..

Münster, Aschendorff Verlag 2021. gr.8° 372 S. Orig.-Pappband. = Adamantiana. Texte und Studien zu Origines und seinem Erbe. Texts and Studies on Origen and his Legacy. Band 21. Sehr gut erhalten. (700 gr.).

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Book number: 51760

Catalogue: Philosophie, Weltanschauung

Frank Herrmann and George Him

The Giant Alexander in America

Picture Puffin 1974 Paperback, 32pp. (ISBN: 9780140500851). Good.

Book HavenProfessional seller

Book number: 1504836

Catalogue: General

Keywords: Childrens9780140500851 9780140500851

HIM, GEORGE [ED.].

25 jaar Jeugd-Alijah. 1934 - 1959 / 5694 - 5719.

Amsterdam, Publisher: Jeugd Alijah Nederland z.j.. Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial front- and backcover, 8vo: frontispiece, [64]pp. very richly illustrated.

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Book number: 110186

HIM, LEWITT; LEWITT, ALICE [ILLUS]

Blue Peter

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1943. First Edition. Illustrated board cover. 270mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). 32pp. Alice Lewitt.. G: in good condition. Small Chip to front cover. Previous owners inscription to FEP .

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Book number: h2623

Catalogue: Children's Illustrated Books

Keywords: Children's Illustrated Books Children's Fiction

HIM,G.

ISRAËL DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN EEN VOLK

Brussel 1958, 60 pag., zwart-wit foto's (code B-182)

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Book number: 21570

Catalogue: Theologie

Him, George., editor

ISRAEL: The Story of a Nation

Jerusalem: The Government Printer, 1958. Orange printed wrappers. unpaginated [about 100 pp]. Profusely illustrated. 16mo. 16.5cm x 12cm. VG (some soiling to covers/ 4cm section of spine panel raised/ lower spine panel chipped). "A synopsis of the Israel Pavillion at the Universal Exhibition, Brussels, 1958".

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Book number: 21302

Catalogue: Potpourri

Him

Das Magazin mit dem Mann. Heft 2, Februar 1976

St. Pauli Verlag, 1976. - sonst gutes Exemplar / - Zeitschrift für Homosexuelle - Einband: Paperback/Taschenbücher. 166

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Book number: 2J10067

Keywords: Zeitschriften

Him

Das Magazin mit dem Mann. Heft 12, Dezember 1975

St. Pauli Verlag Helmut Rosenberg, 1975. - Zeitschrift für Homosexuelle - Einband: Paperback/Taschenbücher. 168

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Book number: 2J10068

Keywords: Zeitschriften

Him

Das Magazin mit dem Mann. Heft 3, März 1976

St. Pauli Verlag Helmut Rosenberg, 1976. - sonst gutes Exemplar / Zeitschrift für Homosexuelle - Einband: Paperback/Taschenbücher. 170

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Book number: 2J10070

Keywords: Zeitschriften

Him

Das Magazin mit dem Mann. Heft 5, Mai 1972

St. Pauli Verlag Helmut Rosenberg, 1976. - Zeitschrift für Homosexuelle - Einband: Paperback/Taschenbücher. 140

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Book number: 2J10071

Keywords: Zeitschriften