a second hand book

a second hand book
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

One one the reasons why I can't quit second hand book stores is, I can find something that I didn't or couldn't buy ages ago. This is one of these books, the Japanese 1981 edition of "Moraity and Architecture" by David Watkin (1977, Oxford University).

It was 1,500 yen or something in the 1990s, or possibly deleted, and I didn't have the money. Now I found it, only at 300 yen in Jinbo-cho.

The underline (in Japan it becomes sideline) was already in there. This is another joy of a second hand book. I can see what another person thought. I really like the emotional sideline here.

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See the difference in the font setting:




These two pictures are of a 70 year old book, "War Memorial" by Lloyd-George (British prime minister in the 1910s), which was published just before the WW II, in which Japan and UK fought as enemies.

INDEPENDENT FILM AND TELEVISION COLLEGE

INDEPENDENT FILM AND TELEVISION COLLEGE
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

flyer found at the Japan Foundation Forum.

for more information, take a look at my another blog (in English and in Japanese). or you might be interested in a guardian article (April 2004).

"no one wanted war"

"no one wanted war"
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

Lloyd George's War Memoirs (Japanese edition).

LG describes what it was like in Europe just before the world war I -- "no one wanted war".

War Memoirs preface

War Memoirs preface
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

Lloyd George's War Memoirs (Japanese edition).

One page from the preface. The Japanese language traditionally writes from top to bottom. (even now, most of books and newspapers are written vertically.)