Japanese Go Books and Magazines -- For Sale

This is a draft list of old (1920-1980), second-hand, books and magazines, about the board game Go (Igo). These are written in the Japanese language. Most of these are for sale -- I will produce a final list soon.

If you are interested in any of these, or you can give me help/advice on how/where to sell them, then please contact me.

There are 144 books (some in many-volume sets), and about 3,400 magazine issues (sometimes 12/13 issues are bound into one volume).

Books

• Japanese language Books: Publication dates: Taisho 10 - Showa 54 (1921-1979): wide variety -- game collections; tsume go; dictionaries/encyclopaedias; introductions to Go; etc ... : 144 items

Magazines

• Kido [magazine]: Publisher Nihon Kiin: Vols 1-58 (1924-1981), many bound in complete volumes: ? complete until mid 1943: 454 items
• Kido [magazine] -- spares: Vols 1-55 (1924-1979): 406 items
• Ranka [magazine]: Publisher Nihon Kiin: Vols 1-3 (1925-1927), most bound in complete volumes: 4 items
• Igo Kurabu (Igo Club) [magazine]: Publisher Nihon Kiin : Vols 4-20 (1929-1944); Vols 1-30 (1954-1983): 387 items
• Igo Kurabu (Igo Club) [magazine] -- extras: Vols 15-28 (1968-81): 206 items
• Tsugi no Itte [booklet]: Issued with Igo Kurabu (Igo Club) Magazine: Vols 14-31 (1967-1984): 199 items
• Igo Shunju [magazine]: Editor/Publisher Yasunaga/Igo Shunjusha: Vols 2-8 (1938-1944), Vols 1-27 (1947-1973); ? complete 1938-1964; 74 inserts; 2 special supplements: 323 items
• Kien [magazine]: Publisher Kienzusho: Vols 1-20 (1946-1965), much duplication -- includes 13 inserts: 379 items
• Igo [magazine]: Publisher Seibundo Shinkosha: Vols 1-25 (1951-1975): includes 10 specials; 21 inserts; Igo Taikyoku Kaisetsu - game analysis booklets (3): 288 items
• Igo Kenkyu [magazine]: Publisher Tokyo Shobo: Vols 1-14 (1946-1958), includes 3 items 'Shingata Igo Kenkyu' (published by Igo Kenkyu Sha): 154 items
• Igo Sekai [magazine]: Publisher Kinuta Shobo: Vols 1-5 (1949-1953) ? complete run: 71 items
• Tengen [magazine]: Publisher Nihon Kiin: Vols 3-4 (1950-1951): 2 items.
• Igo no Tomo: Published monthly by Seibundo Shinkosha: 1951-1960: ? complete: 102 items.
• Shukan Go: Publisher Nihon Kiin (distributed by Asahi Shimbun): Nov 1976-... (weekly) : Nos 1-51, 65-180, 189, 612: 160 items.
• Gekkan Go [magazine]: Publisher Nihon Kiin: Vols 2-7 (1974-1979): 10 items.
• Go [magazine]: Publisher Nihon Kiin: Vols 5-6 (1966-1967): 11 items
• Oteai Seisen (Oteai Selection): Publisher Nihon Kiin: 1939-1942: 11 items
• Igo Shincho [magazine]: Publisher Igo Shinchosha: Vols 3-30 (1951-1978): includes 1 special; 1 insert: 10 items

Please note:

• This is a draft -- there may still be small errors in some of the information.
• Not all books/magazines in this draft list, will finally be offered for sale.
• "Number of items":
  • These numbers are approximate -- please check each list for full details.
  • For magazines, sometimes many issues are bound in one volume -- these are counted as only one item.
  • For books, sometimes several volumes are included in one boxed set -- each volume is counted separately.
• Dates: Where dates are given, I have used these approximations:
  • Taisho (T) 1-16 : 1912-1927
  • Showa (S) 2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, ... : 1927, 1935, 1945, 1955, 1965, 1975, ...

For more information, please contact:

Email: japanesegobooks@goban.demon.co.uk
Post/Mail: Harry Fearnley, 38 Henley Street, Oxford, OX4 1ES, UK
Tel: +44 1865 248775 (Timezone: GMT +0/+1 = Japan -8 hours) - evenings and weekends.