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Catalogue of Japanese poetry, drama and prose

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207547 "Madame Yukio Ozaki" Romances of Old Japan Rendered into English from Japanese Sources Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd., London, 1920. Royal octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles and decorations; 279pp., with a colour frontispiece (with tissue guard), a decorated title page and 31 other colour and monochrome plates (with tissue guards). Moderate wear; shaken; spine extremities softened; text block edges well embrowned; scattered foxing throughout; previous owner's name in ink to the flyleaf. Dustwrapper is well rubbed and edgeworn; spine panel sunned and chipping to the extremities; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $60

34452 Oe, Kenzaburo (Philip Gabriel, trans.) Somersault Atlantic Books, London, 2003. First edition. Octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine-titling and decorated endpapers; 570pp. Minor wear. Dustwrapper slightly crumpled along upper edge (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film). Very good. Click here to order $23

8470 Philippi, Donald (ed. & trans.) (Kuzunishi Sosei, illus.) This Wine of Peace, This Wine of Laughter A Complete Anthology of Japan's Earliest Songs Mushinsha Grossman, New York NY, 1968. Royal octavo; hardcover; 236pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; a few faint spots on the text block edges. Slightly worn dustwrapper; a tiny tear to the top edge of lower panel. Very good. Poetry antedating influences from the Chinese mainland. Notes and commentary. Click here to order $30

207869 Saikaku, Ihara (William Theodore de Bary, trans.) Five Women Who Loved Love Amorous Tales from 17th Century Japan Charles E Tuttle Co., Rutland VT, 1958. Reprint: octavo; hardcover, quarter bound in cloth; 264pp., with monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; previous owner's name; chipping and rubbing to board edges; toned and spotted text block edges. Rubbed dustwrapper with mild edgewear and a few marks and spots; professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Click here to order $32