Presentation copy of this novel by the 20th century Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue (1907-1991), signed and inscribed by him to American photographer Carl Mydans (1907-2004), who is notable for his documentation of World War II in the South Pacific and Europe. In 1941, while on...
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A clean and reasonably attractive first edition copy of Mishima's first book to appear in English. Translated by Meredith Weatherby, with drawings by Yoshinori Kinoshita. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First edition. Octavo (5.75 x 8.25 in.); 182pp.; decorative green and purple papered boards; in...
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Abe, Kobo. Hakobune Sakura-Maru [The Ark Sakura]. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1984. First edition. Octavo; 333pp.; black cloth with red titles and panel design, in slipcase. A fine, as new copy in a very good slipcase, which lacks the original tissue paper covering, and shows partial fading...
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Shimoda, Kageki. Lions with Pale-Blue Wings. Tokyo: Senshu University Ikuyu Parent Association, 2010. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated papered boards, dust jacket. 8vo. 432pp. A very fine copy in like jacket. A novel depicting the early lives of the four founders of Tokyo's Senshu University by a...
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Modern Japanese Poets and the Nature of LiteratureUeda, Makoto
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1983. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii+ 451pp, indexed. Black cloth, silver spine titles. Very light bumping to top corners, a touch of fading at base of boards, else fine in a very good (+) jacket with two short closed tears and a...
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Explanation of No Plays: A Vade Mecum for SpectatorsIkenouchi, Nobuyoshi
Translated into English by Y. Negishi. [Tokyo]: Sunjusha, [1925]. Octavo, wraps. Four hole side-stitch, bound with white string. 11 unpaginated black and white plates with tissue paper + 39pp. Signed on the title page by the translator, Timothy Yoshitaro Negishi, a long-tenured professor at St....
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Presentation copy of this novel by the 20th century Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue (1907-1991), signed and inscribed by him to American photographer Carl Mydans (1907-2004), who is notable for his documentation of World War II in the South Pacific and Europe. In 1941, while on... More
A clean and reasonably attractive first edition copy of Mishima's first book to appear in English. Translated by Meredith Weatherby, with drawings by Yoshinori Kinoshita. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First edition. Octavo (5.75 x 8.25 in.); 182pp.; decorative green and purple papered boards; in... More
Abe, Kobo. Hakobune Sakura-Maru [The Ark Sakura]. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1984. First edition. Octavo; 333pp.; black cloth with red titles and panel design, in slipcase. A fine, as new copy in a very good slipcase, which lacks the original tissue paper covering, and shows partial fading... More
Shimoda, Kageki. Lions with Pale-Blue Wings. Tokyo: Senshu University Ikuyu Parent Association, 2010. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated papered boards, dust jacket. 8vo. 432pp. A very fine copy in like jacket. A novel depicting the early lives of the four founders of Tokyo's Senshu University by a... More
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1983. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii+ 451pp, indexed. Black cloth, silver spine titles. Very light bumping to top corners, a touch of fading at base of boards, else fine in a very good (+) jacket with two short closed tears and a... More
Translated into English by Y. Negishi. [Tokyo]: Sunjusha, [1925]. Octavo, wraps. Four hole side-stitch, bound with white string. 11 unpaginated black and white plates with tissue paper + 39pp. Signed on the title page by the translator, Timothy Yoshitaro Negishi, a long-tenured professor at St.... More
