New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1988. First Edition. Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. 336pp. Edges, pastedowns, boards and dustjacket little foxed, dustjacket lightly browned and trifle shelf worn, overall a good copy. Japanese literature. "A cross between Kafka and Alice in Wonderland." When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More

London. Paul Elek. 1979. Endpaper maps, 315pp, sources, hardback copy, dustjacket a little sunned and worn with closed tears head of spine, good copy. "This ambitious volume fulfils an aim never before accomplished on such as scale. It brings together a selection of Oriental poetry in English translation, ranging over..... More

Broadway. Wild Peony. 1991. Translated. X + 99pp. 19 x 13cm. First and last leaves and pastedowns foxed, covers lightly browned, a very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 219610. More

Glasgow. Gowans & Gray. 1912. Fourth Edition. Unillustrated. 204pp, appendix. 16.7 x 11cm. Preliminary and last leaves browned, top edge gilt. Hardback covers bumped at extremities, slightly darkened spine worn at head and tail. A sound copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 218065. More

Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1975. 133pp, bibliography, index, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, dustjacket lightly rubbed, a very good copy. Tsubouchi Shoyo was a Japanese novelist of the early Meiji period, when an awareness of the use of psychological realism in Western literature..... More

Ann Arbor. The University of Michigan Press. 2021. Coloured photographic illustrations, xii + 240pp, bibliography, index. Paperback, as new. In Touching the Unreachable, phenomenological and psychoanalytical approaches are cross-culturally interrogated in engaging with literary touch to constantly challenge what may seem like the limit of transferability regarding concepts, words, and..... More

New York. Grove Press, Inc., 1978. First Printing. xiii + 606pp, appendix, glossary, index, good copy with foxing and browned interior, taped dustjacket. "World Within Walls is the first of a projected four-volume study of Japanese literature, Donald Keene's major work, indeed an achievement probably beyond any other Western author..... More

Tokyo. Sanrio. 1993. New Edition. Profuse colour illustrations by Moe Nagata, 64pp. Text in Japanese. 27 x 22cm. Lower free endpaper trifle soiled, a very good hardback in dustjacket. Poems written along the theme of seasons and メルヘン [meruhen] (fairy tale), accompanies d with illustrations. Published by Sanrio, known for..... More

New York. The Modern Library. 1960. First Modern Library Giant Edition. Translated by Arthur Waley. xvi + 1135pp. A prior owner's name front free endpaper, a very good hardback in dustjacket. A novel in six parts: The Tale of Genji; The Sacred Tree; A Wreath of Cloud; Blue Trousers; The..... More

Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1982. Reprint. xv +173pp, glossary, finding list for poems, index, paperback, shelf worn covers, otherwise a very good copy. "The book's five central chapters are devoted to the major court poets and their work; other chapters deal with the forms, assumptions, and themes of court poetry..... More

New York. Penguin. 2003. Translated by Royall Tyler. Black and white maps and line illustrations, xxix + 1182pp, glossary. Paperback, as new. Written in the 11th century, this exquisite portrait of court life in medieval Japan is widely celebrated a s the world's first novel and certainly one of the..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 岩波書店. [Iwanami Shoten]. Showa 61 [ 1986]. Colour plate, 485pp, hardback, very good copy in slipcase with band. This is the second volume of a 7 volume set of Nagai Kafu's novels. Text in Japanese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175805. More

東京. [Tokyo]. 岩波書店. [Iwanami Shoten]. Showa 61 [ 1986]. Black and white plate, 476pp, hardback in slipcase with paper book band, very good copy. This is the fifth volume of 7 volume set of Nagai Kafu's novels. When referring to this item please quote stockid 175807. More