Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1979. Quarto, 504 pages. In Good plus condition with Good minus slipcase. Bound in red cloth with gilt Kanji lettering. Slipcase is off white with red and black lettering. Slipcase has shelf wear, some scuffing and staining, and minor bumping. Boards have minor rubbing. Text block has some foxing along the head edge and minor age-toning. Text in Japanese. Original price 5,800 yen. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Column. More

New York: Praeger, 1970. Octavo, 645 pages. In Very good minus condition. Green and black spine with gilt lettering. Full binding in green cloth. Boards show light shelf wear and modest discoloration to spine. Text block has minor soiling on fore-edge. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More

London: Hutchinson, 1958. First Edition. Octavo, 392 pages. In Good plus condition with a good Dust Jacket. Blue spine with pink and white lettering. Dust jacket is protected with Mylar covering and has light scuffing and moderate foxing on back cover. Text block has reasonable foxing on fore edge and modest age-toning throughout pages. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column B, ND-B. More

Frederick MD: University Publications of America, 1984. Octavo, v, viii, 484 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show very mild wear exteriorly and lightly rubbed head/tail edges. Text block shows very slight age toning to the edges. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More

Boston: J.B. Millet, 1897. Emperor’s Edition: no. 14 of 75. Large Quartos, Ten Volumes. In Good minus condition. Fukuro-toji bindings bound in brightly colored silk. Boards show moderate plus fraying and wear, especially to top and bottom edges and corners. Text block has some light, uneven age toning to pages interiorly, with several instances of light off-setting from frontispieces and plates. Lacking several plates, with a further several plates loose; sold as is. PH Consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

[Nara]: Nara National Museum, 2009. Quarto, 352 pages. In Good condition. Spine is white with blue and black lettering. Cover has staining on the spine and back cover, minor bumping to corners, minor shelf wear, and some creasing to the spine. Text in Japanese. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Column. More

London: W. Thacker & Co., 1904. Octavo, xv, 410 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is dark green with gilt lettering. Boards have shelf wear, some bumping to corners, some rubbing and scraping, and puckering. Text block has ex-library sticker and stamps on front paste down, small pen writing in the gutter of the first end paper, library imprint on title page, binding shaken between pages 48-49 and 77. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. More

Abingdon UK and New York: Routledge, 2010. First Edition. Octavo, x, 255 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine dark green with white lettering. Boards show slight shelf wear with ex-library sticker to the pand bumped corners. Text block has ex-library name stamped to head edge and mild age toning the edges. Ex-library stamp to the title page. Illustrated. First Edition. More

Japan: Kodansha, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, unpaginated. In Good minus condition with Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white and tan with a partial illustration and black and white Kanji text. Dust jacket has minor scuffing, major shelf wear, creasing and minor rips along the top edge, the back top corner is bent, and foxing along the bottom interior. Text block has foxing mostly along the edges. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #1-2. More

Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company, 1990. Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1917. Octavo, Two volumes in one physical volume: xiv, 441 pages ; 453 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps. Illustrated with frontispiece for each volume and b&w drawings: “sketches in the author’s journals”. Vol. II separate title page with reprint publisher as: Norman S. Berg, “Sellanraa”, Dunwoody, 1978, ISBN 91022093X. More

Tokyo: Hokuseido, 1952-1963. Octavo, Four volumes. In Good plus condition with Good minus dust jackets in mylar covering. Spines are grey with black print. Dust jackets have edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, light shelf wear, fourth volume has tape stains to corners. Boards in tan cloth with black print. Illustrated with b&w frontispieces and plates, each plate in volumes 2-4 accompanied by transparent guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column D. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Eastern Culture (Tenth printing, 1962; xviii, 422 pages) — Vol. 2. Spring (Sixth printing, 1963; iv, 382 pages) — Vol. 3. Summer-Autumn (Fourth printing, 1960; xv, 443 pages) — Vol. 4. Autumn-Winter (1952; xli, 396 pages). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

Philadelphia: Drexel Biddle, 1902. Limited Edition, HH/26. Octavo, 63 pages. In Good plus condition. Fukuro-toji binding with boards covered in padded leather. Brown spine is blank. Boards moderately worn at edges and corners with light staining. Text block edges lightly bumped and text block lightly age toned. Pencil annotation to front free endpapers. Small closed tear to fore edge of illustration page facing p. 44 (not impacting illustration). Volume profusely illustrated with color and black and white illustrations, many of which are tipped in on wood grain paper. SH Consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

Octavos, five volumes. In Fair to Good condition. Fukuro-toji bindings with grey paper wraps and paper labels to front wraps bearing black titling in Chinese. All wraps significantly worn and bumped with some peeling and edges and corners; one volume with front wrap detached but present and one volume with broken threads (though binding remains intact. All volumes with ink annotations reading "Japanese Idols" to labels, and with pencil annotations identifying volume number. Text blocks age toned with endpapers detaching or detached in several cases. Corners of text blocks moderately bumped and worn. Profusely illustrated with black and white wood block images. Text in Chinese. SH Consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

Kent: The Kent State University Press, 1984. Octavo, xiv, 260 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is white with grey print. Dust jacket has slight edge wear, toning to spine. Boards in grey cloth. Slightly cocked spine. Text block has errata marginal notation in pencil. Illustrated with b&w frontispiece and photographs. Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf. Laid in: typed correspondence signed by author (1 sheet); handwritten errata sheet. More

Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1970. Large quarto, [8], 240, 93, vii, [4] pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket and Good minus slip case. Slip case covered in ivory paper with black titling in Japanese. Moderate plus marking to lower edge of slip case, with moderate bumping and light general shelf wear. Dust jacket is lightly creased and marked on front and front flap, with light creasing to rear. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. Text in Japanese with very limited English notes (seven pages only) at rear of volume. SH consignment. Shelved in Room A. More

Tokyo: Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai, 1955-1960. Octavo, Three volumes. In Good condition with Fair plus dust jackets. Ex-library with usual markings, including pocket and barcode label affixed to rear endpapers.Spine is cream with black print (volumes 1-2) or brown with gold print (volume 3). Dust jackets (volumes 1-2 only) have call number label at bottom, toning to spine, peripheral toning, light edge wear, first volume dust jacket flaps are affixed to inside pastedowns. Boards in brown cloth with gold print. Light wear to spine caps. Illustrated with frontispieces (color in second and third volumes), b&w plates (some folded). CONTENTS: Each volumes includes ten plays translated from the Japanese: Vol. I. (1955) xviii, 192 pages — Vol. II. (1959) xxvi, 190 pages — Vol. III. (1960) xxviii, 201 pages. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1959. Octavo, xii, xlix, 401 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Light soiling to rear with few crinkles to the edges. Boards have slight humping to head/tail spine edges. Text block head edge colored red with slight age toning to fore/tail edges and slight paperclip mark to verso to half title page and to verso to frontispiece. Frontispiece. Illustrated. More

Ginza: Kyo Bun Kwan, 1939. Octavo, 230 pages. In Very Good condition. Slipcase in brown paper, title label on front and on rear panel, tear to top edge. Spine is bound text block edge. Printed on double leaves, Japanese style; Japanese style stab binding, with flexible silk covers. Illustrated with frontispiece and b&w plates. More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1967. Octavo, x, 238 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket has sunned spine with moderate rubbing wear to the edges, closed chip to rear head edge, price clipped front flap and foxing inside. Boards show slight sunning to edges. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. More

London: Macmilland and Co., 1883. New edition. Octavo, xii, 383 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is green with faded print. Boards in green cloth with faded gold and black print. Wear to spine caps and corners, slight blemishes, shelf wear. Text block has cracked front hinge. “With illustrations drawn and cut on wood by Japanese artists”— title page. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Column A. More

New York: Harmony Book, 1980. First Edition. Quarto, 432 pages. In Good condition with Good minus dust jacket. Spine is black with white lettering. Dust jacket has shelf wear, closed tears along the edges, damp staining along the back bottom interior, and light creasing and scratches along the covers. Boards have bumping to corners and light staining to the back cover. Text block has light foxing and damp staining to the edges and some end papers and minor folding to some corners and edges. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #4-6. More

Ithaca NY: Cornell University, East Asia Program, 1992. Fifth Printing. Octavo, 181 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback bound with lightly sunned brown spine and lightly rubbed edges. Text block edges have very light wear. Fifth Printing. More

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. First Edition. Octavo, 381 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus dustjacket. Black spine wit white and yellow text. Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear. Boards have slight rubbing to corners. Textblock clean. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1895. First Edition. Octavo, 341 pages. In Very Good condition. Full green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Spine tan from sunfading. Top edge of textblock gilt. Minor shelfwear. Bookplate from previous owner adhered to front paste down. Offset from acidic paper to front pastedown and front free end paper. Light age-toning to pages. textblock clean. Shelved case 9. More

New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1952. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 119 pages. Very good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine. Minor discoloration to front cover of dust jacket above title. Slight tear to bottom edge of back cover of dust jacket. Variant jacket redesigned for the Venice Film Festival. Minor age toning to edges of text block. Mild tanning to both pastedowns and endpapers from old paper backing of a mylar covering. Shelved in case 6. More