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Fiction From Japan:

Nozaka, Akiyuki. THE PORNOGRAPHERS
NY 1968 first American edition. Knopf. Hardcover octavo. 305p. Fine in VG Plus dj. (slight toning on dj edges, price not clipped. ) (a101510)
$25.00Kansuke, Naka. THE SILVER SPOON (GIN NO SAJI)
Chicago 1976 first edition. Chicago Review Press. Hardcover octavo. 188p. Blue cloth. Near Fine (veryslight bit of toning on end papers) in VG plus dj slight fading of spine. no owner marks. Hard to find title. (a101514)
$44.00Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro. A CAT, A MAN, AND TWO WOMEN
Tokyo 1990 first edition. Kodansha. Hardcover 164p. octavo. Fine in Fine dj. As New. ISBN 0870117556 (a101516)
$24.00Osaragi, Jiro. THE JOURNEY
NY 1960 first american edition. Knopf. Hardcover octavo. 342p. VG slight wear; VG dj. no owner marks. A novel about Japan after the American Occupation. Recommended reading. (a101518)
$39.00Shiga, Naoya. A DARK NIGHT'S PASSING
Tokyo 1976 first edition. Kodansha. translated by Edwin Mc Clellan. Hardcover octavo. 408p. Fine in Fine dj. As New. (a101523)
$39.00Tanizaki, Junichiro. THE KEY
NY 1961 first American edition. Knopf. Hardcover. octavo. Translated from Japanese by Howard Hibbett. 183p. Near Fine, end papers very lightly toned; no owner marks. in VG lightly toned dj. price not clipped. Recommended reading. (a101527)
$25.00Togawa, Masako. THE LADY KILLER
NY 1963 first edition. Dodd Mead. translated from Japanese by Simon Grove. Hardcover small octavo. 151p. Fine. VG dj. no owner marks. Book Club edition. (a101551)
$23.00Kawabata, Yasunari. THE OLD CAPITAL
San Francisco 1987 first edition. North Point. Hardcover sm octavo. Fine in Fine dj. no owner marks. (a106345)
$24.00 Endo, Shusaku . SCANDAL
NY 1988 Dodd Mead. Translated by Van Gessel. Fine in VG DJ, one tear on rear panel. (a11876)
$25.00 Hamada, Kengi . THE CONSTANT REBEL
NY 1955 Comet. Charming tale of 16th century Japan. Octavo, 256pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ illustrated by A. Julian Haas, price not clipped, light wear. (a14415)
$25.00Endo, Shusaku. WONDERFUL FOOL
NY 1983 -1st American edition. Harper. Hardcover octavo. Fine in Near Fine DJ (no faults just slightest possible wear; price not clipped) no owner marks. ISBN 0-060859853-4. (a21893)
$39.00 (japanese fiction) . NEW JAPANESE VOICES THE BEST CONTEMPORARY FICTION FROM JAPAN
NY 1981 1st (stated). Edited by Helen Mitsios, introduction by Jay McInerney. Large octavo, 175pp., wraps. VG. (a36352)
$39.00 Nakamura, Kichizo . THE DEATH OF II TAIRO
Tokyo no date (preface dated 1927). Translated by Mock Joya. Masterpieces of Contemporary Japanese Fiction, The Japan Times series. Sm.8vo., 274pp., plus notes. Inscribed and signed by Mock Joya. Attractive and delicate cover--Flowers on a vine in gilt on both boards on faded pink cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a36883)
$150.00 Friedenthal, Richard . DIE PARTY BEI HERRN TOKAIDO BEGEGNUNGEN IM HEUTIGEN JAPAN
Munchen 1958 Piper. In German. 8vo., 263pp., yellow cloth. VG, no DJ. (a43140)
$25.00Osaragi, Jiro. HOMECOMING
NY 1954 1st this edition (stated) Knopf. Translated from Japanese by Brewster Horwitz. Introduction by Harold Strauss. Octavo, 303pp., hardcover. Fine in VG DJ. Recommended reading. (a49668)
$24.00 Tokutomi, Kenjiro . NAMI-KO A REALISTIC NOVEL
Tokyo 1905 Seibundo. Hardcover. Translated from the Japanese by Sakae Shioya and E. F. Edgett. Small octavo, original orange cloth. Good plus, spine sunned, light fraying at spine ends. No ownership marks. (a52124)
$75.00 Mishima, Yukio . AFTER THE BANQUET
London 1963 first edition Secker & Warburg. Hardcover. Small octavo, 270pp., cloth. VG, very light soiling on endpapers, in Good Plus DJ, some light wear and light soiling on dj. (a53079)
$48.00 Schneps. Maurice . TALES OF EAST AND WEST
Tokyo 1961 (1960). 8vo., 133pp., hardcover. Gift bookplate. VG in VG DJ. (a57521)
$25.00 Adams, I. William . SHIBUSAWA OR THE PASSING OF OLD JAPAN
NY 1906 first edition Putnam. Historical novel about Japan. Hardcover. Octavo., 284pp., illustrated by E. Dalton Steve, cloth. Good, rear inner hinge cracking, slight staining (almost invisible) on a few pages in margins only, some minor cover wear. (a61297)
$65.00 Murasaki, Lady; Arthur Waley . A WREATH OF CLOUD BEING THE THIRD PART OF TALE OF GENJI
London 1927 1st Allen & Unwin. Translated from Japanese by Arthur Waley. Octavo, 300pp., hardcover. Good , light wear on spine ends and cloth rubbed from cover tips. Volume 3 of series. Binding secure; no ownership marks. (a64518)
$24.00 Long, John Luther . MISS CHERRY-BLOSSOM OF TOKYO
Philadelphia 1905 Lippincott. Fiction. Octavo, 364pp., monochrome illustrations, pictorial cloth. VG, attractive book, light soiling. (a69621)
$50.00 Vere, Heiji . TWO ZANY AMERICANS IN PRE-WAR JAPAN
NY 1975 1st Vantage. Suspense novel about two women in Japan. Octavo, 185p., hardcover. Good, innerhinges cracking; in Near VG DJ, light wear and fading. (a69696)
$24.00Parabellum. BANZAI!
NY 1909 1st Baker and Taylor. Fiction about Japanese invasion of the United States. Hardcover. Octavo, 320pp., cloth. Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn, spine faded. (a72998)
$23.00 Saito, George and Philip Williams (editors) . SOSEKI AND SALINGER AMERICAN STUDENTS ON JAPANESE FICTION
Tokyo 1971 Eihosha Press. 12mo., 145pp., printed cardboard wraps in jacket. Small price stamps on front free blank. VG in VG DJ. (a73129)
$25.00(japanese). MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE IN WESTERN TRANSLATIONS A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Tokyo 1972 International House of Japan Library. Sm.4to., 190pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. as new. (a8221)
$29.00Jippensha, Ikku. HIZAKURIGE A SHANKS' MARE TOUR OF THE TAKAIDO
Tokyo date in Japanese (early-mid 20th century) Toa Bungei Sha. Hardcover. Small octavo, 411pp., color woodblock frontis, bw illustrations, paper-covered boards. Good plus, slight cover wear, small blank paper label inside front cover, hinges not cracked; text clean. no DJ. (a83408)
$34.00Tasaki, Hanama. LONG THE IMPERIAL WAY
Boston 1949 first edition. Houghton Mifflin. 372p. Yellow cloth hardcover octavo. VG plus. VG dj. "The first novel since the war to come from a Japanese soldier. Written in English, it is a brilliant, exciting and illuminating book." (dj) (a95332)
$120.00Mushakoji, Saneatsu. LOVE AND DEATH - AI TO SHI
NY 1958 first edition. Twayne. Hardcover thin octavo. 101p. Fine in VG DJ (price unclipped; no tears or chips on dj.) (a96869)
$55.00Tokutomi, Kenjiro. FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW - A NOVEL OF MEIJI JAPAN
NY 1970 First edition thus. Pegasus. Translated by Kenneth Strong. Hardcover. Large octavo. 372p. Fine in near Fine dj. (a97132)
$29.00Ariyoshi, Sawako. THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
Tokyo 1978 first edition. Kodansha. translated by Wakako Hironaka and Ann Siller Kostant. Hardcover octavo. Fine in Fine dj. As New. ISBN 0-87011-337-2 (a98906)
$59.00Andere, Paul. OTHER WORLDS - ARISHIMA TAKEO AND THE BOUNDS OF MODERN JAPANESE FICTION
NY 1984 first edition. Columbia. Hardcover. thin octavo. 152p. (6p.) Fine in Near Fine, rubbed, dj. ISBN 0-231-05884-5 (a99409)
$33.00Anderer, Paul. OTHER WORLDS - AISHIMA TAKEO AND THE BOUNDS OF MODERN JAPANESE FICTION
NY 1984 First edition. Columbia University. Hardcover small octavo. Black cloth. 152p. Very Near Fine in VG++ dj (price not clipped; dj very slightly rubbed and one tiny closed edge tear) ISBN 0231058845 (a99836)
$29.00