Japanese Fiction (Catalog) - Xerxes Books, Booksellers to the World Since 1980

Japanese Fiction:

Mishima, Yukio . DECAY OF ANGEL
NY 1974 Knopf. Stamp on lover fore-edge. Fine in Fine DJ. (a13407)
$20.00 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)
$25.00 Tanizaki, Junichiro . SOME PREFER NETTLES A NOVEL
NY 1955 1st (stated) Knopf. A fascinating novel which gives an intimate picture of the dilemma of a Japanese family torn between the attractions of modern Westernized life an the strong pull of Japanese tradition (George Sansom on DJ.) Octavo, 202pp., hardcover. VG, in Fair DJ. (a16011)
$65.00de Benneville, James S.. TALES OF THE SAMURAI OGURI HANGWAN ICHIDAIKI
Philadelphia 1916 (1915) Peter Reilly. Being the story of the lives, the adventures and the misadventures of the Hangwan-dai Kojiro Sukeshige and Terute-hime, his wife. A redaction from the Kodan and chronicles of the Japanese originals. Lg.8vo., 485pp., 3 foldout maps, delicate color plate frontispiece, 45 monochrome text illustrations, decorated blue cloth with ribbon ties and ivory clasps (both ivory clasps present but one ribbon tie is broken). Printed on double-fold paper. Owner signed. VG. (a29835)
$45.00 Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki . A DAUGHTER OF THE NOHFU
NY 1935 1st Doubleday. octavo., 340pp., hardcover. VG in Fairly Good DJ, splitting at folds; dj price present not clipped. (a29854)
$35.00 (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)
$25.00 Osaragi, 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)
$34.00 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 Raucat, Thomas . THE HONORABLE PICNIC
NY 1955 1st Viking. Translated by Leonard Cline. Octavo., 319pp., decorations by Lorraine Combs, hardcover. VG light foxing of end papers in Good DJ, spine quite sunned. (a61031)
$24.00 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)
$24.00 Oe, Kenzaburo . TEACH US TO OUTGROW OUR MADNESS, FOUR SHORT NOVELS
NY 1977 1st Grove. Translated and with an introduction by John Nathan. Hardcover. Octavo, 261pp., cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ, a few tiny scratches. (a70505)
$45.00 Parabellum . 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)
$25.00Jippensha, 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)
$34.00Abe, Kobo. THE BOX MAN
NY 1974 first American edition Knopf. Hardcover. Octavo, 178p., illustrations, cloth. VG plus in Good plus DJ, not price not clipped. No ownership marks. (a87914x)
$27.00