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Published by Forgotten Books, 2020
ISBN 10: 1331545374ISBN 13: 9781331545378
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Excerpt from Romances of Old Japan. About the Publisher, Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item.
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Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0266933165ISBN 13: 9780266933168
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Reading copy only. Frontispiece detached. Bookplate inside. (Japan, Folklore, Legends, Fiction).
Published by Brentanos, 1920
Seller: Amusespot, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Some wear to cover. Overleaf and subsequent pages appears to have insect damage. Prints are very good.
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. LTD, London, 1920
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Previous owners name is written inside on front free end paper.
Published by London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent, 1920
Seller: Richard Roberts Bookseller., KILMARNOCK, United Kingdom
2nd. Edn. Large 8vo. (25cm. tall x 18cm.). pp. ix, 278. With 16 tissue guarded colour plates and a further 16 in half tone. These are from Japanese Prints. In the original purple cloth. Gilt and black titled and decorated spine. The front board displays a Samurai Sword in black against Mount Fuji in gilt. The spine is faded. Slight dampspotting to fore edge of front board. The back board has the same dampspotting and a strip of fading to the head. The front free endpaper is wanting, otherwise the contents are near fine.
Published by Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent, 1920
Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. (Ref.U5) Purple cloth boards with black and gilt illustration. Boards are faded and discoloured. Faded spine. Some light shelfwear to edges. Greyed top edge. Yellowed and foxed foredge with foxing to page edges throughout.
Published by Brentano's, New York, 1920
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Decorated Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. N.d., circa 1920. Printed in Great Britain. 8vo. 23 by 17.5 cm. ix, [1], 278 pp.
Published by 19
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Ozaki, Madame Yukio. ROMANCES OF OLD JAPAN, RENDERED INTO ENGLISH FROM JAPANESE SOURCES. Lond., n.d. (c.1910). Sm. 4to, blue, black and gilt figured cl., stunning binding. 32 full page ills., 278pp. abt F.
Published by Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd., London,, 1920
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Royal octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles and decorations; 279pp., with a colour frontispiece (with tissue guard), a decorated title page and 31 other colour and monochrome plates (with tissue guards). Moderate wear; shaken; spine extremities softened; text block edges well embrowned; scattered foxing throughout; previous owner's name in ink to the flyleaf. Dustwrapper is well rubbed and edgeworn; spine panel sunned and chipping to the extremities; now backed by archival-quality white paper and professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, London, 1919
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Undated, but probably the first edition of 1919. All illustrations present. Edge of pictorial title page a little worn; a few scattered spots of foxing; gilt title panel on spine a little worn; spine bumped at head & foot. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in bright blue cloth with black & gilt.
Published by London : Simpkin, 1920
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Lovely first editrion on decorative purple cloth plus an insciption on title page.
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, London, 1919
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Beautiful copy, lilac cloth, black & gilt decorated; color plates, faint mark on bookplate removal on endpaper ; 32 plates.
Published by London : Simpkin, 1920
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover. Well-read copy with some spine wear but still useable. Colouring of pages due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Published by London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd. / Printed at the Complete Press West Norwood, London, S.E. s.d. [c. Oct. 1919]., 1919
Seller: Franz Kühne Antiquariat und Kunsthandel, Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland
Gr.-8° (25 x 19 x 3.5 cm). IX, 278 SS., 1 Bl. 32 (Farb-) Tafeln (davon 1 Front.), Bildlegenden a. Schutzbll. Schriftsatz in 9-Punkt Antiqua. Gepr. Feinleinen (lamin.; marginal, bes. Kapitale etwas bestossen, Vorderdeckel mit durchgehender vertikaler Druckspur, mässig störend) mit farb. u. vergold. (R-) Titel u. Deckeldekor. Wohl Erste (GB-) Ausgabe. Schnitt u. äusserste Lagen etwas stockfleckig (marginal, eher wenig gravierend u. kaum störend). Leichtere Alters- u. Gebrauchsspuren. Gesamthaft weitestgehend sauberes, recht gutes Exemplar. - - Digitalis. in EROMM - Cf. copac (remark: "Guard sheets with explanatory letterpress"); there has been a further edition with note: "First printed October 1919. Reprinted February 1920" (ibid.) - Parallelly an edition has appeared at: New York, Brentano's 1919 (e.g. copac for Brit. Mus.) - Contents : The Quest of the Sword; The Tragedy of Kesa Gozen; The Spirit of the Lantern; The Reincarnation of Tama; The Lady of the Picture; Urasato, or The Crow of Dawn; Tsubosaka; Loyal, even unto Death, or The Sugawara Tragedy; How Kinu Returned from the Grave; A Cherry-Flower Idyll; The Badger-Haunted Temple - Es finden sich keinerlei Angaben zu den Illustratoren resp. zu den (traditionellen japanischen) Vorlagen der Tafeln. -- "Born in 1872 [.], Yei Theodora Ozaki [recte prob. 1870-1932] was [. a ] collector and translator of Japanese folklore, a world traveler, and a woman of fierce independent spirit, she was born to Baron Ozaki [Toda Saburo, 1842-1918] and [Bathia] Catherine Morrison [1843-1946]. [. She] spent time living both with her mother in Europe as well as in Japan with her father. [.] She traveled all around the world, working as a secretary and a teacher to pay her way, and gathering stories wherever she went. [.] Yukio [Ozaki], a Japanese politician who was not related to her father's family, and Yei eventually met. After years of getting to know each other [.], they [.] married! Yei continued to live an adventure-filled and exciting life, translating many traditional Japanese Fairy tales for an English-speaking audience. Her collections remain seminal, as the Brothers Grimm of Asia." (V. Ventura, Ogres are like Onions, in: The Ogre of Rashomon, 2012; for further biographical details see H. Cortazzi, ed., Britain and Japan. Biographical Portraits, vol. 4, 2002, p. 385 ff.; also cf. A. Cobbing, The Japanese Discovery of Victorian Britain, 1998, p. 137 f.; Bibliography: J. Rogala, A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English, 2004, p. 184, with date of birth 1870; Cortazzi says: "O'Yei [or Eiko] Evelyn Theodora Kate was born in December 1870", op. cit. p. 386) -- Versandkategorie / Weight category / Poids brut 2 kg - Sprache: en.