Redding Ridge, CT: Black Swan Books, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 249pp. Sharp Stated First Edition. Bound in cream cloth with titles in gold on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fairly faint sticker ghost on front board. Written date on front..... More
New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 308pp. Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout save some off-setting on front end-paper. Trivial wear to spine ends. Board edges starting tot one. Nice unclipped dust-jacket, ($10.95), has some chipping and edge-wear. Edges toned. Ownership signature on..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 324pp. Sharp First Edition of this translation of the autobiography of a late12th to early 13th century Japanese noblewoman. Bound in gray cloth with titles in silver upon a black spine label. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or..... More
London: John Murray, 1947. Hardcover. Small 8vo., 306pp. Solid Stated "Pocket Edition on Thin Paper" which appears to be the fourth overall edition after the First and a reprinted "Cheap" edition. Bound in yellow cloth with titles in green on front board and spine. Tight and clean throughout with little..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to., 580pp. Sharp First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in original wraps. Illustrated. Square, tight and clean throughout with some very minor edge-wear. Ownership date and signature on half-title page. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or..... More
New York City: Schocken, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 240pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in brown cloth with spine titles in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just trivial wear at the spine ends. Equally attractive..... More
London: University of London Press, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo., 160pp. Solid Stated First Printing, bound in yellow cloth with titles in red on front board and spine. Mapped end-papers, Maps, Diagrams and illustrations. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps some quite gentle bumping..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.,252pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in grey cloth with spine titles in red. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with..... More