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The Manyoshu: One Thousand Poems Selected and Translated from the Japanese by TAKI, Seiichi (Chairman) et al - 1948

by TAKI, Seiichi (Chairman) et al

The Manyoshu: One Thousand Poems Selected and Translated from the Japanese by TAKI, Seiichi (Chairman) et al - 1948

The Manyoshu: One Thousand Poems Selected and Translated from the Japanese

by TAKI, Seiichi (Chairman) et al

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Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten for the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai, 1948. Third impression. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Quarto, 502pp., illustrated with 5 plates (1 folding). A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's pale blue cloth. Touch of foxing to the edges. In a near fine dust jacket, mildly toned. Scarce in jacket. A tipped-in slip of paper at rear indicates that this is the third impression, issued in 1948.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Near fine
  • Jacket Condition near fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition Third impression
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Iwanami Shoten for the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai
  • Place of Publication Tokyo
  • Date Published 1948
  • Keywords Japan, Literature in translation
The manyoshu. One thousand poems selected and translated from the Japanese. With text in romaji...
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The manyoshu. One thousand poems selected and translated from the Japanese. With text in romaji and an introduction, notes, maps, biographical notes, chronological table, etc.

by Taki, Seiichi et al, eds

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Tokyo: Published for Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai by the Iwanami Shoten, 1940. Third printing, 8vo, pp. lxxx, 502, [4]; 5 maps, one folding; full green cloth, gilt title on spine; light shadows on endpapers, else fine, in very good, edge rubbed dust jacket. With a manuscript inscription tipped in to endpaper, appearing to be a transcription of a waka by Ueda Akinari, followed by an ink mark "Yasuda." Also on endpaper is a later, separate ownership signature, "'Tom' Watanabe."
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The Manyoshu: One Thousand Poems Selected and Translated from the Japanese.

by Taki, Seiichi, et al

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Used
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First Edition, Third Impression
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Hardcover
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Published for the Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai by the Iwanami Shoten, 1948. First Edition, Third Impression. Hardcover. Very Good, bound in full turquoise cloth, with a Very Good dust jacket. Minor wear to jacket edges. Toning to end papers. No markings to text, binding solid. 502 pages plus maps, one fold-out. Small 4to.
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