Fantastic Lifetime Book Collection

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Muscarelli Auction is proud to be Handling The Book Collection from a local Collector.
Collection includes modern first editions and author signed first editions. A great collection of books by respected Japanese writers of novels, poetry, and short stories can be found among our many listings. Limited edition Roycroft books signed by Elbert Hubbard, history, fine literature and Easton Press leather bindings round out this superb collection.
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The Golden Lotus By Edward Greey, 1883 First Edition

Lot # 176      

Published by Lee & Shepard Boston, 1883, First Edition, hardbound in light brown covers with gilt and black decorations and titles, very good condition, spine ends are ru...morebbed and bumped as well as corners, covers have light soiling, interior is reasonably clean with some page toning, front endpapers are stamped Madison St. Temple.

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Lot Of 3 Japanese Literature and Play Books

Lot # 177      

Lot includes Three Japanese Plays From The Traditional Theatre edited by Earle Ernst, 1959 published by Oxford University Press, London, hardbound in red cloth with dust ...morejacket, very good + condition; The Ballad-Drama Of Medieval Japan by James T. Araki, 1964, first edition, published by University Of California Press, hardbound in paper and cloth boards with dustjacket, very Good + condition, and Ogyu Sorai's Distinguishing the Way Annotated English Translation Of The Bendo By Olof G. Lidin, published by Sophia University, Tokyo 1970, hardbound in paper and cloth boards with dustjacket, book is near fine, dustjacket is very good in mylar wrap.

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2 Book Lot Of Japanese Poetry & History

Lot # 178      

Lot Contains The Poetry Of Post War Japan, edited by Kijima Hajime, published by University Of Iowa Press, 1975, hardbound in cloth near fine condition in a very good dus...moretjacket and Diaries Of Court Ladies Of Old Japan, translated by Annie Shepley Omori and Kochi Doi, published by Kenkyusha Co. tokyo, 1935 first edition thus, hardbound with dustjacket, very good condition.

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Japanese Texts By Frederick Victor Dickins, C.B. 1906 Scarce Copy

Lot # 179      

Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, London, 1906, hardbound in paper covered boards with black titles, good condition, corners are bumped and rubbed as well as th...moree ends of the spine, interior endpapers are foxed and pages have light toning otherwise very good interior.

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Lot Of 3 Japanese History Books

Lot # 180      

Lot includes: The Western World & Japan By G. B. Sansom, published by The Cresent Press, London, 1965, hardbound in tan cloth with red paste on label on spine, in dustjac...moreket, near fine condition light bump to corners, interior is clean and bright, dustjacket is very good +; Government & Local Power In Japan by John Whitney Hall, published by Princeton University Press, 1966 first edition, hardbound in green cloth with black paste on label on spine, near fine and in a very good dustjacket; 1937 Vol XV Second Series-The Transactions Of The Asiatic Society Of Japan-An Economic History Of Japan by Takao Tsuchiya, hardbound in paper and cloth boards, good condition.

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The Long Imperial Way By Hanama Tasaki, 1950 First Edition

Lot # 181      

Published byHoughton Mifflin & Company Boston, 1950 first edition, hardbound in cloth with original dustjacket, book is in very good condition with clean interior, dustja...morecket is in good+ condition with some chipping and tears to edges, dustjacket is in a mylar wrap.

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2 Book Lot By Japanese Writers On Their Childhood

Lot # 182      

First book is entitled When I Was A Child By Yoshio Markino, published by Constable & Co London, 3rd Impression, 1912, hardbound in red cloth with white stamped titles, v...moreery good condition, extremities bumped, interior is reasonably clean with foxing to first few pages; 2nd book in lot is entitled Childhood Years A Memoir by Junchihiro Tanizaki, published by Collins, London, 1990 first Great Britain Edition, hardbound in red cloth boards with dustjacket, near fine condition. Selling as a lot

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Homecoming By Jiro Osaragi, 1955 First Edition

Lot # 183      

Published by Alfred Knopf, New York, 1955, First Edition, hardbound in blue cloth with dustjacket, very good condition, corners of covers have minor bumps, interior is cl...moreean except for front flyleaf which is stained from newspaper clipping about the author, dustjacket is very good with some wear to its edges-covered in a mylar wrap.

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The Death Of II Tairo By Kichizo Nakamura 1927 First Edition

Lot # 184      

Published by The Japan Times, Tokyo, 1927 First Edition, hardbound in light pink cloth with gilt decorations and black titles on cover and spine, boards faded and lightly...more worn, interior is clean and tight, good + condition.

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Lot Of 2 Modern Books By Japanese Writers

Lot # 185      

Lot includes Rain In The Wind by Saiichi Maruya, 1990, Andre Deutsch publisher, first translated edition in Great Britain, hardbound with dustjacket, near fine condition ...moreand The Journal Of Socho Translated and Annotated by H. Mack Horton, Stanford University Press, 2002, hardbound in dustjacket, near fine condition.

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2 book Japanese Short Stories Lot

Lot # 186      

First Book is entitled The Voice by Seicho Matsumoto, Japans Leading Mystery Writer, 1989, first edition published by Kodansa International Tokyo, hardbound in dust jacke...moret near fine condition and The Yoshiwara by Tadishge Matsumoto, Japanese Love Stories, published by Henry Walker London, hardbound in cloth with dustjacket, very good condition

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Outline Of Japanese History In The Meiji Era Compiled & Edited By Fujii Jintaro 1958 First Edition

Lot # 187      

Published by Obunsha, Tokyo Japan, 1958 first impression, translated and adapted by Hattie & Kenneth Colton, hardbound in paper and leather boards, good condition, leathe...morer spine is rubbed with small tear near top of spine, corners are bumped, interior is clean and bright, binding is tight, nice copy of this important historical work.

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2 Yukio Mishima Novels

Lot # 188      

First book is entitled The Temple Of Dawn, 1973 First American Edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, hardbound in cream cloth boards with dust jacket, very goo...mored condition and Spring Snow, 1972, First American Edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf New York, hardbound in cream cloth boards with dustjacket with mylar wrap, very good condition.

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"The Hunting Gun" By Yasushi Inoue 1961 First Edition

Lot # 189      

Published by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland Vermont & Tokyo, 1961, First Edition, Hardbound with dustjacket, near fine condition....more

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Scarce Book "Nihongi" Translated From The Original Chinese & Japanese By W. G. Ashton 1956 First Edi

Lot # 190      

Published by George Allen and Unwin, London, 1956 First Edition Thus, hardbound in red cloth boards very good condition and in dustjacket good+ condition in a mylar wrap,...more this is a hard book to find in this first hardback edition, many modern reprints abound. Interior is very good with some foxing on front endpapers, slight age page toning.

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Jinsei Annai "Life Guide" Glimpses Of Japan Through A Popular Advice Column By John & Asako McKinstr

Lot # 191      

Published by M. E. Sharpe, Inc, 1991, Hardbound in cloth boards-near fine with very good dustjacket....more

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3 Japanese Poetry Selections

Lot # 192      

Lot contains: A Japanese Garland, published by Mitre Press London, translated by B. K. Bowes, undated, hardbound in blue cloth with dustjacket covered in mylar wrap, near...more fine; The Tales Of Ise, by H. J. Harris, 1972, first printing, Charles Tuttle Company, Rutland Vermont & Tokyo, hardbound in paper and cloth boards in dustjacket, very good+ with traces of paste down label on front endpaper; and Japanese Songs Of Innocence and Experience, translated by members of The Poetry Society of Japan, published by Hokuseido Press Tokyo, Japan 1975, softbound in paper wraps very good + condition.

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Lot Of 3 Translated Japanese Books About Plays

Lot # 193      

Lot includes a softbound book entitled The Old Pine Tree and Other Noh, translated from the Japanese by Makoto Ueda, first edition, 1962 published by University Of Nebras...moreka Press, very good condition with minor wear to top front cover, interior is clean; softbound book Komachi-A Romantic Drama of Old Japan In 3 Acts by Glenn Hughes, published by Longmans, Green And Co. New York, 1929 First Edition, very good +, light wear to covers interior is clean.; Tojuro's Love and Four Other Plays by Kikuchi Kwan, translated by Glenn W. Shaw, 1925, First Edition, published by Hokuseido, Tokyo Japan, hardbound in pictorial cloth, very good in a mylar wrap.

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Rare "The Jingle Of A Jap By Clara Bell Thurston" 1906 First Edition

Lot # 194      

Published by H. M. Caldwell Co, Boston & New York, 1906 First Edition, hardbound in paper covered boards with color paste down label on front cover, fully illustrated in ...morecolor with verse, good condition-cover and spine is rubbed and chipped, interior few pages smudged with spots and light soiled, pages un-cut, otherwise rest reasonably clean.

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2 Book Asian Lot Children's Stories

Lot # 195      

Lot contains: Favorite Children's Stories From China & Tibet, by Lotta Carswell Hume, published by Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland Vermont & Tokyo, 1962, First Edition, hardbo...moreund near fine in dustjacket and very good slipcase and Little Pictures Of Japan, edited by Olive Miller, 1948, published by The Book House For Children, Chicago, hardbound in blue cloth with paste down color label on front cover and gilt titles, very good with minor scuffing to front cover, some soiling and extremities bumped, interior is reasonably clean with some pencil markings on first few pages.

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"Chushingura" By J. Inouye, 1910

Lot # 196      

Published by Nakanishi-Ya, Tokyo, 1910, translated by J. Inouye, illustrated, hardbound in decorative paper boards-fair condition-front cover is detached from spine cover...mores are rubbed and bumped, interior is reasonably clean. Housed in a mylar wrap.

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Darkness In Summer By Takeshi Kaiko, 1973, First Edition

Lot # 197      

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1973, First American Edition, hardbound in cream cloth with gilt stamped titles very good-light bumping to bottom of spine in very good dust...morejacket with some wear to top edges of jacket, interior is clean.

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Lot Of 2 Japanese Poetry Books

Lot # 198      

Includes: Green Hill Poems by assorted Japanese poets, published by The Hokuseido Press, 1953 presumed first edition, hardbound in green cloth boards, very good with very...more good interior, first page has staining from newspaper clipping and Demented Flute Selected Poems 1967-1986, by Sasaki Mikiro, 1988, First Edition stated, hardbound in cloth boards with brown titles, near fine condition, books do not have jackets.

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Lot Of 6 Books About The Study And Translation Of Japanese Literature

Lot # 199      

This collection contains 6 books about Japanese Literature including: Translations From Early Japanese Literature by Edwin O. Reischauer and Joseph K. Yamagiwa published ...morefor the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University Press, 1951, First Edition, hardbound in black cloth boards, very good with rubbing to extremities-interior is clean with staining from newspaper clippings stored in front endpapers; Paperback- Research In Japanese Sources A Guide by Herschel Webb, 1994, very good +; The Japanese Language by A. E. Blackhouse, 1993, First Edition, paperback, very Good +; Breaking Into Japanese Literature, 2003, First Edition, very good, paperback; Studies In Modern Japanese Literature, 1997, hardbound in black cloth boards with dustjacket, near fine condition; and finally The Courtley Tradition In Japanese Art & Literature-Selections from the Hofer & Hyde Collections, by Rosenfield-Fumiko Cranston and Edwin Cranston, published by The Fogg Art Museum-Harvard University, 1973, hardbound in brown cloth boards with dustjacket covered in a mylar wrap, very good +, front endpaper has paste in presentation label from Fogg Art Museum as well as Ink inscription stating "from John Rosenfield, Sept, 1974.

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Japanese Art By Sadakichi Hartmann, 1907 4th Impression

Lot # 200      

Published by L. C. Page and Company, Boston, 1903-4th impression 1907, hardbound in cream and pictorial boards with gilt titles, good+ condition, binding is reasonably ti...moreght with interior first few pages beginning to split from interior binding near top of pages, otherwise clean, covers are slightly rubbed and bumped with some soiling and fading to spine.

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