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MURASAKI, Lady. THE TALE OF GENJI. [Part 1 f 6]. Translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, [printed at] The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1925. First American edition. 300 pp. Octavo, black cloth-backed red patterned paper-covered boards, with a printed paper label on spine; top edge stained red. Internally clean, and bright and crisp overall, it is a near-fine copy due to a touch of edgewear to boards and some faint light foxing on fore-edge of bookblock. The color-illustrated dust jacket is price clipped, shows general light soiling, and is edge chipped. The first part of Waley's translation, through the "Aoi" chapter, which became the first complete English language translation of Murasaki's classic tale upon its completion in 1933., Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of MURASAKI, Lady : TALE OF GENJI, I. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres illustrées, first editions, collectables and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |