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Doubleday Anchor, 1959, 1959. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday Anchor, 1959, 1959. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Modern Library, 1960. clean and tight, foxed/taped to cover and worn on edges.

houghton mifflin, 1927. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Wear to corners. 1927 on title page with no additional printings listed..

Book. Hardcover. 1960 STATED FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION IN FINE CLEAN TIGHT 1132 PAGE HARDCOVER-WOW -WITH VERY GOOD ORIGINAL JACKET UNIQUE.

Boston: Houghton Miffln Company, 1932. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 309p. Original cloth backed yellow boards. 22 cm. Backstrip slightly faded. No jacket. Translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley.

Charles E. Tuttle Company. Used - Good. Good condition. Slightly dampstained and rear hinge cracking. Slipcase Good. 2 Volume set. (Literature, Japanese Literature, Fiction)

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1963. Fourth Impression 1965. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Thick 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4"), blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected light blue red-lettered dust jacket (price-clipped), publisher's black topstain, xvi, [1-7], 8 - 1135 pages + [3] Ads. Weight: 2 lbs. 1 oz. Murasaki Shikibu (English: Lady Murasaki; c. 973 or 978 - c. 1014 or 1031) was a Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court during the Heian period. She has achieved immortal fame as the author of The Tale of Genji (ca.1000 and 1012). Murasaki Shikibu is a descriptive name; her personal name is unknown, but she may have been Fujiwara no Kaoruko. <br /> <br /> The Tale of Genji is sometimes called the world's first novel, the first modern novel, or the first novel to still be considered a classic. Contents: The Tale of Genji, The Sacred Tree, A Wreath of Cloud, Blue Trousers, The Lady of the Boat, & The Bridge of… Read More