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Tokyo: Hokuseido, 1950. 1950-1953. Full cloth bindings. 422, 382, 443, 396pp. Illustration plates, with tissue guards. Fold-out chart in rear of last volume. Good to Very Good books and jackets. In 4th volume several early pages are loose but present. 1st volume has a quote by Kawabata inked on verso of frontis. Full buckram bindings. Moderate toning to page margins inside all. Jackets are all rubbed, last volume moderately so, first volume is dampstained, torn along spine and taped on reverse. All are encased in mylar protectors. Book set: NO international orders. A decent full set of Blyth's classic work.. Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.

Japan: The Hokuseido Press Complete four volume set. Hard covers in original dust jackets. Published Japan: The Hokuseido Press, various dates. Text in English. 12mo., 5 1/2" x 7 1/4", beige cloth with black spine and cover titles. Vol 1. Eastern Culture: xviii+422pp., 26 plates, fifteenth printing, 1967; Vol 2. Spring: v+382pp., 7 captioned, tissue-guarded plates, ninth printing, 1966; Vol 3: Summer-Autumn, xv+ 443pp., 13 captioned, tissue-guarded plates, tenth printing, 1966; Vol 4. Autumn-Winter: xliii+396pp., 18 captioned, tissue-guarded plates, fold-out time line of English and Japanese literatures, eighth printing, 1967. All volumes very good plus - clean, bright, unmarked and attractive; dust jackets very good, with light wear at spine ends, 1/2" closed tear at the flap fold of vol 1, small chip at top edge vol 2, short, closed tears along edges vol 3. . Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 12mo.

Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1951. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 7x5x4. 1950-52 printings. No jackets. Hinges of volume 4 loose but easily repairable, pages toned, minor ink underlining in preface of first volume. 1951 Hard Cover. Complete in four volumes. xviii, 422; iv, 382; xv, 443; xli, 396 pp. Fold-out timeline of English and Japanese literature following volume 4 index.

Hokuseido Press, 1981 - 1992. Complete in 4 volumes: Volume 1, Eastern Culture, 5th printing, 1992, viii, 344p, b/w illus.; Volume 2, Spring, 1981, 1st printing (paperbound), viii, pp345-640, b/w illus.; Volume 3, Summer-Autumn, 1984, 2nd printing, pp641-976, b/w illus.; Volume 4, Autumn-Winter, 1992, 4th printing, ix, pp977-1300, b/w illus. Trade paperbounds in uniformly fine condition.

HOKUSEIDO. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1963. early printing. Hardcover. Four 12mo hardcover volumes, all FINE in FINE djs, in clear mylar protectors; each more than 300 pages, i. E. 12mo. Pp. 3 p. L. , xviii; 2 p. L. , [v], 382; 2 p. L. , xv, 443; 2 p. L. , [xliii], [1 leaf], 396. The 4 Volumes: Vol. I. Eastern Culture 1964; Vol. II. Spring 1963; Vol. III. Summer-Autumn 1964; Vol. IV: Autumn-Winter 1952. Authors are Eastern and Western writers, e. G. Emerson; mainly Japanese however, e. G. Basho. All in custom slipcase. "The puppy that knows not......That autumn has come,....Is a Budda" ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Hokuseido Press, 1965, 1966, all later printings of the 1949 - 1952 edition. Four Volumes: Volume 1, Eastern Culture, 1966, xviii, 422p, frontis. & 26 plates; Volume 2, Spring, 1966, v, 382p, frontis & 6 plates; Volume 3, Summer-Autumn, 1965, xv, 443p, frontis. & 12 plates; Volume 4, Autumn-Winter, 1966, xlvi, 396p, frontis. & 17 plates, fold-out. All four volumes hardbound, textured beige cloth with black-lettered spines and front boards, in fine, virtually as-new, condition in very-good or better djs (vols. 1 and 2 have light sunning to spine; vols. 3 and 4 have light to moderate wear at top of spine). International orders and U. S. domestic orders requiring Priority Mail shipping will require additional postage - please inquire.