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ICG Muse, Inc. First ICG Muse edition, 2001. Softcover (11 x 18 cm), 331 pages. Good condition. Bumped, creased. "The fifteen essays composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, for which reason they have been grouped under the title 'Kokoro' (heart). The word 'kokoro' signifies also mind (in the emotional sense), spirit, courage, resolve, sentiment, affection, and inner meaning - just as "the heart of things" in English.

Tuttle Publishing, 22/03/2005 00:00:01. paperback. Very Good. 1.7986 in x 19.9848 in x 13.1900 in.

Hokuseido. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Hokuseido, 1928. Octavo. Green cloth boards stamped in black. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Toning and light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear, edge wear, tears, and toning on edges. A very good copy of this historic account of Japan by Lafcadio Hearn. 304 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Tokyo [1928], Hokuseido. FIRST EDITION. Green cloth, paper clean paper label, bright clean covers, 305p., 13 x 19 cm., in worn dust jacket in mylar protector, lower spine & front corner gone, else nice copy. FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . WITH TEN ESSAYS AND ARTICLES . . . COMPILED WITH NOTES BY HEARN'S JAPANESE STAR PUPIL . . . T. OCHIAI, PROFESSOR AT THE PEERS' COLLEGE . * Containing essays: . Hearn's Genius of Japanese Civilization; . Jiujutsu . The Future of the Far East . A Conservative . Difficulties . Strangeness and Charm . The Religion of Loyalty . Of The Eternal Feminine . Some Thoughts About Ancestor-Worship . The Idea of Preexistence . Ochiai's comprehensive foot notes and commentaries on the text. . *** Hearn at his best, a very useful, deep, penetrating essays. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Generic: The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth with front cover paper title slip, spine printed in black ink. With Japanese… Read More

Tokyo [1938, Hokuseido. Green cloth, very good, 305p.,notes very clean, bright copy, clean paper spine label, firm and solid example, 13 x 19 cm.,a bit of neat Japanese marginalia minimal impace, by and large clean example. . *** **** *** . . WITH TEN ESSAYS AND ARTICLES . . . COMPILED WITH NOTES BY HEARN'S JAPANESE STAR PUPIL . . . T. OCHIAI, PROFESSOR AT THE PEERS' COLLEGE . * Containing essays: . Hearn's Genius of Japanese Civilization; . Jiujutsu . The Future of the Far East . A Conservative . Difficulties . Strangeness and Charm . The Religion of Loyalty . Of The Eternal Feminine . Some Thoughts About Ancestor-Worship . The Idea of Preexistence . Ochiai's comprehensive foot notes and commentaries on the text. . *** Hearn at his best, a very useful, deep, penetrating essays. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Generic: The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth with front cover paper title slip, spine printed in black ink. With Japanese colophon… Read More

Tokyo [1928], Hokuseido. Green cloth,paper spine label,spine a bit dark, rubbed, clean covers,305p., 13 x 19 cm.,Japanese marginalia:red pencil, pen & pencil, GENERAL BONNER FELLER'S SIGNED DATED, KOREA copy. * RARE FIRST EDITION * . *** **** *** . . WITH TEN ESSAYS AND ARTICLES . . . COMPILED WITH NOTES BY HEARN'S JAPANESE STAR PUPIL . . . T. OCHIAI, PROFESSOR AT THE PEERS' COLLEGE . * Containing essays: . Hearn's Genius of Japanese Civilization; . Jiujutsu . The Future of the Far East . A Conservative . Difficulties . Strangeness and Charm . The Religion of Loyalty . Of The Eternal Feminine . Some Thoughts About Ancestor-Worship . The Idea of Preexistence . Ochiai's comprehensive foot notes and commentaries on the text. . *** Hearn at his best, a very useful, deep, penetrating essays. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Generic: The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth with front cover paper title slip, spine printed in black ink. With… Read More

JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE, Hokuseido, 1928, first edition, spine tips a bit faded, else a bright vg+ copy in an attractive dust-wrapper with some wear and tear and chipping. Most definitely a collectable copy of the very scarce dust-wrapper.