Lady Muraski / The Tale of Genji

$125 · Offered by Bluestocking Books

Lady Murasaki, The Tale of the Genji. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, ND, 300 pages. Translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley. Illustrated dust wrapper, heavy chipping to the edges. Red decorative boards with dark blue spine, titles on spine pastedown. Very good, light rubbing to edges and corners. Dust wrapper price clipped. Previous owner name and date (Aug. 1928) neatly on first free endpaper. 300 pages, rear hinge just starting.

• Binding: Hardcover

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