Dickins Frederick V (32 results)

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Life of Sir Harry Parkes V2: Sometime Her Majestys Minister to China and Japan. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 'New edition'. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations, with notes and an appendix. Tall 8vo. Publisher's decorative khaki cloth, gilt, light general wear especially to head & tail, occasional internal foxing and sadly some of the illustrations have faded, else a perfectly pleasing copy of this classic Japanese tales of the forty-seven "Ronin". xiii, 202pp.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. In-8°, demi maroquin moutarde à coins, dos à nerfs orné de motifs mosaïqués, tête or, couvertures conservées (H. Ducharne). ÉDITION ORIGINALE de la traduction française d'Albert Dousdebès. Un frontispice, une reproduction du texte original de la préface japonaise, 29 planches hors-texte en deux tons et 4 planches de fac-similés de textes originaux et des calligraphies japonaises. En pleine période de japonisme, la France s'éprend des récits venus de l'Archipel, et c'est dans ce contexte qu'est publié Tchou-Chin-Goura, ou une vengeance japonaise. Adapté par Albert Dousdebès, cet ouvrage introduit le public occidental à la légendaire histoire des 47 rônins. Cette édition se distingue par ses magnifiques gravures sur bois. Contrairement aux estampes polychromes classiques, elles adoptent des nuances subtiles et sobres, teintées principalement de bleu, de noir et de gris. Exécutées directement au Japon par des artistes locaux, ces illustrations ont été tirées hors texte sur un papier japonais spécial, enrichi de poudre de mica qui confère aux planches un aspect étincelant qui scintille à la lumière. Mors, coiffes et coins frottés. Jolie reliure de l'époque signée H. Ducharne. Flety, 62.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Chiushingura; or, the Loyal League. A Japanese Romance Translated by Frederick V. Dickins. New Edition. Printed in London by Allen and Co. 1880. [13] + 202 pp. 10" x 6.25". 8vo. Hardcover full cloth. In fair condition, with scuffing and wear along edges and corners of boards. Some fraying along edges of spine. Cracking to hinges at front and rear, along with glue remnants from previous repair attempts. Light markings. Wear to front end page from removed label. Nicely illustrated with traditional Japanese imagery. Light markings. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce early translation of a Japanese romance tale. Frederick Dickins (1838-1915) was a British naval surgeon, barrister, and Orientalist. Having traveled to Japan in the 1860s, he is best remembered as a translator of Japanese literature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardback, octavo size, no dustjacket (as issued). Contemporary binding of half black leather over black cloth with gilt lettering and bands to spine. Subtitled A Japanese Romance. New Edition. Japanese text frontispiece. Illustrated with 16 wood block prints in blue and black (complete). Paper browned, some dust soiling, otherwise the book is in very good condition in badly worn covers, rubbed with loss and lacking most of spine. 527.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. New Edition. Quarto. xiii (i), (2) 202 (2)pp., 29 [1] plates. Bound in dark blue leather with gilt framing on covers, gilt lettering, ruling and tooling and raised bands on spine. Gilt dentelles and textured decorative endpapers. Japanese and English lettering on title page. Illustrated head and endpieces. Elaborate decorative initials. Translation of this Japanese romance by the naval surgeon and Orientals Frederick Victor Dickins. Japan's most famous historical legend recounting the true 18th-century Ako incident of 47 samurai sacrificing their lives to avenge the death of their disgraced feudal lord. With notes and an appendix containing a metrical version of the Ballad of Takasago and a specimen of the original text in the Japanese character. Illustrated with twenty-nine blue and black colored woodblock prints, drawn and executed by Japanese artists, and printed on Japanese paper, containing descriptors in Japanese and captions in English. The plate "The Device of Kudaiu," listed to face page 81, is bound in facing page 112, here with Japanese script only. Binding with light wear along edges, small chips, and joints of spine with some scuffing. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Block lightly age-toned. In 1880 Allen & Co. printed a variant edition with only 24 plates of illustrations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. none. 8vo. First edition. (x), 160, 56, (ii) pp. Frontispiece, 29 original woodcut plates, and five pages of woodcut facsimile text. Contemporary half-calf, rubbed. Internally previous owner's writings and corrections, throughout slightly spotted.…

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Paris, Paul Ollendorf, 1886. II,224 pp. 29 japanese col. woodblock prints by (an) anonymous artist(s) (printed in black, grey & blue on japanese paper) & 6 woodblock prints printed in b./w. (facsimiles of the orig. text). Soft cover, spine browned. - Some of the pages & plts sl. foxed.

Rare édition originale française sur papier courant, après 50 Japon, de ce roman japonais, publié en plein mouvement japoniste et illustré de véritables estampes japonaises.1 frontispice (calligraphie japonaise), une préface en japonais, 4 planches de specimens de textes originaux en alphabet Hirakana in-fine et 29 planches illustrées hors texte tirées en noir et bleu, gravures sur bois exécutées au Japon par des artistes japonais et tirées sur papier Japon fin.Envoi autographe signé du traducteur français : "A ma chère Gabrielle, Paris, 28 novembre 1885, Alb. Dousdebès".Un très beau livre.…

Condition: Very Good. 8vo (6 3/8 x 9 3/8 in - 16 x 23.7 cm), 1886, beige paper slip cover type outer wrap with black lettering and Japanese flag in red and three Japanese characters in red, French text, black and white frontispiece of Japanese written characters, black and white plate with Japanese written characters at the front between the "Note" and the Preface, 29 wood block plates in black, blue and gray, 4 black and white woodblock plates with Japanese Hirakan writing ("Specimens de text original") at the back, 224 pp. All plates (6 black and white and 29 color) are on paper with flakes of silver. This is a French language translation by Dousdebès of the 1875 translation by Dickins which was titled "Chiushingura, The Loyal League," the tale of 47 Ronins.~ Condition. The book is in Very Good condition. The covers have soiling and the spine is darkened. There are two signatures and writing on the short title page. Internally clean and the woodblock prints are bright. Some creasing along the bottom margin of several pages. All plates are present per the listing of illustrations at the back. Unstated Japanese Artists (illustrator).…

Oxford 1906, Clarendon. Yellow cloth, very good, 419p.,index Romanized Japanese, introductions, glossaries, name index, vol.1 of 2 volumes only, bibliography, illustrated, 14 x 23 cm., this volume: Manyoshu, various Uta, Taketori &c. RARE! THE COMPLETE 2 VOLUME SET WITH LETTER: With a holographic letter to Osman Edwards, a famous author of books on Japanese literature & drama.With a bibliography, illustrated from Japanese sources. * A major & early resource, "to assist the English reader towards some fuller understanding of the primitive & mediaeval literature.than can be gathered from merely literal or imitative translations." * VOLUME 1: Examples are chosen from the earliest of the categories, distinctly Japanese, rather than from the Chinese. First collection is the Nagauta or Choka of the famous anthology Manyoshu of the 8th century, together with most of their Tanka, Hanka-mizika or Kaheshi Uta or envoys. * Is the STORY OF THE OLD BAMBOO WICKER-WORKER or Taketori no Okina no Monogatari, a romance of the 10th century. The third is Tsurayuki's KOKINSHIU [Garner of Japanese Verse, Old & New, an anthology mainly of Tanka. The last is the Utahi or drama of the No of Takasago, the oldest play and dance from Japan. * Covers the most ancient Uta: Kozhiki, Nihongi, Kokinshiu, Kiyakunin, Taketori, Kokinshiu Zhiyo, Takasago, Makura Kotoba et al. *** VOLUME 2: Consists of romanized texts. *.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1963 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 572 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 572 Volume 656 (1963) - 690 (1964).…