Tanizaki (Junichiro) Some Prefer Nettles
£95
London, Secker & Warburg, 1956.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Jun’ichirō Tanizaki (1886–1965), one of the towering figures of modern Japanese literature, first published Tade kuu mushi in serial form in 1928–29; widely regarded as his most autobiographical novel and among his finest.
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A very good copy; jacket with some edge wear and darkening.
Jacket illustration after Kei Shoki.
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