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Centuries before Shakespeare, Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji was already acknowledged as a classic of Japanese literature and the past century has seen this book gain worldwide acceptance. This…

First published in 1949 this book gives the biographical background to the many poems of Po Chu-I (A.D 772-846) and traces the connection between his literary career and the disturbed…

First published in 1963 this book largely uses the Chinese version but with constant reference to the Mongol text. The parts selected (founded on story-tellers’ tales) date from the middle…

First published in 1946. Here in one volume is a collection of Arthur Waley’s translations of Chinese poetry.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…