Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition stated. Rubbing, scuffing and edge wear to mylar protected dust jacket with two triangular chips to head of spine and head of front dj panel. Four small open tears to edges of dj front panel. Foreign price neatly clipped but U.S. price remains. Light silverfish damage to underlying board edges and two spots on spine. Light sunning and rubbing to silk covered boards. Faint tanning to text edges. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. Shipping confirmed.
Seller: Elizabeth Brown Books & Collectibles, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$52.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: please note this is the 1959 fourth printing Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Between the years 1814 and 1878 there was published in Japan a series of wood-block printed volumes entitled "Hokusai Manga" representing the boisterous life of Tokyo during this time period. With full commentary. Profusely Illustrated.
Seller: Sea Fever Books, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Lower edge of the boards sunned, upper edge of the text block lightly foxed. Jacket gently rubbed with small chips and tears, including a 1" tear at the upper front panel. Price clipped, rear flap corner creased, in new Brodart. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 4th printing. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Backstrip faded, else very good in cardboard slipcase
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Michener, James. THE HOKUSAI SKETCHBOOKS. Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland, VT, 1958.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 286 pages; Slight fading to the spine of the book. No dust jacket, but the slipcase shows light rubbing and wear.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 286 pages in excellent condition. 187 beautiful full-page plates and hundreds of text decorations. Brown/blue cloth covered boards (silk?) with gilt titles on the spine. Japanes characters on a white label on the front cover. One corner lightly bumped, fading at the head/tail of spine. Beige, illustrated DJ with black titles. Light wear at corners and edges. Small chip at both head/tail of spine. Price clipped. VG+/VG. Comes in a brown cardboard slipcase with illustrated, yellow label. Edges darkened. Conditionis GOOD. Size: 6 1/2 x 10 1/2
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
James Michener. The Hokusai Sketch-Books. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958.
Price: US$130.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. VG+/NF. Lovely presentation in corrugated slipcase. Linen covered boards, clean save a small stain on the back board. Dust jacket is crisp and bright with some small wrinkles at top edge.
Seller: Too Many Books, Roanoke, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in tan and charcoal silk, in a Very Good unfaded glossy cream, black and red dustwrapper, clipped with price still present. Slight pattern fading to extremities of boards. Jacket with two closed tears to top edge of front panel. Bound and printed in Asian double-fold manner. 286pp. with Index and three-toned line illustrations throughout. Q06143
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
James A. Michener. The Hokusai Sketchbooks. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket has chips and tears to top edges, bumped on lower corners. Clipped but price is intact. Slipcase is in good condition, uncoated cardboard with some water marks and age toning, corners bumped. Book is VG, interior very clean, just minor sunning to upper and lower edges of spine. Bright gilt and silk is clean. (S-Office)
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
Michener, James. The Hokusai Sketch-Books. Selections from the Manga. Charles E. Tuttle, 1958.
Price: US$199.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Publisher's gilt-titled cloth, label to front board. About fine; appears unread; slight offset to 2nd ffep. The DJ is price- clipped with minor edgewear and 1cm closed tear to spine head, 3cm closed tear to rear panel, toning to verso. The cardboard slipcase is foxed to the label. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 286 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$239.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Owners inscription on ffep. Dj is price-intact with ( $10.00 ) showing. Book is a Stated "First Edition, 1958" with no other statement of printing, making it a "First Printing". Book is tight & square and is lovely condition with black & mauve silk boards. The DJ is price-intact ($10.00) with very slight nudging to the head of the spine as well as to the corners. NO tears! The paper covered publishers slipcase has generalized edge wear, some discoloration & slight wrinkling to the back paper wrap around near the hinge. This is really a very lovely book.
Seller: Herrick Books, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Michener, James A.. The Hokusai Sketch-Books selections from the Manga. Charles E. Tuttle, 1958.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Includes illustrations. Near Fine in Very Good slightly chipped DJ. Japanese art. Very good in very good dust jacket.
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$262.84 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Beautiful clothbound book in FINE CONDITION, in the original pictorial dust jacket which has two small tears to the top of spine and has the inside dj flap clipped but still shows the $10 U.S. Price. (Otherwise DJ is also FINE). THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL SLIPCASE IS PRESENT AND IN ALMOST FINE CONDITION.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: One quarter inch chip in the dust jacket on the spine with some foxing. Also, dustjacket is price clipped giving it near fine condition. The book has a wrinkle in the first blank page making it in fine condition. Slip case has some foxing to the edges and to the spine. ; 6 1/2"-10 1/2"; 286 pages First Edition is stated on the copyright page.
Seller: Quinn & Davis Booksellers, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Second printing. Illustrated, many in two colors. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the half title: "Centerville, Md. 1980 To Gene Hafner, this lovely book, signed for a book lover, James A. Michener". Groseclose A.013 Black cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (tiny scuff at head of spine panel). Inscribed by the author. Publisher's decorated card slipcase (some toning to cardboard) Illustrated, many in two colors. 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.