1. Hinotori (Original B5 version)
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A complete run of the first publication of Tezuka Osamu's classic manga Hinotori (Fire Bird or Phoenix) in the original COM Meisaku Comics edition. Five volumes, soft cover, B5, 26 x 18 cm. (10 x 7.5 inches), with volumes 4 and 5 wrongly identified on the title pages as the 5th and 6th volumes. Excellent condition, with very little wear. These five volumes correspond to the first five volumes of the nine-volume set featured below. These are later printings (1972); the cover artwork is as in the originals, but with some modifications to the print layout (see here for the first issues for comparison). Price (all 5 volumes) $165. Contact me for further details. |
2. Hinotori (Second B5 version)
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The COM Meisaku B5 version of Tezuka Osamu's classic manga Hinotori was followed by a 9-volume A5 version by the same publisher. Then came the Gekkan Manga Shounen B5 publication, again in 9 volumes. Above is a complete set of this edition. Soft cover, B5, 26 x 18 cm. (10 x 7.5 inches). It is a mixed set, in excellent condition, of first and later printings of this edition, dating from 1976 to 1981. Again, see here (scroll down to the second B5 series) for the first issue covers, which have the same cover art as the set above, but some of the later printings carry different slogans, etc.. Price (all 9 volumes) $80. SOLD, but I have another set in similar condition. Contact me for further details. |
3. Yamashita Shoufu
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Yamashita Shoufu, Namida Ame (Light Rainfall/ Raindrops like tears). 21 cm., 136 pages. No date, but 170 yen price tag puts it in the late '50s. Lovely period manga. Dust jacket is slightly worn, with a few repaired tears. Price $35. Contact me for further details. |
4. Gendai Mangaka Jisen Shiriizu
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Aki Ryukan, Aa! Ranchiki Ningen (Ah! Humans Having Fun). 1971, first edition. 21 cm., 237 pages. The third book in the cult '70s Gendai Magaka Jisen series. Very good in dust jacket. One or two very short (1 cm.) tears, minor repairs/reinforcement to edge of spine. Price $30. I have other titles from this series. Contact me for further details. |
5. Eguchi Hisashi
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| EGUCHI, HISASHI, Hinomaru Gekijou (The Theatre of the Flag of the Rising Sun). First edition, 1995. Soft cover with d/j, 21 x 15 cm. The title is tongue in cheek; the comic strips in this manga are fiercely iconoclastic and satirical. This compilation of Eguchi's work is vividly illustrative of antiestablishment youth culture in modern Japan. Paperback, with dust jacket. Fine/fine. Cover band intact. Price
$20. Contact
me for further details. |
6. Matsumoto Reiji
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MATSUMOTO, REIJI, Yon Jigen Sekai (World of Four Dimensions) First edition, 1992. Hard cover, 19.5 x 13.5 cm. A well-constructed science fiction manga by a world-class manga artist. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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7. Matsumoto Kazuchi
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MATSUMOTO, KAZUCHI, Kurakurumichan (Kokushohankoukai, 1987). Two volumes. Soft cover, with d/j, A5, 21 x 15 cm.).First edition in book form. The funny adventures of a sweet little girl - very Japanese. Originally published in magazine form between 1939 and 1964. This compilation, the first in book form, was put together a year after the author's death in 1986. Paperback in dust wrappers. Fine in fine dust jackets. Price $25. Contact me for further details. |
Others:
| HASHIMOTO,
MASAE, Maharaja (1988, 1989, 1991). Five volumes. A good example of an
"intelligent" manga for children - a kind of Japanese Mowgli. Paperback
with dust jackets. Fine/fine.
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KUROTETSU, HIROSHI, Pokochin Monogatari (The Story of Pokochin) (1973). First edition. A send-up of the Samurai dramas which continue to be a popular feature of Japanese television and manga culture. Fine. Price $15. Contact me for further details. |
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MINAMOTO, TARO (after HUGO, VICTOR), Les Miserables (1987). First appeared in instalments in the magazine Kibou no Tomo from 1973-74. This is the first edition in book form. Converts Victor Hugo's story into a very witty and amusing manga. Fine/fine. Price $20. Contact me for further details. |
Footnote: The History of Manga
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The manga, or comic strip, is a very old way of transmitting information in Japanese. This, for example, is a page from a textbook for school-children published over 200 years ago.
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Where appropriate, books are stored and sold in mylar or rice paper protective covers.
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