THE TALE OF GENJI. Translated by Royall Tyler. Penguin Books, 2003 (2001). Large heavy oversized paperback. XXIX, 1182 pages. With illustrations. Well preserved clean copy
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. Royal8vo. Original red cloth with overall well preserved jacket. This copy was Børge Houmann’s copy (not signed). Houmann, a prominent Danish communist and resistance fighter, was working a translation of Joyce’s novel Ulysses, but tragically could not find the translation after the War. The…