Were these books a good deal?

[Jason N]

Found at local used book shop across from my hotel while traveling:

 

Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo English translation, hardcover, $10

 

The Japanese Sword, Kanzan Sato, hardcover, $8

 

Samurai, Steven Turnbull, hardcover, $8

 

All books in “good” condition. At least I have some reading material on my next flight.

[vajo]

All cheap buy.

[Jason N]

All cheap buy.

Yeah, I kinda knew. I already had the Turnbull book in pdf, and a “mint” hardcover Sato.

 

Next to the book store was an antique shop. They had a rusty Gunto with a chipped kissaki in mounts for $6500. ????. I think the books might actually be worth more.

[ROKUJURO]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagakure

[Jason N]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagakure

Yes, that one. I misspelled, but corrected.

 

I first heard of it from the movie “Ghost Dog” with Forest Whitaker. It’s interesting to see the same excerpts, but in full context.

[Jason N]

“The Japanese Sword” by Kanzan Sato appears to be a first edition, 1983. Is that a factor in this books value? Should I worry about wear and tear using it? I have another copy at home, just quickly grabbed this one to read on my next flight (8 hours, ????).

[Ken-Hawaii]

Most of my reference books are well dog-earred, Jason, so I wouldn't worry too much about a book's pristine condition unless something is missing.

[raynor]

Looks like you did very well on that book haul!

 

I got the Sano museum Masamune catalog this week for $80 including shipping wich I think was a good deal as I've seen it for anything between $120 to $260.

 

Considering the cost of having a real Masamune in your collection I think a hundred or so pages of high quality photos is a nice compromise.