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04-01-2009, 02:01 AM
Yeah, it was about $850 to ship those 28 boxes 10 years ago. That included pick-up at my apartment in Japan, but we had to rent a van and pick them up at the dock in the US.
But there was no way I was leaving my collection in Japan, and I have many, many books that have never, and will never be translated to English and released here. Lots of great memories scavenging bookstores from one end of Japan to the other.
The other thing I collected was small statues. Nio, Buddhas, the 7 Lucky Gods, tengu, oni, geishas, etc. I'd buy one when I visited an important new location for the 1st time, to remember it by (assuming I found a shop selling little statues nearby, and I usually did).
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