baroness shidzue ishimoto (21 résultats)

paperback. Etat : Very Good.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 5½"x8½"; 373 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. fine, unread trade paperback,

hardcover. Etat : Good.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. Some shelf and reading wear to the dust jacket. Some light tanning to the pages. Heavy book may incur extra postal charges if ordered from overseas.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated (illustrateur). First edition. Very clean copy in beige boards and pastedown of author on the front cover. Price clipped frontis. Rear spine with minor wear on inside top and bottom.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Hardcover. vi, 373pp. Paper label on front board rubbed, front joint starting in one spot, otherwise about very good in publisher's tan cloth; no jacket.

Etat : Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), 397pp. Frontispiece, plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Light sunning of the front board, foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, this book is in good plus condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. First Edition. 191pp. This book has had repairs made to it. First english translation. "FR" Symbol on copyright page is present. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall S1.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 194 pages. Includes black and white illustrations and photographs. Photograph of author as frontispiece. One stain along spine juncture, else boards and paste downs fine. Pencil inscription and small stain on end paper. Age toning to pages. Toning to dust jacket. DJ has a tear along top edge and some chipping at spine ends. (R7).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. xii, 191pp. Fictional but regarded as 'The All Quiet on the Western Front' of the Far East. Clean and tight in unclipped medium wear wrapper with small missing. 650g.

1. ed. Numerous illustrations and photographs, frontispiece, VIII, 194 p. With a foreword by May Lamberton Becker. Illustrated in black and white by Fuji Nakamizo and with photographs. Stamped, few pages slightly waterstained, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 8°, contemporary cloth-binding.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tan cloth on boards, with paper labels of title on front board and spine.Mild bumping to edges of boards.Hand cut pages. Clean and tidy throughout. A fascinating autobiography of a Japanese woman who was the first woman to be elected to the Japanese parliament, the Diet, where she championed many causes , including birth control legislation, the abolition of the feudal family code, the establishment of the Women's and Minors Bureau of the Department of Labor, and environmental issues. She also helped to establish the Family Planning Federation of Japan, which works to achieve "a society where everyone in the country can have access to voluntary reproductive health services.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second Edition 1935, Book is near Fine, light tan fine cloth with paper title label with photograph of Shidzue Ishimoto on front board, tan paper title block to spine, Book is Fine, ultra clean cloth, tight and square, sharp corners, uniform light red top stain, No previous owner book plate or writing, end papers spotless, illustrated with 29 quality black and white photographs including frontispiece portrait of Ishsimoto in Geisha attire. No jacket. Ishimoto was born into a wealthy Tokyo family and became an advocate of birth control in Japan. This autobiography is an amazing story of her life in Japan and in the United States. An ultra clean and most presentable Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

1st Edition. Hb original blue cloth contained in the original issued illustrated dust jacket priced at 12/6. 8vo, 397pp, mono frontis plate and 28 other mono plates Biography of Japanese family planning pioneer who died in 2001 at the age of 104 A Vg copy in Vg- Chipped with loss to head of front cover & lightly tanned dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good Plus. Fuji Nakamizo (illustrateur). First Edition. Autobiography of a Japanese girl from childhood to marriage. Book is about fine with browning to endpapers, with paper labels on spine and front cover. Illustrated with photos and drawings. The jacket has a small chip at top of spine, otherwise intact. RARE in jacket, especially in this condition.

Second printing. Signed by the author, Shidzue Ishimoto, in both English and in Japanese. Illustrated. A lightly used copy with some edge wear, some spotting to the cloth and to the paper label at the spine and with a 2 1/4Ó tear to the cloth at the rear spine fold without dust jacket. The autobiography of Shidzue Kato (1897 - 2001), born into an elite samurai family in Tokyo who later became an early Japanese feminist and political and social activist. In 1922 she was a guide to American feminist Margaret Sanger who inspired her to speak publicly about birth control in Japan, which for the time, was a radical act. Toward the end of her life, in 1997, when she was 100 years old, Japanese television aired a 50 minute documentary about her life and work. What an amazing life story.

Second Large Printing, stated on jacket. Signed copy of this autobiography from Shidzue KatÅ (1897-2001), influential Japanese feminist who was particularly important in establishing birth control education in japan. Following the publication of this work,KatÅ would go on to serve as the first woman elected to the national legislature of Japan. 8vo, 373pp. Frontis, black and white photos throughout. Signed and inscribed by Ishimoto to the former and dated 1937, in Tokyo, on the ffep. Beige cloth with blue, illustrated labels on upper board and spine, top edge stained red. Very good with minimal wear to boards, spine label lightly faded. Jacket spine sunned and with chipping at spine ends and corners, and a couple tape repairs to the underside.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper showing light use; a couple of small chips & a closed tear.8vo., 397pp. including index, 29 black & white photos. An excellent copy of a book that was reprinted many times & was a staple in most university libraries. Baroness Ishimoto was famed as the Margaret Sanger of Japan; one of the guiding spirits of the birth-control movement. She was a leading feminist & friend of Sanger's, at her side during all seven of Sanger's trips to Japan. A more recent biography of Ishimoto by Helen M. Hopper shows the Baroness [Kato Shidzue] as a complex & intriguing historical personality whose life offers rich insights into modern Japanese history & especially the place of women activists in both the prewar and postwar periods.