narrow isle story modern woman de sumie seo mishima (6 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. No additional printings. 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 Book; binding tight, straight boards have three soft corners with mild bump to rear fore edge; mild soiling to rear free end page else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($2.75) has mild chipping with small paper loss to mostly spine and flap fold ends, moderate fading to spine with seven short closed tears to edges backed by tape. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Illustrated. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Etat : Good to Very Good. First Edition. Some staining to covers.

Cloth. Etat : Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover, cloth sans dust-jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Light age soiling to spine. No name, no book-plate, etc. A sound, internally clean, good+ copy. A very interesting glimpse of Japanese life and customs, from the distaff perspective, just before America's entry into the Second World War. Quite scarce.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition, but has a noticeable water stain to the bottom half of book covers. The stain only affects the cloth of the book, and not the underlying structure. There is some light wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several smallish edge tears, nicks and small spots of rubbing and wear, along with a couple of small chips missing. The spine of the book has noticeable toning. "Miss Sumie Seo, later Mrs. Sumi Mishima, attended Wellesley as Class of 1927. She came to America after graduating from Tsuda College. Before coming to Wellesley, she studied at Dana Hall in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Studies at Wellesley: History and English LiteratureOther Institutions: Tsuda College, Dana Hall (Wellesley, MA) After Wellesley.Taught at Tsuda College Married Mr. Hajime Mishima, Professor of Chinese studies, and had four children English translation of a volume of legal documents of 18th/19th century Japan (1968, Society for International Cultural Relations) Translated many books for Iwanami publishing in the Foreign Rights Department, and translated for Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (International Culture Foundation) Published 2 autobiographies in English: "My Narrow Isle" (1941) and "The Broader Way" (1953) " (from Wellesly College).

Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 316. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1941 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 316.