The Heart of O Sono San
by Cooper, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Preface by author, note and list of illustrations. Sepia toned photographic frontispiece, with lightly browned and foxed tissue guard. The text is illustrated with sepia toned photographs to out. Brown coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed titles to the front panel and back strip. There is a sepia toned photographic square cameo to the front panel. A novel set in Japan in 1917 about how Conservative Japanese women are the guardians of the old ideals of absolute obedience and loyalty to the parents, the clan and then her country, and their imperative to pass this belief on to the next generation of young women. Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing and a little fraying of the book corners. Some rubs to the book panels and there is residue of paper stuck to the rear panel. Tanning and a little foxing of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Previous owners name to the top edge of the free front end page. The selfsame previous owner has marked passages from page 77-78 in a pencil. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - X, [2], 3 - 269, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Japan; 1900-1920; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0290509. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0290509
- Title
- The Heart of O Sono San
- Author
- Cooper, Elizabeth
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel, Japanese mores, women, early twentieth century Fiction; Japan; 1900-1920; Sociology & Culture. Photographic Unbranded Cooper, Elizabeth The Heart of O Sono San
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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