A Personal Matter
by Oe, Kenzaburo; John Nathan [Translator]
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1968. First American Edition. Fine/Fine. First American edition. ix, 214 pp. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. A novel by the Japanese Nobel laureate about a man's reckoning with his son's mental disability.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140938463
- Title
- A Personal Matter
- Author
- Oe, Kenzaburo; John Nathan [Translator]
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...