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In the shade of spring leaves: The life and writings of Higuchi Ichiyō, a woman of letters in Meiji Japan
by Danly, Robert Lyons
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300026145
- ISBN 13
- 9780300026146
- Seller
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Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Yale University Press, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1981 first edition, Yale University Press (New Haven, Connecticut), 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall yellow cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, blue lettering to spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, ix, [3], 355 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers and mild bumping to tips. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a mildly edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP24~ [2.5P] Higuchi Ichiyo (1872-1896), Japan's first woman writer of stature in modern times, wrote poems, essays, short stories and a great, multi-volumed diary. This book is made up of a critical biography, interlaced with extracts from the diary, and Robert Danly's translations of nine representative stories.
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- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SP24-0822-12901
- Title
- In the shade of spring leaves: The life and writings of Higuchi Ichiyō, a woman of letters in Meiji Japan
- Author
- Danly, Robert Lyons
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300026145
- ISBN 13
- 9780300026146
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1981-01-01
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Flamingo Books
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Menifee, California
About Flamingo Books
Flamingo Books specializes in scarce and unusual nonfiction books and ephemera, with an emphasis on the natural sciences, religion, law, history and antiquarian titles.
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