Snow Country (Limited Editions Club)
by Yasunari Kawabata
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
The Limited Editions Club, 1990. Limited Edition. Leather. Near Fine. Illustrated. Limited edition. Copy 87 of 375 with five aquatints by Tadaki Kuwayama. Translated by Edward Seidensticker, and signed by both. Printed at the Shagbark Press. Aquatint plates made by Peter Pettengill and editioned at Wingate Studio on Richard de Bas paper. The binding was done at Jovonis Bindery. Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972) is Japan's most distinguished man of letters and only Japanese Nobel Prize winner. About a dozen of his novels and short stories have been published in English translation, most since 1968, when he won that award. LEC Newsletter laid-in. Spine sunned. viii, 130 pages. 36 x 36 cm. Slipcase in near fine condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
Synopsis
Snow Country is the first full-length novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. The novel established Kawabata as one of Japan's foremost authors and became an instant classic.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042185
- Title
- Snow Country (Limited Editions Club)
- Author
- Yasunari Kawabata
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Date Published
- 1990
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
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Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
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