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The Temple of Dawn
by Mishima, Yukio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394466144
- ISBN 13
- 9780394466149
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's cloth. Stated first American edition. Spine a bit ridged, PO name, slight soil. Firm binding. The DJ in mylar is price clipped with two short edge tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Yukio Mishima was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom , appeared in 1944 and he established himself as a major author with Confessions of a Mask (1949). From then until his death he continued to publish novels, short stories, and plays each year. His crowning achievement, The Sea of Fertility tetralogy—which contains the novels Spring Snow (1969), Runaway Horses (1969), The Temple of Dawn (1970), and The Decay of the Angel (1971)—is considered one of the definitive works of twentieth century Japanese fiction. In 1970, at the age of 45 and the day after completing the last novel in the Fertility series, Mishima committed seppuku (ritual suicide)—a spectacular death that attracted worldwide attention.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42041
- Title
- The Temple of Dawn
- Author
- Mishima, Yukio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394466144
- ISBN 13
- 9780394466149
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1973
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- Fine
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