Kodansha America. Hardcover. 0870119370 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 1989 Kodansha America Hard Cover . Very Good. 1989. (more information)

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Kodansha Amer Inc, 1989. Binding is tight, little wear to the book, dj covers rubbed, Seven stories: Fountains in the Rain; Raisin Bread; Sword; Sea and Sunset; Cigarette; Martyrdom; Act of Worship, 205 pages.. ISBN: 0-87011-937-0. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. Christian; Asia; Acts; Seven; Stories; Japan. (more information)

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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Kodansha Amer Inc, 1989. Slight spine lean, some light soiling to jacket, otherwise clean. . Edition Unstated. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. (more information)

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Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Kodansha Amer Inc, 1989. 206 pages, light dj scuffing. ISBN: 0870119370. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 4¾" - 9¾" tall. Chapter Book. NEAR FAR EASTERN FICTION FICTIONAL. (more information)

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New York, New York: Kodansha International, 1989. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light edge and shelf wear to dustjacket. ISBN: 0870119370. (more information)

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New York, New York USA: Kodansha International, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. (more information)

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NY: Kodansha International. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0870119370 . Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. First edition. Fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. . (more information)

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NY: Kodansha International. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0870119370 . Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. First edition. Fine in an about fine (tiny closed edge tear at the crown of the spine) dust jacket. . (more information)

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New York: Kodansha International, 1989. Price-clipped DW; translated by John Bester; 205pp. A tight clean copy of this book of short stories. . ISBN: 0870119370. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine -- Price-Clipped. Fiction. (more information)

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Kondansha International, Tokyo: 1975. Hardcover, no dustjacket. Very good reading copy. Gift inscription on half title page. Contains: Fountains in the Rain, Raisin Bread, Sword, Sea and Sunset, Cigarette, Martydom, and Act of Worship. Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. ISBN: 0870119370. (more information)

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Tokyo/New York: Kodansha International, 1989. Attractive edition of stories by the late Japanese author. There is a soft paper clip indent to the top of the front panel of dj. & very soft diag. crease to back endsheet & last pg. that was made in the binding. Near fine/near fine. ISBN: 0870119370. 1st American Edition. Bds & Cl. W. Dj.. Writers Japanese authors Gay Men Gay Writers short Stories. (more information)

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New York: Kodansha. As New in As New dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0870119370 . One of the world's most respected literary giants who wrote prolifically of the Japanese experience. Mishima, whose real name is Kimitake Hiraoka, was also an actor, a movie and theater director. He was an accomplished swordsman and conducted a symphony orchestra as well as writing novels, plays, and short stories. He was a Nobel Prize nominee three times. This first American edition is tight, clean and without markings. A clean, unclipped dustjacket. This copy will make a fine collectible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . (more information)

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Tokyo. 1989. Kodansha. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket . Translated From The Japanese By John Bester. pages: 205 pages. Cover: Front jacket: detail of a photograph by Isao Suzuki (courtesy of the Tominari Photo Agency). Back jacket: photograph by Eiko Hosoe, from an album on Mishima entitled Barakei (1962). keywords: Literature Translated Japan Asia . ISBN: 0870119370. When Mishima died a ritual death in November 1970, he was only forty-five. He had written forty novels, eighteen plays, and twenty volumes of short stories, and was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize. During his lifetime, he had seen almost all his major novels appear in English and other languages. An actor, a movie and theater director, he had also conducted a symphony orchestra, and become an accomplished swordsman and a muscle man. The flamboyance of his life and the apparent fanaticism of his death have dominated the public’s perception of his achievement. But now, twenty years later, it is time for a reassessment, one that asks: does Mishima really have anything to offer the world that is of lasting value when stripped of the sensationalism associated with his name? And the answer is provided in these seven stories, which are important for several reasons: Mishima is probably at his best in the shorter forms, and it is the flower of these that appears here for the first time in an English collection. They span his entire career. They are all consistently interesting as stories, and each has its own distinctive atmosphere. The psychological observation, particularly in what it reveals of the turmoil of adolescence, is meticulous. There is great variety of mood-from the semi-surrealistic to the historically romantic. The style, with its skillful blending of colors and surfaces, its carefully planned set pieces of description, shows Mishima in top form. And, unlike much of his compatriots’ fiction which can seem curiously haphazard, these pieces are brilliantly organized, yielding deeper layers of meaning with repeated readings. No further proof is needed to remind us that Mishima was a consummate writer whose work is an irreplaceable part of world literature. . Yukio Mishima (whose real name was Kimitake Hiraoka) was born in Tokyo in 1925. His principal works of fiction-all available in English-are: CONFESSIONS OF A MASK; THIRST FOR LOVE; FORBIDDEN COLORS; DEATH IN MIDSUMMER; THE SOUND OF WAVES; THE TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION; AFTER THE BANQUET; THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA; SPRING SNOW; RUNAWAY HORSES; THE TEMPLE OF DAWN; and THE DECAY OF THE ANGEL. He died in 1970, and is survived by his wife and two children. . John Bester, born and educated in England, is one of the foremost translators of Japanese literature. Among his translations are Masuji Ibuse’s BLACK RAin, Kenzaburo Oe’s THE SILENT CRy, Fumiko Enchi’s THE WAITING YEARS, Junnosuke Yoshiyuki’s THE DARK ROOM, and Mishima’s autobiographical SUN AND STEEL. keywords: Literature Translated Japan Asia inventory # 13119. ISBN: 0870119370. (more information)

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Tokyo/New York, Kodansha [1989] . First Edition. Translated from Japanese by John Bester. Hardcover, fine in fine dust jacket. Nice collector's copy, without ownership, remainder mark, or price-clip. ISBN 0870119370 . ISBN: 0870119370. (more information)

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USA: Kodansha Amer Inc, 1989 Clean, bright copy in unclipped jacket. Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. Next post UK dispatch. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. (more information)

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New York: Kodansha International , 1989. Hard Cover. Yukio Mishima -- 1st Edition 1st Printing -- FINE/FINE -- copy of Acts of Worship: Seven Stories. 8vo. 205 pp. Stated First Edition, First American Edition. Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. Quarter bound in black boards over a black cloth spine with textured pale yellow endpapers and gilt-stamping to the spine. The hinges are strong, the corners are sharp, and the text is clean and tight throughout. The pictorial dustwrapper is in Fine condition and retains the publisher's original price of $17.95 at the top right corner of the front flap. The dustwrapper is free of chips, creases, and tears. A beautiful copy of this collection of Mishima's stories. Published by: New York: Kodansha International , 1989 First edition. (more information)

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