Japanese Proverbs & Traditional Phrases
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
Mount Vernon: Peter Pauper Press, 1962. Book. Good. Hardcover. Former Owner Inscription & Signature. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A fine collection of witty Japanese proverbs, reflecting much wisdom, foresight, sentimentality, cynicism, a confidence in the eternal and a distrust of the immediate, a respect for shrines but also a jocularity about priests, spirituality, worldliness, much more. Hardcover, not paginated but about 80pp., boards show light soiling. A nice reading and working copy. Rare. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008641
- Title
- Japanese Proverbs & Traditional Phrases
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Peter Pauper Press
- Place of Publication
- Mount Vernon
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- JAPAN, NIPPON, JAPANESE, PROVERBS, LITERATURE, PROSE, ASIA, ASIANS, ORIENT, ORIENTALS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
JB Books
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About the Seller
JB Books
Biblio member since 2003
Garrison, North Dakota
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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