Quiet Pilgrimage
by Vining, Elizabeth Gray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good condition/Good
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Item Price
$37.50$28.13
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1970. First edition. Stated. Hardcover. Good condition/Good. vi, 410 pages. 24 cm. : Illustrations, Portraits. Index. Bookplate inside front cover. Biography of American author who was a tutor to the Japanese Crown Prince Akihito. Best known as the author of "Windows for the Crown Prince," an account of her years as English tutor to Crown Prince Akihito of Japan, Elizabeth Gray Vining now tells the full story of her life, including impressions of Japan that she omitted from her earlier book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57460
- Title
- Quiet Pilgrimage
- Author
- Vining, Elizabeth Gray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Crown Prince Akihito, Japan, American Friends Service, Bryn Mawr, Rufus Jones, Shinzo Koizumi, Douglas MacArthur, Military Occupation, Allied Occupation, Takahashi, Morgan Vining, Wonalancet
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