The Tale of Murasaki
by Dalby, Liza
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0099284642
- ISBN 13
- 9780099284642
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
Item Price
$9.00$7.20
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About This Item
London: Vintage, 2001. Author's first novel. 416pp. Very light wear with a trace of discolouration to the fore edge of first page. A tight, clean copy. The Tale of Murasaki brings vividly to life the fascinating eleventh-century world of the creator of Japan's enduring masterpiece, Tale of Genji.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Author of Geisha and Kimono and the only Westerner ever to have become a geisha, Liza Dalby is a consultant for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha . She lives in Berkeley, California.
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Details
- Bookseller
- All Booked (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000911
- Title
- The Tale of Murasaki
- Author
- Dalby, Liza
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0099284642
- ISBN 13
- 9780099284642
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction Eleventh Century Japan Imperial Court
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...