Two Japanese Novelists; SÅseki and TÅson
by McClellan, Edwin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremely mild rubbing to corners, bright pages, tight binding, less than quarter inch closed tear to front DJ-top edge, faint s
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to corners, bright pages, tight binding, less than quarter inch closed tear to front DJ-top edge, faint soiling to DJ (mostly to rear DJ), else near fine(+) in near fine(-) DJ. in near fine dust-jacket. Octavo in white color illus DJ, xii, 168 pages, 24 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Two writers, Natsume Soseki and Shimazaki Toson, invented the modern Japanese novel. Soseki is the eccentric novelist who appears on the 10,000 yen note. His contemporary, Shimazaki Toson, brought to Japanese fiction a lyricism previously seen only in poetry and nature writing. Japanese fiction -- 1868- -- History and criticism.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92354
- Title
- Two Japanese Novelists; SÅseki and TÅson
- Author
- McClellan, Edwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely mild rubbing to corners, bright pages, tight binding, less than quarter inch closed tear to front DJ-top edge, faint s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1969
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...