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The Ark Sakura.
by Abe, Kobo
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 0394558367
- ISBN 13
- 9780394558363
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, (1988). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards. 336pp. plus notes on author and translator. A very tight, clean copy in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket with slight short crimp a top front corner, else fine. Fine in very near fine dust jacket..
Synopsis
Kobo Abe (1924-1993) was one of the most acclaimed Japanese authors of the 20th century. His works include The Woman in the Dunes , Kangaroo Notebook , The Face of Another , The Box Man , The Ruined Map , Secret Rendezous , Inter Ice Age 4 , and several others. He was awarded the Tanizaki, Akutagawa, and Yomiuri Prizes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03320
- Title
- The Ark Sakura.
- Author
- Abe, Kobo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- ISBN 10
- 0394558367
- ISBN 13
- 9780394558363
- Publisher
- London: Secker & Warburg, (1988).
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1988
- Keywords
- JAPAN, JAPANESE, NOVEL, STORY, LEGEND, FABLE, ORIENTAL, LITERATURE, MODERN, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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