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The Master of Go. by KAWABATA, Yasunari, translated from the Japanese & with introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker - (1973)

by KAWABATA, Yasunari, translated from the Japanese & with introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker

The Master of Go. by KAWABATA, Yasunari, translated from the Japanese & with introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker - (1973)

The Master of Go.

by KAWABATA, Yasunari, translated from the Japanese & with introduction by Edward G. Seidensticker

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London: Secker & Warburg, (1973). First British edition of the Seidensticker translation. Octavo (8.75" x 6"), viii & 188 pages. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.

One corner lightly bruised, previous owner's bookplate at the ffep, otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with brief edge wear including a short closed tear.

Kawabata was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968 "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind."

  • Bookseller Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB US (US)
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Secker & Warburg
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published (1973)
  • Keywords Japan, Yasunari Kawabata, Edward Seidensticker, Literature, Game of Go, Nobel Prize
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House of The Sleeping Beauties and other stories.

by KAWABATA, Yasunari, with Introduction by Yukio Mishima. Translated from the Japanese Edward G. Seidensticker

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Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1969). First American edition & first translation from the Japanese. Octavo (8.5" x 6.25"), 149 pages. Publisher's deep red cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Publisher's card soliciting information to assist with "promoting cultural exchange between East & West" laid-in.
Almost indiscernible small stain on the upper cover, previous owner Julia Kuroda's rubber-stamped name & address at the bottom edge of text block, still very good or better in near fine dust jacket with a trace of edge wear.
This copy from the library of Julia N. Kuroda, the wife of Rev. Andrew Y. Kuroda. The Kurodas were interned at the Thule Lake, California relocation camp after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Kawabata was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968 "for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind."
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A$99.66

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