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THE PILLOW BOOK OF SEI SHONAGON
by SEI SHONAGON (TRANSLATOR - IVAN MORRIS)
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1979 Black Moire silk cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and in Japanese characters to front. 240 x 160 mm approx, Top edge stained purple with matching end papers, 270 pp. Frontis + 8 other lithographic colour prints by Jasper Deane. Translated by Ivan Morris with an introduction by Robin Duke. First Folio Society printing 1979. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine in Very Good slip case. Book- no previous owner name or insc. Slip case - negligible shelf wear, light shelf soiling and uneven fading. No other notable defects to book or case).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133562
- Title
- THE PILLOW BOOK OF SEI SHONAGON
- Author
- SEI SHONAGON (TRANSLATOR - IVAN MORRIS)
- Illustrator
- JASPER DEANE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- THE FOLIO SOCIETY
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, Ivan Morris, Japanese Literature, The Emperor of Japan, Lady in Waiting, City of Peace and Tranquility, Jasper Deane Lithographic illustrations, Kyoto, Folio Books,
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