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A Japanese Nightingale
by Watanna, Onoto (pseud. Of Winnifred Eaton)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York, October, 1901: Harper and Brothers. First Edition. Octavo. 25(1) pp. color frontispiece and two other color illustrations by Genjiro Yeto. Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) was of Chinese-British ancestry and published her first novels using an alleged Japanese name, Watanna. She is credited with being the first Asian-American novelist. A Japanese Nightingale, was her second American noval and it proved extremely successful, being translated into several languages and eventually adapted both as a Broadway play and then, in 1918, as a motion picture. She later became a screenwriter for silents and early talkies for Universal and MGM. Besides the three color plates, there are decorations throughout the book. Bound in a green decorative cloth of pink flowers and dark green leaves, to edge gilt, previous owner's gift inscription,, very minor spots of rubbing to corners. A lovely near fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031572
- Title
- A Japanese Nightingale
- Author
- Watanna, Onoto (pseud. Of Winnifred Eaton)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York, October, 1901
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
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