The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
by Yukio Mishima
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Cloth. Very Good +/Fine. A sharp copy of the 1959 stated 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ (small blindstamp at the 2nd blank endpaper, very small former owenr stamp opposite it on the half-title, light, occasional pencil to text) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, Introduction by Nancy Wilson Ross, translated from its original Japanese by Ivan Morris.
Synopsis
Yukio Mishima was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1925. One of Japan’s most acclaimed and well-known authors of the 20th century, his works include The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea , The Sound of Waves , and the Sea of Fertility tetralogy ( Spring Snow , Runaway Horses , The Temple of Dawn , and The Decay of the Angel ). He died in 1970. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22956
- Title
- The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
- Author
- Yukio Mishima
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- rare modern first editions, rare literature in translation, rare Yukio Mishima
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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- Blindstamp
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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