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Ugetsu Monogatari Tales of Moonlight and Rain a complete English version of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese Collection of Tales of the Supernatural by Ueda Akinari 1734-1809 based on the first woodblock edition of 1776 with illustrations and an introduction for Western readers translated and edited by Leon M. Zolbrod
by Akinari, Ueda; Zolbrod, Leon M. (translator)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974. 1st thus. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Classic collection of supernatural tales by Ueda Akinari, considered a masterpiece of Edo fiction, here edited, translated, and with a lengthy introduction by Leon M. Zolbrod; illustrated throughout with 19 b&w plates and 12 line illustrations; heavy tanning to endpapers, mild foxing to prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, lightly sunned to spine, small dampstain to tail of spine, o.w. Very Good.
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- Title
- Ugetsu Monogatari Tales of Moonlight and Rain a complete English version of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese Collection of Tales of the Supernatural by Ueda Akinari 1734-1809 based on the first woodblock edition of 1776 with illustrations and an introduction for Western readers translated and edited by Leon M. Zolbrod
- Author
- Akinari, Ueda; Zolbrod, Leon M. (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 280pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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