Acts of Worship: Seven Stories (English and Japanese Edition) by Mishima, Yukio

Tokyo. 1989. Kodansha. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0870119370. Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. 205 pages. hardcover. Front jacket: detail of a photograph by Isao Suzuki (courtesy of the Tominari Photo Agency). Back jacket: photograph by Eiko Hosoe, from an album on Mishima entitled Barakei (1962). . keywords: Literature Translated Japan Asia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Mishima died a ritual death in November 1970, he was only forty-five. He had written forty novels, eighteen plays, and twenty volumes of short stories, and was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize. During his lifetime, he had seen almost all his major novels appear in English and other languages. An actor, a movie and theater director, he had also conducted a symphony orchestra, and become an accomplished swordsman and a muscle man. The flamboyance of his life and the apparent fanaticism of his death have dominated the public's perception of his achievement. But now, twenty years later, it is… Read More

Kodansha Amer Inc, 1989-10. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Kodansha America, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Tokyo: Kodansha. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 205 pp., First printing of the first American edition., Translated by John Bester. .

NY:: Kodansha International,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0870119370 . Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. Stated first edition. About fine in like dust jacket. .

NY: Kodansha International. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0870119370 . Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. First edition. Fine in an about fine (tiny closed edge tear at the crown of the spine) dust jacket. .

New York: Kodansha International, 1989. Price-clipped DW; translated by John Bester; 205pp. A tight clean copy of this book of short stories. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine -- Price-Clipped.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1989). first U.S. edition. Hardcover. Fine. Tokyo: Kodansha International, (1989). first U.S. edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Octavo, xii + 205 pages. Translated by John Bester. Dust jacket price clipped, else Fine. 092108D

Stated First Edition; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only mild rubbing to the lower board edges and a faint spotting to the exterior text block. An outstanding copy of this collection of stories, translated from the Japanese by John Bester. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

Tokyo/New York: Kodansha International, 1989. 1st American Edition . Bds & Cl.w.dj.. Attractive edition of stories by the late Japanese author. There is a soft paper clip indent to the top of the front panel of dj. & very soft diag. crease to back endsheet & last pg. that was made in the binding. Near fine/near fine