THE HEART OF O SONO SAN
by Cooper, Elizabeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible, Fine/No Dj
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1917, 1917. Hardcover. Collectible, Fine/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, about fine in brown boards with paste-on of garden on cover and bright gilt lettering. Well preserved book. First edition. 269pp ; with 31 illustrations in duo tone from photographs; in this novel, author tries to show how (in 1917) conservative Japanese women feel they are the guardians of the old ideals. As is custom, educating the girls and young women at home will cultivate simplicity of heart, natural grace of manner, unquestioning obedience and love of duty. The woman of Japan owes absolute obedience and loyalty to her parents, her clan, and her country.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60088
- Title
- THE HEART OF O SONO SAN
- Author
- Cooper, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible, Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1917
- Date Published
- 1917
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
bookwitch
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Concord, California
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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