New York, New York, USA: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1976. CA1 - A hard cover first editon withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in white paper covered boards with a large gold and red graphic on the front and gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, marks, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the title page plus there is some very light skattered staining a the extreme bottom right edges the last pages starting at page 25. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the spine plus there is some very, very light edge wear at the inside corner edges of the front and back endflaps plus there is some very light, scattered yellowing on the front and back endflaps. A colleciton of almost two hundred Japanese love poems edited by Jean Bennett and illustrated with black and white drawings by Scott Cumming. They incude works by ancient and modern classic Japanese poets. Index of first lines, 104p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Cumming, Scott. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

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Seller: Bookmarc's (US)
Seller's Inventory #: SCW12666
Title: Japanese Love Poems
Author: Bennett, Jean (editor)
Illustrator: Cumming, Scott
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0385030851
ISBN 13: 9780385030854
Publisher: Doubleday and Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Date Published: 1976
Keywords: Poetry Poetic Works Poem Poems Japanese Love Poems Translation Translations Cumming Scott Bennett Jean Love Japanese Literature Japanese Poetry Marriage Marital Love Affection Regard Reunion Parting Illicit Love Affiars Courtesans Clandestine Meetings Pai
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry / Poetry First Editions; Literature / Asian Literature; Poetry / Poetry Anthologies; Poetry / Poetry Translations;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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