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The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima
by Scott-Stokes, Henry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1974. Novelist, poet, Kabuki playwright, and nationalist, Yukio Mishima (b. 1925) was one of the great writers of the XXth century, considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize. He publicly committed sepukku in 1970 This biography is by a friend who searches for the meaning in such an act. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (stated First Printing). Orange cloth binding with black lettering is bright and fresh. There is a previous-owner signature on the FFEP. Laid-in are two contemporary newspaper clippings about Mishima and his death, which have offset the endpapers. The dustjacket is unclipped; there is a closed 2" tear along the lower spine edge, else Near Fine. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000996
- Title
- The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima
- Author
- Scott-Stokes, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Farrar, Strauss & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Biography;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- First Edition
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- Laid-in
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- FFEP
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- Cloth
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