Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long - 2009-12-07

Grosset & Dunlap, 1903T. hardcover. Good. .

Grosset & Dunlap, 1903. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

THE CENTURY CO., 1911-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover shows minor wear, tear, chipping, rubbing, soiling, and tanning. Gift inscription on the front pastedown. Pages are tanned and clean.

MP3 Audio CD. Madame Butterfly ARGUMENT ACT I Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton, of the United States Navy, is about to contract a "Japanese Marriage" with Cho-Cho-San, known among her friends as Butterfly. When the curtain rises he is being shown over the little house on the hill, which he has leased at Nagasaki and is about to occupy with his Japanese wife. Goro, the nakodo or marriage broker, who has arranged the match, has also found him the house and is enjoying Pinkerton's surprise and pleasure at the ingenious contrivances of the building. Pinkerton is then introduced to the three Japanese servants, one of whom is Suzuki, Butterfly's faithful maid. His friend Sharpless, the American Consul, arrives, and the two men settle down to an intimate chat. Sharpless looks upon Pinkerton's projected alliance with disfavour, and begs him to reflect before taking the step. He urges that what is a mere pastime to Pinkerton may be a very serious matter — a matter of life or death — to the… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Madame Butterfly ARGUMENT ACT I Lieutenant B. F. Pinkerton, of the United States Navy, is about to contract a "Japanese Marriage" with Cho-Cho-San, known among her friends as Butterfly. When the curtain rises he is being shown over the little house on the hill, which he has leased at Nagasaki and is about to occupy with his Japanese wife. Goro, the nakodo or marriage broker, who has arranged the match, has also found him the house and is enjoying Pinkerton's surprise and pleasure at the ingenious contrivances of the building. Pinkerton is then introduced to the three Japanese servants, one of whom is Suzuki, Butterfly's faithful maid. His friend Sharpless, the American Consul, arrives, and the two men settle down to an intimate chat. Sharpless looks upon Pinkerton's projected alliance with disfavour, and begs him to reflect before taking the step. He urges that what is a mere pastime to Pinkerton may be a very serious matter — a matter of life or death — to the… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long The wonderful, but tragic love story of Cho-Cho-San, a Japanese Geisha and the American Navy officer has inspired Puccini to write one of his most beautiful operas and has been turned into numerous movies for the large and the small screen alike. The original book by John Luther Long is now here, entertaining readers and making them contemplate about the nature of true love. The story of Madame Butterfly is not a very difficult one. There is no mystery, there are no unexpected turns. Still, it is one of the most fascinating love stories of our times. The beautiful and provincial Japanese girl is led to believe that the navy officer she serves is truly in love with. The officer than leaves, promising her to return and the girl awaits the love of his life to come back to her. He does return indeed, with an American wife, just to meet his Japanese son. The story is dramatic enough in itself, but it is not only the sadness of it that makes Madame… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long The wonderful, but tragic love story of Cho-Cho-San, a Japanese Geisha and the American Navy officer has inspired Puccini to write one of his most beautiful operas and has been turned into numerous movies for the large and the small screen alike. The original book by John Luther Long is now here, entertaining readers and making them contemplate about the nature of true love. The story of Madame Butterfly is not a very difficult one. There is no mystery, there are no unexpected turns. Still, it is one of the most fascinating love stories of our times. The beautiful and provincial Japanese girl is led to believe that the navy officer she serves is truly in love with. The officer than leaves, promising her to return and the girl awaits the love of his life to come back to her. He does return indeed, with an American wife, just to meet his Japanese son. The story is dramatic enough in itself, but it is not only the sadness of it that makes Madame… Read More

Grosset & Dunlap, October 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Japanese Edition (in English)Chip out of top of spine. Rubbing, bumping and fraying to edges and corners. A s couple small white soiling marks. Some fading. Spine a little loose but intact. Name on front end paper. Light age toning throughout. Some creased page corners.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1903. Second Edition. Cloth Covered Boards. Good-/N/A. Brown cloth covered boards, titles in green and black, illustration in green and white, edge wear, fraying to head and tail of spine, boards exposed at corners. book body tight, moisture stain to bottom edge of first several pages, former owners name and address written on front free end paper, otherwise clean.

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