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REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY TO THE GALLOWS; Rebel Women in Prewar Japan / Translated and Edited with an Introduction by Mikiso Hane
by Hane, Mikiso, trans
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520062590
- ISBN 13
- 9780520062597
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press & Pantheon Books, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED by the editor-translator on the front free endpaper, tqall 8vo, black cloth with irridescent blue lettering on spine, Introduction by Miso Hane, archival mylar-protected photographic boards, 275 pages. FINE solid INSCRIBED copy containing voices of brave women imprisoned (and often abused) by the Japanese from the 1889s up to the outbreak of World War II.<br /> <br /> No previous owner or remainder marks.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9616
- Title
- REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY TO THE GALLOWS; Rebel Women in Prewar Japan / Translated and Edited with an Introduction by Mikiso Hane
- Author
- Hane, Mikiso, trans
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0520062590
- ISBN 13
- 9780520062597
- Publisher
- University of California Press & Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- torture, rape, prisons, Japan, women, pain, suffering, World War II, hanging, spies, nurses, Pacific
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Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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