The Tale of the Shining Princess
by Fisher, Sally (adaptation); Keene, Donald (story)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870992333
- ISBN 13
- 9780870992339
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
N Y: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Viking Press, A Studio Book, 1980. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards with gilt design. 6 5/8""w x 9""h. 72 pages. Based on Donald Keene's translation of the story, this edition includes a note by him on the text and a commentary on the illustrations by Andrew Pekarik.
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- Bookseller
- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155430
- Title
- The Tale of the Shining Princess
- Author
- Fisher, Sally (adaptation); Keene, Donald (story)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0870992333
- ISBN 13
- 9780870992339
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art; Viking Press, A Studio Book
- Place of Publication
- N Y
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Kaguya-hime, Tenth Century, Japan, princess, Prince Ishizukuri, Begging-bowl, Buddha, Prince Kuramochi, Jeweled Branch, Paintings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...