Three Geishas by Yamata, Kikou - 1956

John Day, 1956. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

NY: John Day, 1956. 1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hard cover book/ closed tear on front dust jacket panel & edgewear otherwise very good dust jacket.

John Day Company, December 1955. Hardcover. Good/Good. Book shows light cover wear, firm binding and unmarked text. Jacket show normal wear.

NY:: John Day Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Emma Craufurd. First edition thus. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket. .

John Day Company. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (geishas) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

LANHAM, MD: UNIVERSITY PRESS OF AMERICA. PLEASE NOTE: SIXTEEN PAGES HAVE HIGHLIGHTING. . VG. PAPERBACK. 1ST. 1983.

New York: John Day Company, 1956. hardcover. Book VG+: spot of offset from bookmark on endpapers, else clean, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: under protective mylar cover, NOT clipped ($3.50). 8vo 253pp. includes advertising insert for Pango Products sewn in to binding. from front flap: "Clothed in mystery, the Japanese geisha is known to the western world largely through portrayal as the tragic child-like heroine of Puccini's Madame Butterfly or through the eyes of G.I.'s to whom every prostitute was a geisha. In these true stories of three who found fame, Kikou Yamata has illumined for us the soul of the geisha against a fascinating backdrop--the theater, business, and political world of the last one hundred years." #01954.

John Day Company, 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: Day, 1956. 8vo, pp. 253. Translated from the French by Emma Craufurd. This edition was printed as a handout for customers of the Petersen Manufacturing Co. of Santa Clara, California, and includes 8 pages of photographs and text about Petersen products. VG in little chipped and faded dj. OP. Narrative accounts of the lives of three traditional Japanese geishas.

Cassell & Co, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. Author's note, introduction by author. Colour illustrated frontispiece showing a geisha by Moronobu. Pale yellow coloured cloth covered boards with red coloured titles to the backstrip. Coloured illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. In this book the author, through three famous geishas, gives the Western eye what actually a geisha is, their training (usually starting at five years of age) and the various stages of their maturation. "The professional geisha is cultivated in the arts of music, singing and dancing, of making intelligent conversation, arranging flowers and serving sake; she is adept at provoking desire and avoiding indiscretion." – from the front fold over panel blurb. The three geishas stories told within the book represent very different types – Okichi… Read More