Kodansha 1994 Hard cover Good 993, full number line. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges, small tear. Previous owners small stamp on upper tyext block edge. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

ISBN10: 4770017804, ISBN13: 9784770017802, [publisher: Kodansha USA Inc] Hardcover 993, full number line. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges, small tear. Previous owners small stamp on upper tyext block edge. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
[San Rafael, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1994]
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Kodansha USA Inc, Date: 1994-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 9x8x1. Stated First edition, first printing, full number line starting with "1". Appears unread. Dust jacket intact and in very good condition in protective plastic cover. Text block is clean, bright and tight, no markings, corner creases or other defects noted.. Unconditional money back guarantee. 1994. Kodansha USA Inc ISBN 4770017804 9784770017802 [US]

ISBN10: 4770017804, ISBN13: 9784770017802, [publisher: Kodansha International, Tokyo, Japan] Hardcover First Edition First impression of the first edition in English, published in 1993. Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. A collection of 24 short stories, with a 14 page introduction by the translator. 'Sixteen of these stories first appeared in "Winds From Afar", Kodansha International, 1972. All have been revised for this new collection.' ***Near fine in unusual textured grey, white and black printed boards. Very slight bump to the top rear corner. Boards very slightly marked. A few very light spots of foxing to the fore-edge. Interior pages unmarked and clean. No inscriptions. Spine tight. With an original Kodansha International booklet included. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which is unpriced for export - with a publisher's price sticker showing the UK price of £22.50. No tears. No fading. Dustwrapper crisp and bright. ***235mm x160mm. 273 pages including notes, plus publisher's adverts to rear. ***'The magic of Miyazawa's tales reaches out people of all ages and lands. The sophiticated reader can savor them consciously as literature, while the younger reader can delight in them as imaginative stories that comment on and deepen their own experience. 'The best of a writer who is as loved in his own country as Lewis Carroll and A. A. Milne in the West.' ***'Miyazawa seems to have be ...
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