Resultados de búsqueda: Literature & Poetry from Lawrence Jones

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1980. x, 381pp, index, references, bw ills, appendices. Cream cloth, blue spine in jacket. Cloth, endpapers, prelims and edges foxed; prev owner stamp inside front cover under flap. New and complete translation of a Japanese historical tale mirroring a man's life and times in which he lived. Dating from the late eleventh or early twelfth century, it focuses on Fujiwara Michinaga, the leading political figure in that great family that dominated the Japanese court during most of the Heian period.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1967. 162pp, index, bibliography, notes/references. Red boards in jacket. Page edges and margins toned, prev owner stamp on front free endpaper. The first literary biography in English of Takizawa Bakin, and the first integrated study in any language on this outstanding Japanese author.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Port Vila: Media Masters (South Pacific), 1987. 32pp. Pictorial card. Scarce poetry booklet by poet from Ifra Tenuku, an offshore island near Efate in Vanuatu.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Frank Johnson, 1940. 70pp, few bw ills, errata slip bound in. Brown papered boards with red cloth spine in jacket. Excellent copy. SIGNED and inscribed (to Robert Fitzgerald) by the poet on front free endpaper. Copious marginal pencil notation as well as on rear end paper. . Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1945. 32pp. Plain white card in green jacket. Light toning to jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Cassell & Co, 1947. 192pp, bw ills. Plain card in pictorial jacket. Price clipped, small bookseller label inside front cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1976. 437pp, index, bibliography, glossary. Green cloth in jacket. Prev owner name on front free endpaper and stamp inside front cover, tear to margin of one page near rear. 320 entries spanning the period from Emperor Jimmu to the late Yasunari Kawabata, 1968 Nobel Laureate.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1980. 3 VOLUME SET COMPLETE. ix, 559; v, pp561-1133; iv, pp1135-1605; black on cream illustrations, place marker ribbon in each volume. Orange cloth in jackets. Ex-university department with small stamps on front and rear endpapers of each volume, some fading to spine and edges, light/minor edge/folds wear to jackets. One of the best known and best loved ancient Chinese novels set mainly in the final years of Hui Zong, a Song Dynasty emperor who reigned from 1101-1125.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1982. 215pp. Blue cloth in jacket. Very light, even toning to top edge. SIGNED by the author on title page.. First UK Edition, First Printing.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1984. 230pp. Orange cloth in jacket. Very light, even toning to page edges, a little foxing to top edge. SIGNED, dated (August '84) and inscribed (to Gina & Peter)by the author on title page.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First UK Edition, First Printing.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. 330pp, pictorial endpapers. Brown cloth in jacket. Very light, even toning to top edge. SIGNED by the author on title page.. Signed by Author. First UK Edition, First Printing.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1984. 230pp. Brown cloth backed boards in jacket. Very light, even toning to page edges, a little foxing to top edge, spine cloth foxed. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo.

St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1975. 170pp. Maroon cloth in jacket. Slightest of rubbing to bottom of boards, slightest of edge wear to jacket, the usual fading to spine. A very nice copy of the first printing of David Malouf's first novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1973. xii, 220pp, index, references, bw ills, endpaper maps. Brown cloth in jacket. Slight wear to edges of cloth, a couple of light creases to jacket. Two of Charles Dickens's sons emigrated to Australia. They went on land in far western NSW becoming managers and part-owners of stations, and stock and station agents. Alfred moved to Victoria and lectured in Australia and overseas. Edward's hometown was Wilcannia, which he represented in Parliament. Neither won fame or fortune, but their story is absorbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Japan: The Hokuseido Press, 1956. ix, 138pp. Pictorial papered boards in jacket. Moderate edgewear to jacket, prev owner stamp inside front cover, offset toning to endpapers. Otherplays included are: Better Than Revenge; The Housetop Madman; The Father Returns and The Miracle.. Postwar Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. xvi, 286pp, index, bibliography, tables, bw ills. Black cloth in jacket. Some foxing to page edges otherwise excellent. Discusses various aspects of Starbo of Amesia's magnum opus- his Geography, which extended to 17 volumes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1988. 23pp, notes. Light green stapled card. Faint sticker shadow to rear. John Dunmore edited the facsimile and translation of the rare French pamphlet Fragmens du Premier Voyage de La Perouse and delivered this lecture at its launch, placing Fragmens in context as an example of a flourishing genre of imaginative literature.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Weatherhill, 1981. xxvi, 463pp, index/glossary, 24 col ills, decorative endpapers. Red cloth in jacket. Cycle of 12 seasonal poems capturing the atmosphere of the ancient capital of Japan combining to form a short epic in homage to Kyoto's heritage of art, nature and religion. At the same time the author traces his own spiritual pilgrimage.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. 223pp, ills. Full brown leather decorated and titled in gilt, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk page marker ribbon. Some light foxing, silk endpapers faded at edges. For subscribers to The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers.. First Franklin Library Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. 259pp, bw ills. Full black leather decorated and titled in gilt, all edges gilt, gray moire silk endpapers, silk page marker ribbon. A lovely copy. For subscribers to The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers.. First Franklin Library Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Kelley, Gary.. 8vo.