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Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1990
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Large quarto, 130pp., illustrated. A fine, crisp copy in the publisher's full grey leather and publisher's slipcase. A few tiny nicks to the spine and a few tiny droplet stains to the slipcase, but a lovely example. This is number 23 of 375 limited copies SIGNED by the artist and translator on the limitation page. A stark and very handsome LEC publication, of very fine quality.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1990
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Large hardcover. Number 6 of only 375 copies with text set in Monototype Bodoni at Golgonooza Letter Foundry with the book itself printed at Shagbark Press on paper made at Cartiere Enrio Magnani. A new edition of this novel by Yasunari Kawabata who won the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature. Translated from the Japanese by Edward Seidensticker. Features 5 aquatints by Tadaaki Kuwayama. A fine copy in full leather binding and in a fine cloth slipcase. Signed by both Tadaaki Kuwayama and Edward Seidensticker on the colophon page. A very attractive edition of this classic. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.