Ishii Shonosuke (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, paper covers, v + 188pp. First edition. VG: light dust-soiling to the covers with a tiny pen mark to the front; solid binding; clean and unmarked text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. Text is in Japanese. Dust jacket has one or two very small marks. Small nick to lower edge of back jacket. Light creasing to jacket spine foot. Distinctive, linen-effect boards and hardcover spine. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text is clear. AF. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. Text is in Japanese. Dust jacket has two or three small marks and one or two small creases. Light creasing to jacket spine head. Distinctive, linen-effect boards and hardcover spine. Integral fabric bookmark. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Text is clear. AF. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Softcover. Signed and dedicated on first title page by the author to poet Anthony Thwaite. Covers are a little faded, with some moderate age-spotting and fading. Very minor age-spotting to page block. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF. By Author. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Softcover. Signed and dedicated on first title page by the author to biographer and children's author Ann Thwaite. Covers are a little faded, with some moderate age-spotting and fading. Very minor age-spotting at beginning and end of item, and to page block. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF. By Author. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Softcover with paper dust jacket. Signed and dedicated on title page by the author to the writer and poet Anthony Thwaite, OBE. One or two very small, light marks on jacket, but barely noticeable. Binding is sound; pages are tight and clean; text is clear. AF. By Author. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Softcover. Signed and dedicated on title page by the author to biographer and children's writer Ann Thwaite. Item was produced mainly for private distribution. Two or three age spots on first two pages. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF. By Author. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Paperback with jacket. Limited edition. Number 3 of 150 copies. Signed and dedicated by author on title page. Light mark on front of jacket. Upper edge of rear of jacket is lightly creased. Covers and page block are lightly marked. Small nick on spine head. Lower leading corners are very lightly creased, slightly affecting pages within. A few light marks on some pages. Text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HJW. By Author. Used.

First edition. Inscribed briefly on the title page by the poet to a University of New Hampshire professor. 53pp. First edition. Scarce. Lush pages in robin's-egg-blue wraps. Fine condition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Booklet. 48pp. Inscribed by Shonosuke Ishii to Anthony Thwaite on half-title. Slightest wear to covers. A 2nd copy available. A very pleasing copy. (r4). Inscription from Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. This book was not published in 1900; it does not have a publication date, although the dedication in English signed by the author on the front endpaper is dated 1972. Most of the text is in Japanese; a small amount of text is in English. Faded dust jacket. Leading corners of jacket flaps are clipped. Light wear to jacket spine ends and leading corners. Hardcover spine ends are faded. Page block and endpapers have some light age-spotting and fading. Binding is sound and pages are tight throughout. Text is clear. AF. By Author. Used.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 8.5in. 241pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed and and briefly inscribed from the author to the American literary critic Richard D. Altick Laid-in also two autograph letters signed by the author to Altick. The letters are lengthy and pertinent. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal a very short surface split of the paper at the front hinge, otherwise is flawless. The dust jacket shows light sun toning, a light crease of the front panel, otherwise remains bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.