MISHIMA, SUMIE SEO - My Narrow Isle the Story of a Modern Woman in Japan

New York, NY: The John Day Company, 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition, but has a noticeable water stain to the bottom half of book covers. The stain only affects the cloth of the book, and not the underlying structure. There is some light wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several smallish edge tears, nicks and small spots of rubbing and wear, along with a couple of small chips missing. The spine of the book has noticeable toning. "Miss Sumie Seo, later Mrs. Sumi Mishima, attended Wellesley as Class of 1927. She came to America after graduating from Tsuda College. Before coming to Wellesley, she studied at Dana Hall in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Studies at Wellesley: History and English LiteratureOther Institutions: Tsuda College, Dana Hall (Wellesley, MA) After Wellesley...Taught at Tsuda College Married Mr. Hajime Mishima, Professor of Chinese studies, and had four children English translation of a volume of legal documents of 18th/19th century Japan (1968, Society for International Cultural Relations) Translated many books for Iwanami publishing in the Foreign Rights Department, and translated for Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (International Culture Foundation) Published 2 autobiographies in English: "My Narrow Isle" (1941) and "The Broader Way" (1953) " (from Wellesly College). Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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