Author: Yasunari Kawabata
Title: The Lake
Description: Tokyo, Kodansha International , 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this sensational novel by Yasunari Kawabata, the first Japanese Nobel Laureate for literature. The first edition, second impression, of this novel following the story of a former school teacher named Gimpei Momoi. By Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist, first Japanese author to received the Nobel prize for literature in 1968. Translated from the Japanese by Reiko Tsukimura.The Lake is the story of an obsession, a man's pursuit to unattainable perfection. An unforgettable read. With the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Inscribed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper, dated 1975. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.
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Title: The Lake
Description: Tokyo, Kodansha International , 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this sensational novel by Yasunari Kawabata, the first Japanese Nobel Laureate for literature. The first edition, second impression, of this novel following the story of a former school teacher named Gimpei Momoi. By Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist, first Japanese author to received the Nobel prize for literature in 1968. Translated from the Japanese by Reiko Tsukimura.The Lake is the story of an obsession, a man's pursuit to unattainable perfection. An unforgettable read. With the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Inscribed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper, dated 1975. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Fine.
Keywords: nobel prize first editions japanese novel first editions None
Price: GBP 49.00 = appr. US$ 69.97 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 771A29
- Book number: 771A29
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