Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller
Item #48976 Thousand Cranes. Yasunari Kawabata, Edward G. Seidensticker, Trans.
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes

Thousand Cranes

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. vi, (1) 147 (2)pp. Original illustrated boards with pink lettering and framing on spine in original illustrated, glassine protected dustjacket. Illustrated title page. Headpiece illustrations. "This story is of love given and love withheld. Gleaming with sudden passages of poetic beauty,it is a tautly told and almost unbearably dramatic novel set in modern Japan. But its dominating theme of retribution for the sins of the father is as universal as the Pentateuch, as modern as Eugene O'Neill." (Publisher). Glassine, dustjacket and binding with very light wear along edges. Previous owner's name inked to half-title. Interior in near fine condition. Protected in modern mylar. vg to near fine. Item #48976

Price: $200.00

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