Search Results: Japanese Love Poems by Jean Bennett

New York, New York, USA: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1976. CA1 - A hard cover first editon withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition. Stated first edition with no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. A tight, clean, sound copy in white paper covered boards with a large gold and red graphic on the front and gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library stamps, marks, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, and the title page plus there is some very light skattered staining a the extreme bottom right edges the last pages starting at page 25. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with a library label on the spine plus there is some very, very light edge wear at the inside corner edges of the front and back endflaps plus there is some very light, scattered yellowing on the front and… Read More

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x0. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. Gift inscription on the FFEP. The dust jacket shows some light handling and age toning, clipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. x, 104pp.

NY: Doubleday. VG in G DJ. 1976. 1st ed. Nearly 200 love poems from Japan's classic poets, ancient and modern, are ncluded in this magnificent collection. Ancient . Japanese poetry was the poetry of the court which enjoyed two kinds of love: marital and illicit. Most marriages were arranged in childhood was often a deep affection and regard that grew after marriage. On the other hand illicit love affairs were common, most ladies of letters were courtesans, and a great deal of Japanese poetry refer to this kind of love which included clandestine meetings, pain of separation, the agony of unrequited love are common themes. "Whenyour blood boils, Do what you will, I've given this body, To you." Striking cover gilt drawing with red sun on white binding. DJ edge wear. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.