Genjiro kataoka illustrator (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Used: Good. A standard vintage copy with a secure binding. Text is clean but has mildly yellowed. Light gray cloth covered boards are lightly scuffed and faded. No dust jacket. List of Illustrations page has a cracked hinge. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.…

Full Cloth. Condizione: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full grey cloth with dark blue-grey and gilt illustration on the front cover and the spine, front cover slightly smudges. Decorative endpapers. Color frontispiece. Frances Little (November 22, 1863 - January 6, 1941) was the pseudonym of American author Fannie Caldwell. Her first book The Lady of the Decoration was published in New York City in 1906 and would be her most successful work. Set between 1901 and 1905, it is written as the diary as a young missionary kindergarten teacher in Hiroshima, Japan who will travel to Vladivostock, Russia as a consequence of the Russo-Japanese War. At the dawn of the 20th Century, most Americans knew very little of Japan, and Little's novel presented a view of Japanese life that captured the imagination of the reading public, who made it the No.1 bestselling novels in the United States for 1907. According to the dedication in "Little Sister Snow", Little was the aunt of the author Alice Hegan Rice. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.…