princess chichibu (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Condizione: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This is the story of a Japanese Princesss and is the first autobiography by a member of the Japanese Imperial family to be published in English. Her name was Setsuko, Princess Chichibu, who was born in England in 1909, the daughter of the Japanese Ambassador who was later transferred to Washington. At the age of 18, she was unexpectedly "urged" to marry Prince Chichibu, younger brother of Emperor Hirohito. She accepted with reluctance, they were married within the year and she was "reborn" into the isolated and archaic life of the Japanese Imperial Court. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a remarkable "fairy" story and the Prince and princess became an adoring couple, only to be parted by the premature death of the Prince in 1953. Sadly, too, their story was set in the wrong epoch. Both self-declared Anglophiles, maintaining close links with the United States, when Japan entered the Second World War they had to endure the appalling nightmare of their mother country having declared war on their adopted countries. In the post-war years, now widowed, the Princess made numerous trips to Europe in an attempt to rebuild old friendships. She was greatly loved and admired. This autobiography, written when the Princess was already over 80 years of age, is full of nostalgia and detail yet as she herself notes, ".there were some things I could not bring myself to recount". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. xxvii 210p hardback, grey cloth with violet jacket, very good condition, jacket partly sunned, binding tight, pages clean and bright like new; this copy includes a compliments slip from the book's translator Language: English.

Original publisher's gray paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: frontispiece, xxviij, 210pp., illustrations, acknowledgements, chronology, glossary, poems, index. Very fine copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2ND IMP 1996. LIGHT DJ SHELF WEAR, LIGHT FOXING ON PAGE SIDES, OTHERWISE GOOD. 600 GRAMS.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. HARDBACK IN JACKET. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref b778. The Silver Drum: A Japanese Imperial Memoir. ISBN: 1860340040.

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 1860340040. Contains [xxvii] 210 printed pages of text. Small crease line to the Glossary page, without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. JAPAN (History & Culture).

Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!