Mitsu Yashima (30 results)
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Seller: Gulf Coast Books, Cypress, TX, U.S.A.Gulf Coast Books
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Paperback. Condition: Fair.
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Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.BooksRun
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Reprint. 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.
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Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.Once Upon A Time Books
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Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library o…r without dustjacket.
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Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.HPB Inc.
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Phoenix
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Reno
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by NY Bradbury, 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Elaine Woodford, Bookseller, durham, NC, U.S.A.Elaine Woodford, Bookseller
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition- 1ST PRT. FINE IN VERY GOOD+ DJ. Folklore about a farmer who digs up a huge imo (yam). Ed Young style pencil drawings BY Japanese artist MITSU YASHIMA. Illustrated by Yashima, Mitsu. 1st edition. Yashima, Mitsu (illustrator).
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (Japan, Juvenile Fiction) A reading only copy. Boards/spine/hinges may be broken, detached, or missing. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes/highlighting, be heavily stained, or detached. May be missing non-text pages (e.g.…end pages, half title, title, frontispiece.).
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. 4to; cloth in pictorial jacket with moderate wear and tanning. Very Good dust , in protective mylar wrap.
Language: English
Published by Viking, NY, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Elaine Woodford, Bookseller, durham, NC, U.S.A.Elaine Woodford, Bookseller
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No DJ. 1st Edition. Tara Yashima has won CALDECOTT HONOR 3x (CROW BOY, etc). In this simple, poignant tale, a young boy tells about all the things he watches every day after he leaves his village school. Outstanding art. 1st prt. Yellow cloth with bright design. Slight wear to edges, small prio…r owner's name on half-title page. Yashima, Taro & Mitsu (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by The Viking Press, 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.Callaghan Books South
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. Very large, thinner children's book, yellow cloth very slightly soiled with red circle design at top front, red lettering on spine very fine, variety of blue colors with homes illustrated inside covers and adjacent end papers, 39 pages, beautiful color-illustrations of daily life in a Japanese village thr…oughout, some full-page. Good.
- Hardcover
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Language: English
Published by Viking, New York, 1961
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Seller: Barbara Mader - Children's Books, University Place, WA, U.S.A.Barbara Mader - Children's Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Second printing. Yellow, illustrated cloth, oblong, 33 pp. This copy has been privately owned, in library binding, but never in a library. Text and illustrations are AS NEW--pages are bright, crisp, very fresh. Jacket is has a bit of dust and mild wea…r to caps and corner, small piece out at top spine, a tear at top front panel, but bright and crisp. Trade price has been clipped at top flap; library price intact at bottom flap. Difficult to find in this kind of condition. Lovely color quality; really nice. Yashima, Taro (illustrator). Not Signed.
- Softcover
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.GoldBooks
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Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
- Softcover
Seller: YESIBOOKSTORE, MIAMI, FL, U.S.A.YESIBOOKSTORE
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paperback. Condition: As New.
Published by The Viking Press
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by Viking Press, New York,, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquariat J. Hünteler, Hamburg, GermanyAntiquariat J. Hünteler
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketGr.-8°, Leinen mit Umschlag-O. Condition: Gut. 39 S., Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen, sauberes Exemplar. 204736_Kinderb. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
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Language: English
Published by Viking, New York, 1961
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- First Edition
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Seller: Barbara Mader - Children's Books, University Place, WA, U.S.A.Barbara Mader - Children's Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Present. First Edition. Beautiful first printing copy of this beloved book, signed by Taro Yashima, also adding his special ink imprint. He also painted a girl doll and a cat doll in watercolors near his signature; this measures 4.5x4 inches. Light green cloth boa…rds with blue ink illustration of cat collar with a bell; blue lettering to spine. Bright and lovely illustrated endpapers. Very clean and crisp copy; no writing or marks (apart from Yashima's). Just a touch of rubbing to tips, else a FINE copy. Gorgeous color quality! Scarce in such lovely condition. Not inscribed to anyone. No dust jacket. Please see photos. Yashima, Taro (illustrator). Signed, with Original Watercol.
Published by Viking, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United KingdomHunter Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. US hardback first impression from 1961. Near fine with previous owner bookplate to front pastedown, in near fine unclipped jacket.
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Published by Viking Press, 1954
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Seller: Picture Book Cottage, Ardmore, PA, U.S.A.Picture Book Cottage
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Seventh Printing. Yellow cloth -- LIKE NEW. Crisp, clean, FINE un-clipped ($5.95) jacket. Taro Yashima's second picture book about his childhood and illustrated by his wife, recreates the heart of Japan. An exceptional copy. Yashima, Taro (illustrator).
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Published by Viking Press, 1958
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Seller: Picture Book Cottage, Ardmore, PA, U.S.A.Picture Book Cottage
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: VG. Ninth Printing -- Inscribed, Signed and dated (1972) by author on front end paper reverse with two sketches -- see images. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down end paper, else a Fine copy in price-clipped jacket with barely visable small tear. A Caldecott Honor book.
Published by Viking Press, New York, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Thin quarto. Two small abrasions at the bottom of the boards, near fine in attractive very good or better dustwrapper with a few small chips and tears. A handsome copy.
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Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1961
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- First Edition
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. dj. First Edition. First edition of this scarce Yashima title, in which their daughter Momo brings home a stray cat. Taro and his wife Mitsu, real names Jun Iwamatsu and Tomoe Sasako, were antifascist activists in addition to artists; they met in the Japanese Proletarian Artists' League. After being arreste…d and tortured by the Japanese government for their activism, they fled to America; they took on their pseudonyms when they were hired by the Office of War Information, and later the Office of Strategic Services, to protect their family still living in Japan. They produced anti-military propaganda for Japanese consumption in various forms throughout World War II, including illustrating handbills for dropping over battlefields. The Yashimas began writing children's books for Momo, their American-born daughter. While these were originally recollections life as a child in Japan, as Momo grew, they began writing stories about her American childhood. They capture a snapshot of the life of a midcentury Asian American family. 8'' x 9.25''. Original green publisher's cloth binding with blue stamped titles and design. Original color pictorial dust jacket, unclipped ($2.50). Color pictorial endpapers of leaves and flowers. Illustrated in color throughout. 33 pages. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, with light soil. Small scuff to extreme edge of front board, spine ends mildly bumped. Vibrant and sharp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.
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Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1954
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. dj. Early edition of the charming tale of a walk home from school through a lively Japanese village, inscribed and with a stunning original watercolor by Yashima. Taro and his wife Mitsu, real names Jun Iwamatsu and Tomoe Sasako, were antifascist activists in addition to artists; they met in the Japanese Pr…oletarian Artists' League. After being arrested and tortured by the Japanese government for their activism, they fled to America; they took on their pseudonyms when they were hired by the Office of War Information, and later the Office of Strategic Services, to protect their family still living in Japan. They produced anti-military propaganda for Japanese consumption in various forms throughout World War II, including illustrating handbills for dropping over battlefields. After the war, Taro and Mitsu wrote PLENTY TO WATCH and their other children's books to tell their American-born daughter Momo about life in Japan before the war. Based on Taro's childhood in a small village, this story brings to life all of the active workshops and craftspeople of early 20th century Japan. 10'' x 7.5''. Original yellow publisher's cloth binding with red stamped titles and designs. Original color pictorial dust jacket, unclipped ($2.75). Pictorial front endpapers with scenes of the Japanese summer. Illustrated in color throughout. 39 pages. Original watercolor artwork to verso of front flyleaf by Taro Yashima of a bird in flight over a nest of eggs, inscribed, stamped, and dated "Dec. 16, 1959."Some rubbing and chipping to extremities of dust jacket, with 1" of loss to top and bottom of spine. Corners and spine ends of binding very lightly bumped, with light toning to top edge. A sound and vibrant copy. Near fine in very good minus dust jacket. Signed.
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Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1954
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- First Edition
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. dj. First Edition. Inscribed first edition of the charming tale of a walk home from school through a lively Japanese village, with an original watercolor by Yashima. Taro and his wife Mitsu, real names Jun Iwamatsu and Tomoe Sasako, were antifascist activists in addition to artists; they met in the Japanese… Proletarian Artists' League. After being arrested and tortured by the Japanese government for their activism, they fled to America; they took on their pseudonyms when they were hired by the Office of War Information, and later the Office of Strategic Services, to protect their family still living in Japan. They produced anti-military propaganda for Japanese consumption in various forms throughout World War II, including illustrating handbills for dropping over battlefields. After the war, Taro and Mitsu wrote PLENTY TO WATCH and their other children's books to tell their American-born daughter Momo about life in Japan before the war. Based on Taro's childhood in a small village, this story brings to life all of the active workshops and craftspeople of early 20th century Japan. 10'' x 7.5''. Original yellow publisher's cloth binding with red stamped titles and designs. Original color pictorial dust jacket, awkwardly price-clipped. Pictorial front endpapers with scenes of the Japanese summer. Illustrated in color throughout. 39 pages. Original watercolor artwork to verso of front flyleaf by Taro Yashima of a flowering branch and kanji, signed, stamped, and dated "Dec. 2, 1957." Dust jacket with chipping and wear to extremities; long tear to spine, repaired with tape on verso. Corners and spine ends of binding very lightly bumped, boards mildly bowed. A sound and vibrant copy. Near fine in good plus dust jacket. Signed.
