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Published by Greenwood, 1968
Seller: Crestview Books, Westerville, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gently used vintage hardback. No jacket. Light wear. A little foxing to page blocks and light tilt to binding. First Greenwood printing. Text is clean, unmarked. (Shelf location: L1)Books are carefully sealed in waterproof mailers and then boxed to prevent damage during transit.
Published by International publishers
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. First edition. Significant wear to cover boards and spine. Staining to cover boards and spine. Corners bumped. Top of spine beginning to split. Minor staining to pages. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.
Published by New York: AMS Press, 1970, 1970
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Kobayashi, Takiji. The Cannery Boat and other Japanese short stories. New York: AMS Press, 1970, reprinted, 271pp., very good red cloth BUT the top and bottom edges of the pages are very slightly wavy to the touch, light foxing on top foredge. First published in 1933.
Published by International Publishers, New York, NY, 1933
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. 271 pages, 12mo. No DJ. Bound in original salmon color boards. Very Scarce. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers, light tanning along cover edges and heavy tanning along spine, light fraying at spine edges, some light smudges on covers, light tanning along page edges. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Very Good-minus condition.
Published by International publishers
First Edition
Condition: Fair. New York: International Publishers, 1933. 1st edition. 12mo. 271pp. Book Good. No dust jacket. (Japan, social life, customs, short stories) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by International publishers, 1933
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. International publishers January 1933 Binding: Hardcover 1933, CORNERS BUMPED, CROWN AND HEEL OF SPINE BUMPED, INTERIOR IS CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT. COVER SLIGHTLY SOILED. $NRP.
Published by International Publishers, E-179, 1933
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. International Publishers, New York, 1933. 270 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in salmon colored cloth boards with yellow titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Small chip present to the top edge of the half-title page. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The title story is often compared with the muckraking of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," and its author was tortured to death by the Japanese police. In 1933, The Cannery Boat and other Japanese short stories was published by the International Publishers in New York. The anonymous translator was William Maxwell "Max" Bickerton. Takiji Kobayashi (Kobayashi Takiji, October 13, 1903 February 20, 1933) was a Japanese author of proletarian literature. He is best known for his short novel Kanikosen, or Crab Cannery Ship, a short novel published in 1929. It tells the story of cannery workers, fishermen and seamen' hard life on board a cannery ship and the beginning of their revolt against the company and its managers. The young writer died due to violent torture after arrest by the Tokko police two years later, at the age of 29. E-070; 271 pages.
Published by International Publishers, New York, 1933
Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. 270 pag Size: 4L6.
Published by International Publishers, New York, 1933
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Good in boards. Edgewear. A few small stains to page edges. Card pocket pasted to rear panel. Owner bookplate to front pastedown. FEP is torn out. Some wear to boards. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾".
Published by International Pubs., New York:, 1933
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. First Edition. orange cloth w/ yellow lettering; 271 pgs, 11 stories w/ proletarian theme: 3 by Kobayashi, 2 ea by S.Fugimori & S.Kishi; also D.Kuroshima, T.Kataoka, N.Tokunaga & F.Hayashi; Kobayashi was tortured to death (age 30) as a communist; dj has $1.50 on front flap, 12 titles listed at back. various translators. vg copy in vg(+) dust jacket; light, unobtrusive weave-spotting (pigment lift-off) to covers, near top & bottom edges; modest foxing to text block, but endpapers clear; dj has shallow flaking to spine ends w/ chip at heel; spine darkened w/ stain, but lettering legible; just faint friction-rub to part of title on front; still, a very presentable copy of a rare book, in any condition.