1994rif. DADAX3484101172De Gruyter 1994-04-28. Abdruck d. Erstausg. d. 1. Tls v. 1672. hardcover. New. 5.00x0.81x8.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. De Gruyter hardcover
2002rif. DADAX0021811075Macmillian McGraw Hill 2002-01-01. paperback. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Macmillian McGraw Hill paperback
2007rif. DADAX1597110434Aperture 2007-09-01. Illustrated. hardcover. New. 9.82x0.89x11.13. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Aperture hardcover
2001rif. DADAX1929132042Brand: Kane/Miller Book Pub 2001-04-01. hardcover. New. 8.25x0.50x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Kane/Miller Book Pub hardcover
1995rif. DADAX0811810224Chronicle Books 1995-03-01. illustrated edition. paperback. New. 1.00x1.00x1.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Chronicle Books paperback
2003rif. DADAX0740714465Andrews McMeel Publishing 2003-05-03. Miniature. hardcover. New. 3.40x1.40x3.90. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Andrews McMeel Publishing hardcover
2006rif. DADAX0811852504Chronicle Books 2006-05-04. ACT CLR. paperback. New. 8.75x1.33x11.63. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Chronicle Books paperback
2007rif. SONG9681682769Brand: Fondo de Cultura Econ 2007-08-03. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good. 2.00x12.00x5.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Fondo de Cultura Econ paperback
2009rif. DD277Steidl/ICP 2009-10-31. 2nd. paperback. Very Good. 10x0x11. Second edition. Paperback. Clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Minimal wear. Nice copy in very good condition. Steidl/ICP paperback
rif. 2894299427-11-1Ovale Publications Inc. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Ovale Publications Inc unknown
rif. REDRPZQBM9L6Chronicle Books. paperback. New. in x in x in. Chronicle Books paperback
2024rif. SKU1745470Square Enix Books 2024-03-19. hardcover. New. 5x1x8. New Book Ships with Tracking Square Enix Books hardcover
rif. ANAIS-193799452XRace Point Publishing. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Race Point Publishing hardcover
1983rif. G0528824627I5N00Checkerboard Pr 1983. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Checkerboard Pr hardcover
2021rif. 206954Oxford University Press 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/New. 9x1x6. Publisher's hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square strong joints sharp corners no bumps. Complete with original dustjacket: sharp and bright no tears no chips. Contents crisp tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks unread. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition. Oxford University Press hardcover
rif. 116087ABPhiladelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company; 1912. 23 cm. 392 S. s/w. Tafeln. Goldgeprägtes Oln. - Kopfgoldschnitt. Kanten und Einband berieben und bestossen. Papierrand und Bögen unbeschnitten. 1912 unknown
1994rif. 1-0060170395HarperCollins 1994. Hardcover. New. 10.00x6.75x1.25 inches. HarperCollins hardcover
2013rif. 1-0062187929HarperCollins 2013. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.05 inches. HarperCollins hardcover
1962rif. 28529New York: Viking Press 1962. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Scarce first edition of the story of how Yashima's daughter Momo makes friends with a painfully shy little boy with an original watercolor by the artist. Taro Yashima real name Jun Iwamatsu was an antifascist activist in addition to an artist; he met his wife Mitsu 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. Yashima began writing children's books for Momo the couple's American-born daughter. While these were originally recollections life as a child in Japan as Momo grew he began writing stories about her American childhood. The shy child in YOUNGEST ONE recalls the main character of Yashima's earlier Caldecott Honor title CROW BOY usually interpreted as being on the Autism spectrum. 8.25'' x 9.25''. Original orange publisher's cloth binding with black stamped titles and designs. Original color pictorial dust jacket unclipped $2.75. Color pictorial endpapers of a child's doodle. Illustrated in color throughout. 33 pages. Original watercolor of two birds soaring over a nest with a speckled egg inside signed and stamped by Yashima and dated 1964. Very mild scuffing and light edgewear to dust jacket; several tiny closed tears to edges two closed with tape to verso. Spine ends of book lightly bumped tiy tape-closed tear to lover margin of page 19/20. A sharp vibrant copy. Viking Press unknown
1953rif. 35448New York: The Viking Press 1953. First edition. Near fine in like jacket. First edition of Taro Yashima's first children's book about long summer days spent playing in and around a large tree inscribed by the author/artist to radio personality Lowell Blanchard. Taro Yashima real name Jun Iwamatsu was an antifascist activist in addition to an artist; he met his wife Mitsu 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. THE VILLAGE TREE was Yashima's first children's book. After the war he developed a stomach ulcer which kept him home for long periods; he began to tell his American-born daughter Momo about life when he was a child in a rural village in Japan and these stories grew into several publications. THE VILLAGE TREE presents a hazy and nostalgic snapshot of the simplicity of childhood when the priorities of the day included catching bugs and swimming. 10'' x 7.75''. Original brown publisher's cloth binding with orange stamped titles and design. Original color pictorial dust jacket unclipped $2.50. Color pictorial endpapers of a bird in flight. Illustrated in color throughout. 34 pages. Inscribed and stamped on half-title page by Taro Yashima to Lowell Blanchard dated "Nov. 25 1956." Mild edgewear to dust jacket with two tiny closed tears to rear; shallow creases to joints. Mild sunning to edges of binding. A sharp vibrant copy. The Viking Press unknown
1954rif. 11074New York: The Viking Press 1954. Near fine in good plus dust jacket. 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. The Viking Press unknown
1963rif. 38048New York: The Viking Press 1963. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Inscribed later printing with an original watercolor by Yashima this illustrated collection of Korean folk tales "changed elaborated and combined" these stories for an American audience. This book of retellings of Korean folk tales was in part an effort to familiarize America with their Korean allies as the fight against Communism wore on in the Cold War. Newbery Medal-winning author Jewett was primarily known for her interpretations of Arthurian tales and she turned her pen to the stories of the Korean people "with whom we have made common cause now for so long." Illustrator Yashima worked for the Office of War Information and later the Office of Strategic Services during World War II producing anti-military propaganda to be dropped over Japan. This work occupies the intersection of his children's books and his political activism. 8'' x 5.25''. Original yellow publisher's cloth binding with orange stamped titles and designs. Original color pictorial dust jacket clipped. Head edge stained red. Pictorial endpapers of a Korean landscape. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. 160 pages. Large watercolor of a cat signed and stamped by Yashima to dedication page dated 1964. Light edgewear and minor soil spine mildly sunned; tape repairs to spine ends on verso. Binding spine ends mildly bumped. Sharp and clean. The Viking Press unknown
2001rif. __4623033236unknown 2001. Tankobon Hardcover. New. Japanese language. 8.27x5.83x0.79 inches. unknown hardcover
2014rif. __4759815767Kagakudojin. 2014. Tankobon Hardcover. New. Japanese language. 7.48x5.43x1.57 inches. Kagakudojin. hardcover
2015rif. __4623072126Mineruvashobo. 2015. Tankobon Hardcover. New. Japanese language. 8.82x6.61x2.44 inches. Mineruvashobo. hardcover
