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1976Q-014050172XPuffin Books 1976-09-30. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin Books paperback
1976Q-0812422201San Val 1976-09-01. Library Binding. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! San Val unknown
194767705New York: Henry Holt and Company 1947. Bilingual edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. 276pp. Octavo 21 cm Gray cloth over boards. With gentle bruising to the spine ends. In a price-clipped dust jacket with a loss from the paper at the head of the spine measuring 3 inches deep by 1 inch wide. The jacket also has a small piece of tape backing tears to the foot of the spine. Text in English and Japanese. A Japanese graphic novel from the 1940s. The second volume of the remarkable story begun in "The New Sun." The second book by Taro Yashima and an autobiographical book telling in pictures more than words the story of a young Japanese resistance painter and his family. Scarce early Japanese graphic novel. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1967Az0081Viking Press. The dust jacket is in a Brodart protective cover. The copyright page states First Published by the Viking Press Inc. 1967 with no other dates or editons listed. Yashima signed this book simply as "with best wishes- Author Taro Yashima followed by Japanese characters and his personal stamp which is in red on the half-title page. Also on the half-title page Yashima has included a color drawing of a fisherman in his artistic style of this book's illustrations and it is dated Aug. 1970 or 1973. On the blank page facing the half-title page the author has written: To Grace Joyce & Margaret. The dust jacket is not price clipped but does have numerous nicks along its edges. Additionally the dust jacket has a piece missing at the top edge of the spine of approximately .75" x .50" and at the bottom edge a piece is missing of about the same size. Pages are clean bright and tigh. Urashima the fisherman. Unpaginated. The inside front flap is clipped diagonally at the bottom right but none of the introduction is missing. The front and back covers of the book each have an illustration done in blue by Yashima. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1967. Viking Press hardcover
1968042528New York: The Viking Press 1968. Clean bright crisp and tight. Inscribed and signed by Yashima with a watercolor sketch. The dustjacket does not appear to be the original as it appears to have ghost marks from library labels.Also has a small tear at the head of the spine which is hardly visible in new protective jacket. Signed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Children's. The Viking Press Hardcover
196774711New York: Viking Press 1967. First edition. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Color illustrations after Yashima. Publisher's cream cloth with blue spine lettering and a blue kanji on the front patterned endpapers. Upper tips a bit bumped and a small transparent stain to part of upper front board. A very good copy with a fine original drawing.Tato Yashima inscribed the half title in 1967 and next to it is a color drawing of a village fisherman with his Yashima's red seal on the bottom. A lovely original drawing by Yashima. Viking Press hardcover
1967Q-0670627100Viking Books for Young Readers 1967-09-28. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Viking Books for Young Readers hardcover
1967SONG0670627100Brand: Viking Juvenile 1967-09-28. First ed. hardcover. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Viking Juvenile hardcover
1943047926Henry Holt and Company 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. CLEAN very good 1943 hardcover with fair dust jacket. Prior owner's book label. two inch missing on d.j. spine. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1943617234New York: Henry Holt 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Profusely illustrated by the author. 310pp. Light foxing on flyleaves and topedge very good in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears and heavy foxing. The painter and cartoonist's autobiographical picture book about life in pre-war statist Shwa Japan including details of the inhumane treatment that he and his wife underwent for participation in anti-militarist groups. Henry Holt hardcover
195335448New 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. <br /> 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
1966039881Viking Press 1966. Hardcover. Fine. INSCRIBED with two color drawings. CLEAN Fine 1966 hard cover with Fine dust jacket. Viking Press hardcover
196738405New York NY: The Viking Press. VG. 1967. 7th Printing. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. . Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 30 pages. Inscribed and dated by author with drawing. Previous owners name stamp on front endpaper. . Quick Shipping All Books Mailed in Boxes Free Tracking Provided . The Viking Press hardcover
195988213New York: The Viking Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fifth printing 1964 of first edition. SIGNED dated and inscribed by the author "to E- A- With best wishes 1965 author Taro Yashima. " Next to that is another message "My first signature on a book. Thomo Yashima. " The author's wife was named Thomoe. Book is As New crisp and clean with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright with a few spots lined up in a vertical row near the spine. Illustrated with bold colorful art. A Caldecott Honor book. Oblong 8vo. 33 pp. Illustrated endpapers. In protective Mylar. . The Viking Press hardcover
1977Q-0140502408Puffin Books 1977-08-25. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin Books paperback
1962H13697<p>New York: Viking Press 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. 33p. Signed and hanko stamped by author with color illustration on verso of front endpaper. Small tear at front gutter with front and back pastedown wrinkled from a manufacturing error jacket neatly covered with clear plastic covering which probably explains the preservation of the jacket. Story of a young boy overcoming his shyness and making a friend by Caldecott Honors winner. Color watercolor illustrations. 8-1/4"x9-1/2" <br /><br /></p> Viking Press hardcover
196228529New 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.<br /> 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
195331252New York: Viking Press 1953. 1st ed. Hardcover. Yashima Taro. 1st ptg. oblong 4to picture book full cinnamon cloth stamped in black. Slight wear to tips partially erased child's name on title page else near fine in chipped edgeworn and price-clipped but surpringly presentable dj. Viking Press hardcover
19681813543Viking. Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1968. Hard Cover. C307 . Viking hardcover
1977Q-0140502009Puffin Books 1977-02-24. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin Books paperback
196138057New York: The Viking Press 1961. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. 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 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. <br /> 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. The Viking Press unknown
1954445650New York: Viking Press 1954. Hardcover. 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. Viking Press hardcover
195412610New York: The Viking Press 1954. Near fine in very good minus dust jacket. 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 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.<br /> 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. The Viking Press unknown
195411074New 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.<br /> 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
19762111902156200420Kawade Shobo Shinsha 1976. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 287 pages Size: B6 size Kawade Shobo Shinsha paperback
