THE VILLAGE TREE
by Yashima, Taro
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in like jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35448
- Title
- THE VILLAGE TREE
- Author
- Yashima, Taro
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in like jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- 20th century,Japan,Picture Book,Asian American
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