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Secondhand book for saleIvan Morris.
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: A Companion Volume.
Publisher: Oxford U.P., 1967.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Size: 146x222x26mm.
Page count: vi,326pp inc. 13 pages of monochrome illustrations, plus 3 foldout genealogies.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is slight grubby, with some wear to the edges and folds; top corner of the front free endpaper has been snipped off.
This item £45.00
P&P inc. within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)Weight without packaging: 698g.
Does not include the text of the Pillow Book itself. About two-thirds of the book consists of notes to accompany Morris's translation; the remainder contains ten appendices, a brief bibliography, and a glossary.
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