Japanese Music And Drama In The Meiji Era -- 1956 FIRST EDITION

Toyotaka, Komiya (editor) and Donald Keene & Edward G. Seidensticker (translators)

Verlag: Obunsha, Tokyo, 1956

Beschreibung

1956 FIRST EDITION. Original textured white boards, black leather spine with gilt and silver lettering, marbled EPs. The book has some tanning to white covers, some scuffing to spine ends and edge of spine, old owner name stamp on short-title page and on bottom of text block otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket has loss at spine ends and corner tips, light crinkling lower front. From the collection of Lute Jerstad with his name stamp on the short-title page and on the bottom of the text block. Jerstad was the 12th or 13th person (roped with Barry Bishop) to climb to the summit of Mt Everest (assuming that neither Mallory or Irvine reached the top), being a summiting member of the 1963 American Everest Expedition, and the first to film on the top of Everest. He was also a university professor of Asian drama with specialization on the mountain cultures of Nepal, Tibet, India and Pakistan. He authored the book, Mani Rimdu, a treatise on the Sherpa dance drama celebrated annually in the Khumbu region near Mount Everest. He later created a trekking and outdoor adventure service, Lute Jerstad Adventure, offering guided trips in N America, the Himalaya, India and surrounding countries.The book measures 214mm tall x 152mm and has 535 + [2] pages, 1 color and 14 b/w photos, index. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004041

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Japanese Music And Drama In The Meiji Era --...

Verlag: Obunsha, Tokyo

Erscheinungsdatum: 1956

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Auflage: First Edition