The Pilgrimage Two Volumes by Yone Noguchi (1909, Ppbk w/Folding Case)

Description: Two soft cover volumes bound in traditional sewn Japanese style. These 2 volumes are housed in a Dark Blue cloth Covered Folding Case with bone closures. Color woodblock frontispiece by Kitagawa Utamaro with tissue guard in Vol. I. First Edition, 1909. Published by Kelly & Walsh/The Valley Press, Japan. Yone Noguchi was the first Japanese-born writer to publish poetry in English; The Pilgrimage contained six haiku, a spare and direct form that inspired Ezra Pound and the Imagist movement. The poet was also the father of Isamu Noguchi, the internationally renowned sculptor and designer. As a young man, Noguchi moved to San Francisco where he soon met Joaquin Miller who welcomed and encouraged Noguchi and introduced him to other San Francisco Bay area bohemians, including Gelett Burgess (who published Noguchi's first verses in his magazine, The Lark). - wiki. These two Volumes and Case are in near fine condition. Ships Quickly and For FREE.

Price: 119.95 USD

Location: Tacoma, Washington

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Binding: Softcover, Wraps

Place of Publication: Japan

Signed: No

Publisher: The Valley Press/Kelly & Walsh, Ltd

Subject: Literature & Fiction

Original/Facsimile: Original

Year Printed: 1909

Unit Type: Unit

Language: English

Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Folding Case

Personalized: No

Author: Yone Noguchi

Region: Asia

Topic: Poetry

Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan

Unit Quantity: 2