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Japan CLEVELAND It's better with Your Shoes off
Category / section : Travel and regions
- 1955
- 96 p.
- Cloth
- Illustrated
55€
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CLEVELAND, ANNE (MRS. A. R. WHITE) - It's better with Your Shoes off. Rutland-Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle, 1955. Small oblong 8°, original cloth-backed illustrated boards. 96 pp. of text accompanied by the author's numerous monochrome cartoons, illustrated. Chronicles the experiences of a US couple and their son during a semi-permanent stay in Japan, navigating formal and traditional Japanese etiquette, manners,…
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- 1955
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- 96 p.
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrations
- Illustrated
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CLEVELAND, ANNE (MRS. A. R. WHITE) - It's better with Your Shoes off. Rutland-Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle, 1955. Small oblong 8°, original cloth-backed illustrated boards. 96 pp. of text accompanied by the author's numerous monochrome cartoons, illustrated. Chronicles the experiences of a US couple and their son during a semi-permanent stay in Japan, navigating formal and traditional Japanese etiquette, manners, and customs. A collection of high-quality cartoons with insightful commentaries on daily life in Japan during that era.
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CLEVELAND, ANNE (MRS.A.R. WHITE)
It's better with Your Shoes off
Rutland-Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle, 1955. Small oblong 8°, original clothbacked illustrated boards. 96 pp. of text to author's numerous monochrome cartoons, illustrated.
Experiences of a US couple and their son during a semi-permanent stay in Japan, struggling with formal and traditional japanese etiquette, manners and modes. A collection of top-drawer cartoons with revealing commentaries on what it's really like to live in Japan of those days.
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