Miner, Earl

Naming Properties : Nominal Reference in Travel Writings by Basho and Sora, Johnson and Bowell; First edition, first printing

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. Faint smudges on foredge of textblock. 318 p. w/ illustrations, bibliography, index. An unusual work, comparing 4 works, two Japanese and two british travel narratives. Each pair of authors wrote about the same trip they took together, and Miner uses this to examine naming in literary works. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Item #12398

Price: $30.00