Church of World Messianity / Light from the East Biography of Mokichi Okada 1st

Description: The Light from the East: A Biography of Mokichi Okada, Founder of World Messianity Author: Church of World Messianity Title: The Light from the East: A Biography of Mokichi Okada, Founder of World Messianity Publication: Los Angeles, Calif: Church of World Messianity, nd [1955?] Edition: First Appearance of any Mokichi Okada Biography Description: First Appearance of any Mokichi Okada Biography. Wraps. 47 pages ; 28 cm. Staplebound goldenrod colored wrappers, finished with black cloth tape to spine. Book Condition: Near Fine with a few small splashes to covers and title page and a nic to rear cover. Mechanical copy of the original typescript, two paragraphs corrected with cut out replacement paragraphs tipped in directly over. The replacement paragraphs are mechanical copies also. No author or date given, Worldcat shows the earliest example of this title with Sekai Ky seiky given as author; our copy makes no reference to Ky seiky or any other author which suggests that it may precede these recorded copies. Our copy matches the number of pages and the measurements of Worldcat's listing of the first appearance of this title. Though this copy and the copies on Worldcat are undated 1955 is logically infered as most likely date of publication by Worldcat and ourselves; 1955 corresponds to the year of Mokichi Okada's death (February, 1955) and that is the seminal event which ends the narrative. The assumption of 1955 publication date follows the logic that the church would be motivated to have an initial draft of a biography of the central and most revered figure of it's founding in print as soon as possible following the institutional crisis that his death must have occassioned for the church. Subsequent editions are all of greater length giving greater weight to this conclusion. Worldcat shows just two institutional holdings for this edition. We find no other offerings by the trade of this title at this time (July, 2015) nor can we find any auction records of it ever coming up for auction. Rare. Near Fine. Seller ID: 003464 Subject: Biography/MemoirDubois Rare Books Items are 100% guaranteed. You may return for any reason by simply notifying us within 30 days of receiving item (subject to some very reasonable fine print below).* To put it another way: If you are not 100% pleased with your purchase you have the guaranteed right to return to us for refund of all costs, including shipping both ways. *Please notify us of your intentions within 30 days of receipt of item so we can help coordinate the return. You may return for any reason, with no quibbling. We must insist however that returned items are in the same condition as sent out, also, we refund basic shipping option costs only (in the off chance you've chosen an expedited shipping option when ordering we'll cover what the basic shipping option would have cost). We pride ourselves on our careful packing for shipping! We're happy to combine shipping on multiple items. If for some reason shipping costs seem not to reflect this, please get in touch and we'll work out a fix. If necessary we'll do an instant Paypal refund if we can't get things to charge correctly at the outset. We don't aim to profit on shipping/handling costs. International buyers please contact us about shipping costs as calculated. We'll do whatever we can to quote you you the lowest shipping cost possible. International buyers please note that you will be liable for all shipping costs for returns including return post with tracking number and insurance. We value our international customers highly! International buyers please note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. Customs fees are normally charged by the shipping company or collected when you pick the item up. These fees are not additional shipping charges. We can't under value merchandise or mark the item as a gift on customs forms. Doing that is against U.S. and international laws. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 250 USD

Location: New York, New York

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