Routledge & Kegan Paul 1956. Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 80pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling/paper residue to boards, heavy crease to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & closed tearing to edges & spine with heavy loss & tidy archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 312770
Title: The Art of the Netsuke Carver
Author: MEINERTZHAGEN, FREDERICK
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1956
Keywords: Japan Japanese art small carvings netsuke history

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Closed Tearing: Closed tear indicates a torn page in which no material has been lost. A closed tear can be pressed back into place or sometimes...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...