Asami Library. A Descriptive Catalogue.
by FANG, CHAOYING
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0520015215
- ISBN 13
- 9780520015210
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About This Item
Berkeley.: University of California Press.. 1969.. x + 424pp, index, hardback, price-clipped dustjacket little soiled, spine little sunned, short closed tear to dustjacket, now protected, top edge little foxed, internally clean, a good copy overall. Edited by Elizabeth Huff. "Unique in the Western world, the Asami Library of Korean literature (now part of the East Asiatic Library of the University of California, Berkeley) was named for Asami Rintaro, the Japanese scholar who assembled it while serving as Judge of the Resident General's Court in Seoul during the first two decades of this century. The collection includes approximately one thousand titles written or printed in almost four thousand volumes between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries. Most of the works are in Chinese, which throughout the period was the literary language of Korea, and some are editions of classic Chinese works." Publisher's description. .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129607
- Title
- Asami Library. A Descriptive Catalogue.
- Author
- FANG, CHAOYING
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0520015215
- ISBN 13
- 9780520015210
- Publisher
- University of California Press.
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley.
- Date Published
- 1969.
- Keywords
- Catalogue, China, East Asia, Fiction, Korea, Literature, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...