Chinese Ghost Stories
by Hearn, Lafcadio
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0804841373
- ISBN 13
- 9780804841375
- Seller
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Jelutong, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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About This Item
Tuttle Publishing, 2011. Paperback. Very Good. These stories were originally published in the late 19th century by an Anglo/Irish/Greek/American who was fed up with the restrictions of Western literature which he felt needed to be shaken up by an infusion of what the East had to offer. He pledged himself to worship "The Odd, The Queer, The Strange, the Exotic, the Monstrous." These six stories testify to the success of his quest. 96 pages including a foreword on this extraordinary man by Virginia Cass, Notes and a Glossary. Very Good Paperback Reprint Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The text block has medium tanning. The binding is tight and there is mild tanning throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CN92
- Title
- Chinese Ghost Stories
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0804841373
- ISBN 13
- 9780804841375
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- China - Ghost Stories - The Supernatural - Lafcadio Hearn
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.