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From Faraway Fuji
by Williams, Florence
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Williams, Florence. No date or edition stated but 'From Far-Away Fuji' was first published in 1934. There is a Sunday School presentation inscription dated 1941 to ffep, along with a small bookseller's label to pastedown. Orange cloth with titling and decoration in black to spine and upper board. Boards grubby, corners and spine tips pushed. Hinge cracked at rear and webbing exposed but text block firm and holding well. Contents clean without annotations, foxing or other markings. 224 pp; b/w frontis and other b/w plates and illustrations in text. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The children's story opens in Tokyo where an old Japanese lady is saying goodbye to her granddaughters, Teruko and Katsuko, who are about to leave for England with their governess Miss Dacres. A scarce children's title. Orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003920
- Title
- From Faraway Fuji
- Author
- Williams, Florence
- Illustrator
- Williams, Florence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Children's; Fiction; Travel & Exploration; 1930s Novels; Children's Novel set in Japan; Teruko; Katsuko; Miss Dacres
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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