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Geisha: A Unique World of Tradition, Elegance and Art
by Gallagher, John
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1856486974
- ISBN 13
- 9781856486972
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About This Item
PRC Publishing / Sterling Publishing, 2003. Book. Illus. by Reynolds, Wayne. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean hardcover first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket (now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Glossy color-illustrated boards - no fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean. Beautifully illustrated in full color, with see-through vellum sections illustrating the stages of make-up and dress that form the geisha's traditional costume. A fascinating insight into a largely unknown world of tradition and ritual. 256 pages with Index and Glossary. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034190
- Title
- Geisha: A Unique World of Tradition, Elegance and Art
- Author
- Gallagher, John
- Illustrator
- Reynolds, Wayne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1856486974
- ISBN 13
- 9781856486972
- Publisher
- PRC Publishing / Sterling Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- GEISHA, JAPANESE TRADITION AND CULTURE, JOHN GALLAGHER, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women; Japan;
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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