JAPAN
by DICKSON, WALTER:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh 1869. first edition, ex lib with library stamps to ep's & verso of title page, library pkt to rear, gilt stamp to front cover & number to spine, green cloth with half leather & gilt title label to spine, vi 489pp, col illus frontispiece, G( sl cocked, front & rear boards partially seperated from spine, corner sl bruised & scuffed, edges bumped & sl worn, spine sl worn with v sl chipped head & foot, boards rubbed & soiled, hinges internally repaired with library tape, ep's sl soiled with v sl foxing, ink marking to title page, text generally clean & bright with v sl soiling to first few pages)
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- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- JAPAN
- Author
- DICKSON, WALTER:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh 1869
- Keywords
- history japan walter dickson nobu nanga government taikosama iyeyas shiogoon daimios
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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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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