JAPAN ITS HISTORY ARTS AND LITERATURE - VOLUME IV
by Brinkley, Captain F (ed) (Frank)
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- Hardcover
- first
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Glen Head, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston and Tokyo. 1902 first edition. J B Millet. Hardcover. octavo. Green cloth with circular gilt disc on front panel. Top edge gilt. 267p. Some bw and color plates with tissue guards. Limited edition 426/1000. Decorative end papers. VG, no owner marks, just light wear; backstrip slightly tanned. Faint water stain on inner corner of most pages; hinges not cracked. Original book, not modern copy. This volume is on Japanese Tokugawa Court, Criminal Procedure, Personal Liberty, Philosophy, etc. .
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- Xerxesbooks (US)
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- a101095
- Title
- JAPAN ITS HISTORY ARTS AND LITERATURE - VOLUME IV
- Author
- Brinkley, Captain F (ed) (Frank)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- japan culture history crime law philosophy
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...