University of California Press 1993. Super octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 305pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, pgs 1-9/10 plus prelims loose or detached-but present- with some tape reinforcement to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 285927
Title: Japan's Orient: Rendering Pasts into History
Author: TANAKA, STEFAN
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press 1993
Keywords: China Japan historiography history teaching study oriental culture Asia

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Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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....