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The Secret Diary of Lady Takayama
by Valla, Alene
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Kyoto: Naigai. Fine with no dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative silver boards with pictorial onlay. Inscribed/signed to the title page by Valla. Trace wear to board edges else tight and square. Tipped in illustrations. With original glassine DJ that is split along gutter. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 49 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32962
- Title
- The Secret Diary of Lady Takayama
- Author
- Valla, Alene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Naigai
- Place of Publication
- Kyoto
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
curtis paul books inc.
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Northridge, California
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- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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