Shanks' Mare: Being a translation of the Tokaido volumes of Hizakurige, Japan's great comic novel of travel & ribaldry
by Jippensha, Ikku, Satchell, Thomas (translator)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Evanston, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Charles E. Tuttle, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Hiroshige Ando. A translation of a notable Japanese comic novel from the turn of the 19th century. Laid in are multiple little (roughly 3x4in) reproductions of woodblock prints by Hiroshige Ando. Jacket is fair-- price clipped, with tears and chipping primarily around the spine. The book, for its age, is actually VG -- pages somewhat yellowed, and a touch of staining to the bottom of the foredge, not affecting the text. In protective mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003818
- Title
- Shanks' Mare: Being a translation of the Tokaido volumes of Hizakurige, Japan's great comic novel of travel & ribaldry
- Author
- Jippensha, Ikku, Satchell, Thomas (translator)
- Illustrator
- Hiroshige Ando
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles E. Tuttle
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 414
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"- 9&fr
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; Interesting & Odd;
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About the Seller
Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books
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Glossary
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....