Tales of Asia
by Gobineau, Count
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first British edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with two small chips at corners. Nonpolitical stories by a diplomat and traveler whose racial philosophy of Aryan superiority was embraced by the Germans decades after his death. 12mo. 295 pp. In protective Mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Warwick Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95651
- Title
- Tales of Asia
- Author
- Gobineau, Count
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Orientalism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Collections;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Warwick Books
Biblio member since 2004
South Pasadena, California
About Warwick Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.