London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. Black cloth on boards with gilt titles; light touches of soiling to some of the boards top margins. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping and light rubbing. Edges: moderate foxing and light soiling. Eps: very faint and few only foxing. Frontis: b/w photo of A.G. Allbury. Clean content. Binding is VG albeit only slightly cocked. 192p Dj: moderate soiling and wear. Spine: head & foot with wear, thin sections missing, small tears and chips. 2 x 1 cm open secion missing at head of spine on frontside top-edge. Flaps spines: head & foot with wear, and chips; front flap spines with 2.5 open split to head & foot. Couple of tiny splits to top & bottom edges.. First Edition. HB. VG/VG. Illus. by Douglas Self, Illustrations; Ronald Searle, Jacket Design.

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Bookseller: BOOKMARK Ltd (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 038446
Title: Bamboo and Bushido
Author: Allbury, A.G
Illustrator: Douglas Self, Illustrations; Ronald Searle, Jacket Design
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG
Jacket Condition: VG
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Robert Hale Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1955
Bookseller catalogs: Military > Land;

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Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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....
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.