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Blossoms From a Japanese Garden, A Book of Child-Verses
by Mary Fenollosa
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Frederick Stokes, New York, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. MARY FENOLLOSA. Blossoms From a Japanese Garden, A Book of Child-Verses, New York: Stokes, 1913. Octavo, first edition, pp. 60 plus 20 color illustrations mounted on card stock, gray cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt lettering, black birds and a color print on front. English-language rhymes about the people of Japan, illustrated by unidentified Japanese artists. Condition of this book: Spine ends and fore corners rubbed, spine gilt dulled, small stain on free front endpaper, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; United States; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54253. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54253
- Title
- Blossoms From a Japanese Garden, A Book of Child-Verses
- Author
- Mary Fenollosa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Stokes
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Children; United States; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Mary Fenollosa Blossoms From a Japanese Garden, A Book of Child-Verses
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Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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- 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...
- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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