In Ghostly Japan [Hardcover] Hearn, Lafcadio
by Hearn, Lafcadio
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Very Good. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1899, First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 241 pages plus two pages publisher's ads. Illus. frontis of Mountain of Skulls, VG tissue guard. Very good decor. blue cloth, bright lettering, pictorial cover with light blue floral design on front and back covers, branches neatly wrapping around the spine, in no Djacket. Illus. ; edgewear, rounding at corners. Except for pencilled 1899 signature on front fly, front hinge showing slightly at half-title page. Complete, unmarked. Top edge gilt.
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- Bookseller
- Station North Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0606GD42VZD
- Title
- In Ghostly Japan [Hardcover] Hearn, Lafcadio
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Station North Books
20 days no-questions-asked returns. I'll pay postage if the book is not as described.
About the Seller
Station North Books
Biblio member since 2006
Baltimore, Maryland
About Station North Books
I grade conservatively, personally inspecting all the books and trying to describe their condition so you have no surprises. I aim to underpromise and overdeliver. My best feedback is the (more than) one that says, "Better than described!" I have been collecting books for years and sharing story and ideas as an English teacher since 1987. Ned at NedSparrow.com
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- VG
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