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Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn [The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn Large-Paper Edition, vol. 12 -- no. 238 of 750 copies]
by Hearn, Lafcadio
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good +. [10], 476, [2] p., color frontispiece and 6 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, all with captioned tissue guards: in-text drawings; 23 cm. Orange-brown cloth spine with dark brown paper over boards; dark brown paper spine label printed in gilt. Color plates are within decorative borders. The black-and-white plates are from photographs by Burton Holmes. Title page printed in red and black. From a limited edition of 750 copies this is vol. 12 from the 16-volume set numbered 238. Pages are unopened. Scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is rubbed; pages are clean and tight.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- 010479
- Title
- Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn [The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn Large-Paper Edition, vol. 12 -- no. 238 of 750 copies]
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1922
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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