Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese
by Brinkley, Captain F., editor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and Tokyo: J. B. Millet, 1904. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Five volumes in blue boards with gilt titles and decorations to spines, 9.5" x 6/5" (24x16.5 cm). 262, 248, 257, 251, and 281 pages. Extensively illustrated with tissue protected black and white photographic plates. One colour frontispiece in each volume. Scattered browning, mostly to the margins of the tissue sheets and thus transferred to the margins of some plates. Fading to colour frontispieces. Some small flaws to page edges due to incompetent cutting of pages when book was first opened. Small tear to front interior hinge of volume 3. A few small stains and flaws to boards. Otherwise fine. Extra shipping charges will apply for this five volume set. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB] (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003631
- Title
- Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese
- Author
- Brinkley, Captain F., editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- J. B. Millet
- Place of Publication
- Boston and Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Japan
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. 5% GST applies to all orders shipped within Canada.
About the Seller
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Biblio member since 2015
Kingston, Ontario
About Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]
Alan Foljambe, Bookseller specializes in illustrated books from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Particular interests include natural history, French Modernism, Japanese craft and aesthetics, early anatomy books, fine press and bindings.
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- 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...
- Fine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...