John Weatherhill 1982. Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to purple cloth spine, illus title page, 115pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising/rubbing & foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl creasing & chafing to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (top corners of flaps lightly clipped, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to flaps & spine)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 323030
Title: The Japanese Tattoo
Author: RICHIE, DONALD (Text) & BURUMA, IAN (Photos)
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Weatherhill 1982
Keywords: body art tattoos Japan Japanese tattooists culture

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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...
Flap(s): The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
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...