The Jingle of a Jap
by Thurston, Clara Bell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: H.M. Caldwell, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Small quarto. Unpaginated. Uncut. Original Oriental-inspired fabric covered boards with paper label pasted on front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Decorative title-page. Exquisite story of a Japanese doll with unrequited love for a blonde, blue-eyed Caucasian doll. The Japanese doll finds happiness when it returns home to Japan to be with its own kind, rather than with in a land "where folks were so benighted" (unenlightened). This work is profusely illustrated throughout with numerous color drawings by the author. Minor age-wear on binding with spine slightly sunned. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Binding and interior in overall good+ to very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27854
- Title
- The Jingle of a Jap
- Author
- Thurston, Clara Bell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- H.M. Caldwell
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Japanese dolls in literature, American children literature in the early 20th century, Illustrated, First edition, Reference
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...