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Myths & Legends of Japan
by F. Hadland Davis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$694.15A$624.74
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1913. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Evelyn Paul. A second edition copy of this colourfully illustrated collection of Japanese myths and legends. The second edition of this work in a decorative cloth binding with pictorial gilt to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Prize bookplate to the front paste down, dated 1917. Illustrated with colour frontispiece and thirty-one coloured plates by Evelyn Paul, a British artist best known for her book illustration, who was influenced by the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Collated, complete. An exploration of myths and legends from Japanese history, with chapters including: Buddha Legends, Fox Legends, Legend in Japanese Art, Flowers and Gardens, Mirrors, Festivals, and much more. Written by Frederick Hadland Davies, a British author and historian. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with a little fading to the spine and shelf wear to the joints and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting and offsetting to the paste downs and end papers. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 888M5
- Title
- Myths & Legends of Japan
- Author
- F. Hadland Davis
- Illustrator
- Evelyn Paul
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Japan Mythology Legends Mythology
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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
- 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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