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Ochikubo Monogatari or The Tale of the Lady Ochikubo a Tenth Century Japanese Novel
by Whitehouse, Wilfred; Yanagisawa, Eizo (translators)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, 1965. revised edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 12mo. One of the earliest monogatari of the Heian Era, notable for being a novel in the realist style, unusual for the period; former owner's name-stamp to front pastedown, mild offset to endpapers, top text block foxed, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, mild wear along spine, o.w. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22646
- Title
- Ochikubo Monogatari or The Tale of the Lady Ochikubo a Tenth Century Japanese Novel
- Author
- Whitehouse, Wilfred; Yanagisawa, Eizo (translators)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- revised edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hokuseido Press
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 287pp
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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