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An Official Guide to Eastern Asia Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia Vol. III North-Eastern Japan
by (The Imperial Japanese Government Railways)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: The Imperial Japanese Government Railways, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. Stout 12mo. Pp. ix, [1], 2-488. Color frontis. illustration with printed tissue guard. With 25 maps, many folding. Laden with black-and-white photos, both in text and dedicated plates. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Endpaper maps. Bound in cinnamon-colored cloth stamped with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Silk bookmark bound in. Very slight wear to covers, with endpaper maps age-toned. The first map, covering all of Japan, has a closed one-inch tear. Bookseller tag on rear pastedown ("State Book Shop, San Jose"). Errata slip is laid in. A Baedeker of sorts for Asia, but with greater detail and photos; the series was published in at least four volumes in successive years in the mid-1910s. The first covers Manchuria and Chosen, the second, Southwestern Japan, this volume, and the fourth Among the 40-plus itineraries offered in this volume is a route through the oft-contested Kurile Islands. One of the best-preserved copies we've seen.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6740
- Title
- An Official Guide to Eastern Asia Trans-Continental Connections Between Europe and Asia Vol. III North-Eastern Japan
- Author
- (The Imperial Japanese Government Railways)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Imperial Japanese Government Railways
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1914
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- 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...
- 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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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- 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...
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