Shells of the Western Pacific in Color
by Kira, Tetsuaki
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Japan: Hoikusha, 1962. 1st English edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 224 pages. Light blue cloth covering with gilt lettering to cover and spine, color illustrated dust jacket, monotone illustrated endpapers, 72 full color plates of 1270 species of shells. Wear and chipping to dust jacket, light foxing to page ends; overall a tight, clean copy. Record # 804576
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 804576
- Title
- Shells of the Western Pacific in Color
- Author
- Kira, Tetsuaki
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st English edition
- Publisher
- Hoikusha
- Place of Publication
- Japan
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Photography, Oceanic, 1st English edition, , .
Terms of Sale
Monroe Street Books
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
Monroe Street Books
Biblio member since 2006
Middlebury, Vermont
About Monroe Street Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...