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Things Japanese, Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With Japan
by Basil Chamberlain
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
John Murray, London. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN. Things Japanese, Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With Japan, London: John Murray, 1905. Octavo, fifth edition (first came in 1890) pp.viii, 552, 1 (colophon in Japanese), folding map,green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front. Chamberlain says he made lots of minor revisions for this edition, but they don't amount to much change from the first, with articles by other writers in their fields of expertise. Condition of this book: Rusty-looking spots to covers, preliminaries browned, inside clean, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Japan; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55292. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55292
- Title
- Things Japanese, Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With Japan
- Author
- Basil Chamberlain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Travel & Places; Japan; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Unbranded Basil Chamberlain Things Japanese, Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With Japan
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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