Essays on Japan From Japan
by Yatagia, Shusaku
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Japan: Maruzen Co .Ltd , 1987. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. Illustrated. 180pp. First edition copy with wrapper ( 1987). (white spine). Text in both Japanese and English. Light bumps to the head and tail of the spine and to two board corners. Previous name ( ?) in Japanese red characters to the head of the front end paper. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper is not price clipped. There is a little chipping to the corners at the head of the spine of the wrappers. Short tear of 1.5 cm to the head of the rear panel of the wrapper, with some associated creasing and expertly repaired and another short tear of 1 cm from the top corner of the rear panel of the wrapper, likewise repaired. There is a little soiling to the wrapper. A very good copy in a very good minus wrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225357
- Title
- Essays on Japan From Japan
- Author
- Yatagia, Shusaku
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Brown Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Maruzen Co .Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Japan
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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