Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
by James, Grace
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, James, Grace; illustrations by Warwick Goble. Published by MacMillan and Co., London, 1979. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 231pp, with colour plates. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt spine titles, blue top edge, blue endpapers and reading ribbon. Contents are in fine, unmarked condition. Front board has three small indentations; jacket has rubbing to edges, crease to lower corner and closed tear. Reproduces the original 1923 edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4011
- Title
- Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
- Author
- James, Grace
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYTHHOLGY AND FOLK TALES; CHILDREN;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
Biblio member since 2016
North Vancouver, British Columbia
About Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...