A Handbook of Modern Japan
by Clement, Ernest W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, one tear to folding map.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, one tear to . folding map.. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 395 pp, index. Handsome green cloth binding with bamboo design in light green stamped on front boards. Titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. Top edges gilt. Large color folding map of Japanese empire, many photos. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Seller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 36441
- Title
- A Handbook of Modern Japan
- Author
- Clement, Ernest W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings, one tear to folding map.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Japanese Culture, Modern Japan, Japan Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia; Travel and Adventure;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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