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A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN (INCLUDING FORMOSA)
by Chamberlain, Basil Hall and Mason W.B
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
John Murray, 1913. 5th or later printing. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2018/08/0_img_0128.jpg. London: John Murray, 1913. 9th ed. XI + 555 + 38 (ads) pp. Illustrated with 30 maps, plans and numerous illustrations. Hardcover bound in a red flexicloth. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled with gilt on spine dulled and with wear to all edges and spine ends including some fraying and small tears to spine ends. Internally, age toning to half title but otherwise pages relatively clean and free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight with hinges intact but is cracked on page 290/291. All maps are present as called for and in very good condition. Rear pocket on back cover has split but map is present albeit with a tear to one of the edges, which does intrude slightly into the map. Generally clean and showing little use. Near very good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24060
- Title
- A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN (INCLUDING FORMOSA)
- Author
- Chamberlain, Basil Hall and Mason W.B
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2018/08/0_img_0128.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; JAPAN; MURRAY; FORMOSA
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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