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The Japanese [ENCLOSED CARD SIGNED BY AUTHOR]
by Reischauer, Edwin Oldfather
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine (-)/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0674471768
- ISBN 13
- 9780674471764
- Seller
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press (The Belknap Press), 1977 443 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. Author Reischauer was the US Ambassador to Japan from 1961 to 1966. Laid in is a birthday card which Reischauer signed in 1978 - it appears friends of the recipient arranged this card signing to include with the book as the birthday boy went to Japan. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps; gift inscription inked ffep, a.e. foxed. Cover: cream, red titles spine; v lt shelfwear, t.e. foxed, and sm stain to front edge of head. DJ: clipped, red, photo front, white titles/text all surfaces; modest edge/shelfwear w/ several sm-med closed tears, sm chip to tail, several sm crinkles. ". . . a brilliantly rounded portrait of the background, culture, and values of a country that may well play a unique role in solving the problems of the twenty-first century."
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- Bookseller
- Independent Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034364
- Title
- The Japanese [ENCLOSED CARD SIGNED BY AUTHOR]
- Author
- Reischauer, Edwin Oldfather
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine (-)
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674471768
- ISBN 13
- 9780674471764
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press (The Belknap Press)
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Japan, History, Ephemera
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Long Beach, Washington
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Independent Books deals in used, antiquarian, and rare collectible volumes. Our books are in great condition -- we provide value to you by offering the book in the best condition for the best price, and we frequently have one-of-a-kind collectibles in extraordinary shape. A tremendous resource for the discriminating collector/connoisseur. Service and client satisfaction are our hallmarks. We are glad to conduct research or locate a difficult-to-find title. Our book rating standards are as follows; nearly all of our stock is VG or better: As New (AN)-just as states, clean, bright, tight, no defects. Fine-AN, but not as bright, minor marks or other minor defects. Very Good (VG)-small to modest tears, chips, marks, cocked etc. Good (G)-not so much, with larger tears or chips, possibly soiled, cocked, etc. Fair-ugly, with pages or large areas of DJ missing or other major defects. Poor(P)-truly ugly, disbound or requiring other major rehabilitation. We stabilize most minor defects with archival quality materials, and with few exceptions, these stabilizations are reversible
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.