![The Japanese Fairy Book.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/028/310/1493310028.0.m.jpg)
The Japanese Fairy Book.
by YEI THEODORA OZAKI (compiler)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd, 1903. 1st Edition. 8vo pp296 complete with 4 colour plates with b/w illustrations throughout text. Hardcover no dust jacket. Original red binding with gilt decoration to front board and gilt lettering to spine in good condition with small tears and shelf wear to top and bottom of spine and some staining to boards. Inside all pages very clean and bright but for the odd finger marks. The hinge is a little cracked p145-160 but the binding is holding nicely. A nice copy of a scarce book
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000278
- Title
- The Japanese Fairy Book.
- Author
- YEI THEODORA OZAKI (compiler)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children
Terms of Sale
Nikki Green Books
About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
About Nikki Green Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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....