Japanese Sword Guards
by Okabe-Kakuya
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, [1908]. Hardcover. Good+. Paper-covered boards, cloth backstrip; 8vo; pp. 148, with illustrations in text, plus 35 pages of b/w illustrations at rear (glossy stock). Boards scuffed, with a few small bumps and chips along the edges; spine a bit frayed at tips; corners bumped. Adhesive stain on front paste-down (where a bookplate was removed); some underlining and marginalia in red ink (not infringing upon legibility); text block a bit age-toned. A nice working copy, and scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D14144
- Title
- Japanese Sword Guards
- Author
- Okabe-Kakuya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- [1908]
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
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