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The Key
by Tanizaki, Junichiro
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second printing, inscribed by the translator, Howard Hibbett. Small octavo (8.25 x 5.25 in.); 183pp.; black boards backed with orange cloth, in dust jacket. Signed, dated, and inscribed by Hibbett to the previous owner, on the front free endpaper: "With gratitude for some very helpful suggestions." Light crushing and fading at spine ends, moderate bumps to bottom board corners. Unclipped jacket moderately toned and edgeworn, with chipping at spine ends and tips. A very good copy in agood (+) jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001615
- Title
- The Key
- Author
- Tanizaki, Junichiro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1961
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Dividing Line Books
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Ridgewood, New York
About Dividing Line Books
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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