Kirishitan Bunko: A Manual of Books and Documents on the Early Christian Missions in Japan.
by Laures, Johannes
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Sophia University, 1940. First edition. Quarto. xvii, [1], 344, [4, printer's slug, errata and publisher's ads] pp. Numerous illustrations. largely untrimmed and unopened. Beige cloth with brown morocco gilt lettering label. Original front wrapper bound in (with three bits of tape on it). A clean, complete and attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75462
- Title
- Kirishitan Bunko: A Manual of Books and Documents on the Early Christian Missions in Japan.
- Author
- Laures, Johannes
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sophia University
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1940
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...