Surface Japan: Short Notes of a Swift Survey
by Seitz, Don C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911. Hardcover. very good. 1st US Edition. 157pp. Quarto. Decorative boards with vertical gilt lettering on spine. Tape-repaired dustjacket with some edgewear. With tipped-in plates from photographs. Text block is tight, clean. Watermarked endpapers. Very good condition A wonderfully illustrated collection of notes detailing Japan, and it's culture. 1911
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127765
- Title
- Surface Japan: Short Notes of a Swift Survey
- Author
- Seitz, Don C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Exploration|Pacific|Sailing|South Pacific|Travel and Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.