The Way of Ume
by Sawyer, Edith A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good -/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hardwick, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928 Good-/No Jacket Paper-covered boards. With an Introduction by William Elliot Griffis (written a few weeks before his death). Illustrated with half-tone reproductions. Romantic historical novel set in Japan, written by a Fryeburg, Maine author during the period of increased U.S. popular interest in the Far East. Neat handwrtten corrections to first page of Introduction and page 119 of text most likely made by author. Cover corners and spine edges moderately-to-heavily rubbed; slight cover discoloration. Front endpaper removed, exposing binding hinge. Library marks: inkstamps to inside front and rear covers and title page; neat catalog digits at upper margin of Dedication page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Curiosity Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11587
- Title
- The Way of Ume
- Author
- Sawyer, Edith A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ex-Library First Edition
- Publisher
- William Edwin Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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- Jacket
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- 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....