N.P by Yoshimoto, Banana
- Bookseller: Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller Inventory #: SCW05335
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First American Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0802115454
- ISBN 13: 9780802115454
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Place: Hamden, Connecticut, USA
- Date published: 1994
Description
Hamden, Connecticut, USA: Grove Press, 1994. BC5 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus the front endpaper has been removed as part of the library's withdrawal process plus the book is slightly shelf cocked plus there are the usual library stamps on the top outside paper edges and front freepaper. The dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus there is the usual library label on the spine. Translated from the Japanese by Ann Sherif. A celebrated Japanese writer has committed suicide, leaving behind a collection of stories written in English. But the book may never be published in his native Japan: each translator who takes up the ninety-eigth story chooses death also. By the author of "Kitchen". 194p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding 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. Also known as the back.
12mo : An abbreviation for duodecimo, a book size describing a book which is approximately 7 by 4.5 inches.
cocked : Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not align when the book is lying flat. Severity may differ.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
endpaper : The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after printing. One side is glued to the inner portion of the boards (the paste-down) and the other is left loose (free endpaper).
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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