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The Gardens of Kyoto by Walbert, Kate
- Bookseller: The Book Women
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 21871n
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0684869489
- ISBN 13: 9780684869483
- Publisher: Scribner
- Place: Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date published: 2001
- Pages: 288
- Size: 6.5 x 9.5 x 1 inches
- Weight: 1.2 pounds
Description
Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner, 2001 Hardcover. Sound, clean & very nice copy, hint of edgewear. Jacket is bright & clean, light rubbing/edgewear. Not price clipped. Remaindered.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
price clipped : The portion of the dust jacket flap where the publisher prints the suggested price has been cut away. Usually this is a clean 1-2" diagonal cut made with scissors.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Book summary
Ellen Rock's beloved cousin Randall dies in World War II, leaving her his diary and a book he has written about the gardens in Kyoto. Ellen's story, and those of her sister Rita, her husband Henry, and her uncle Sterling--Randall's father--provide a multi-level look at a family for whom grief and loss are a way of life. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
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