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Asia by Sakamaki, Shunzo; White John A
- Bookseller: LJ's Books
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 028742
- Format: Cloth
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Quantity available: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Webster
- Date published: 1953
- Subjects:
HISTORY / Asia / General;
Description
Webster, 1953. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 528pp. Index. Glossary. B/w photos. Maps, including on endpapers. Black cloth covers with red lettering and gilt decoration on front, and red and gilt lettering on spine. Bottom front cover corner is lightly bumped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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 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. gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example. 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. bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending. endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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