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Cenni Sommari sulla Costituzione dell'Esercito Giapponese by [Adiani, Alfredo]
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
(CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 687
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Comando del Corpo Stato Maggiore,
- Place: Roma:
- Date published: 1912.
- Pages: 102 pp.
Description
Roma: : Comando del Corpo Stato Maggiore, , 1912. . 8vo, . illustrated with 2 folding chromolithograph plates and a large folding map in rear pocket. wraps. Spine and perimeter of wraps chipped and browned, plates detached, else very good. Uncut. Inscribed by the author on the title page. A brief summary of the build-up of Japanese troops including general statistics, military rankings, battle formations etc. This publication was not intended for public sale but for military personnel.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
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.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
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.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
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