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The Gardens of Kyoto : A Novel by Walbert, Kate
- Bookseller: The Hard-to-Find Book Store
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 22155
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good to Near Fine
- Jacket condition: Very Good to Near Fine
- Edition: 1st Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0684869489
- ISBN 13: 9780684869483
- Publisher: Scribner
- Place: New York
- Date published: 2001
- Pages: 288
- Size: 6.5 x 9.5 x 1 inches
- Weight: 1.2 pounds
Description
New York: Scribner, 2001. 288 pp., remainder mark on bottom of text block, dust jacket lightly rubbed - spine color black, light green, white - HB fiction. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine/Very Good to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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. 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. remainder mark : Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on the edges of the text block in the form of a marker stripe or a stamp of some sort.
Remainder marks considerably lower the overall collectibility of a title, although, in some cases, they are acceptable to a collector.
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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