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The Embroidered Shoes: Stories by Tsan-Hsueh
- Bookseller: Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 010968
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: Good
- Edition: 1st Printing
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 0805054138
- ISBN 13: 9780805054132
- Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
- Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1997
- Pages: 221
- Size: 6 x 8.75 x 0.75 inches
- Weight: 0.85 pounds
Description
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. not price clipped; slightly scuffed and creased; moderate edge wear/ gift inscription on front page/ corners and spine bumped. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
Book summary
A collection of eleven short stories by the Chinese surrealist (author of "Dialogues in Paradise" and "Old Floating Cloud").
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