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No. The Classical Theatre of Japan
by Keene, Donald; Hiroshi, Kaneko (photographer)
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1966. Cloth. Good/Fair. Stated first edition. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. In cardboard slipcase. Folio. 311 pp. Black and white photos throughout, with a few in color. Flexi disc record laid in at the rear. SIGNED by the author, with a brief inscription. A comprehensive account of the Japanese classical theater of No, including its history, literary content, music, dance and a critique of its aesthetic ideals. FAIR jacket on a GOOD book. Slipcase in good condition. Large jagged tear to the lower front jacket, with associated chipping and creasing. Large chip and tear, with creasing to the head of the spine. Jacket scuffed, with some soiling. Extremities scuffed and worn. Minor fading, soiling and edgewear to the book. Light foxing along the page edges. A few stray underlines and notes in the text. Previous owner's extra photos laid in. Slipcase toned, soiled and bearing a few stains. Extremities scuffed.
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- Bookseller
- Mare Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012815
- Title
- No. The Classical Theatre of Japan
- Author
- Keene, Donald; Hiroshi, Kaneko (photographer)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Noisbn
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
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About the Seller
Mare Booksellers
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Dover, New Hampshire
About Mare Booksellers
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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