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The Country Upstairs: Japan Today with a Philippine Interlude
by Simpson, Colin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1958. Red cloth, gilt text on spine with gilt stamped vignette of a fan on front lower panel. Colour Plates. B/w Plates, Illustrations & Maps. Cloth is sunned on spine and across top edges. Small surface nick to spinecase. Front top corner is bruised. Contents clean. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Claire Simpson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003482
- Title
- The Country Upstairs: Japan Today with a Philippine Interlude
- Author
- Simpson, Colin
- Illustrator
- Claire Simpson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel Japan Culture Geography Philippines
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geography; Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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