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Dolls on Display. Japan in Miniature - Being an illustrated commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival
by (G.) Caiger
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, [1933]. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Silk cloth with tie-binding, illustrated with several tipped-in colour plates and also black & white photographs in the text. Just some light foxing to half title, otherwise an excellent copy. Size: Octavo . Category: Antiques & Collectibles; .
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Petersfield Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92688
- Title
- Dolls on Display. Japan in Miniature - Being an illustrated commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival
- Author
- (G.) Caiger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hokuseido Press
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- [1933]
- Keywords
- BZDB16 Antiques & Collectibles; (G.) Caiger Dolls on Display. Japan in Miniature - Being an illustrated commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival
Terms of Sale
The Petersfield Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Petersfield Bookshop
Biblio member since 2023
Petersfield, Hampshire
About The Petersfield Bookshop
"The Petersfield Bookshop" is a traditional bookshop and specialises in buying and selling Antiquarian and second-hand books, but also sells antique maps and prints and. Inside the shop there is a display of antique dolls from Ann Westwood's private collection. A special feature of the premises is a canopied forecourt where second-hand books can be bought 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!
Our opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesday to Saturday. (Other times available by appointment)
There is nearby "Pay & Display" parking available and we are short walk from Petrsfield Station (On the London to Portsmouth route).
We are members of: ABA, ILAB & PBFA
Our opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesday to Saturday. (Other times available by appointment)
There is nearby "Pay & Display" parking available and we are short walk from Petrsfield Station (On the London to Portsmouth route).
We are members of: ABA, ILAB & PBFA
Glossary
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- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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