A Japanese Boy By Himself
by Shiukichi Shigemi [By Himself]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: E. B. Sheldon & Co., 1889. First edition, 1889. Scarce memoir of a Japanese student at Yale Medical School in the 1880s. Blue cloth printed in gilt, 128 pages. Some cover wear, mainly edge rubbing, minor light colored smudge near bottom of front cover, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039827
- Title
- A Japanese Boy By Himself
- Author
- Shiukichi Shigemi [By Himself]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. B. Sheldon & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- JAPAN ASIAN VISITOR TO AMERICA YALE UNIVERSITY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Connecticut - Its History, Art, Antiques, Etc; Education, Schools, Colleges, Text & Lesson-Books; Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
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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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...