Macmillan 1902. first edition, small octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, black rule to front board and embossed design, frontispiece, viii + 251pp + 2pp, illus, VG (light wear and fading to boards, wear to page edges, light tanning, small closed tear to lower prelim page edge, ink owner's name to half title page)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 131030
Title: Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs
Author: HEARN, LAFCADIO
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan 1902
Keywords: lafcadio hearn history travel japan japanese culture

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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....
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