The Life and Times of The Illustrious Captain Brown: A Chronicle of the Sea and of Japan's Emergence as a World Power
by Bush, Lewis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
Tokyo, Japan: Voyager's Press/Tuttle., 1969. Beautiful orange, bright silk coth covers with gilt and black spine titles, decorated endpapers. Modest edge wear. Cardboard stapled slipcase has light edge and corner bumps, overall very good condition. Dj jas a tiny edge tear, just barely noticeable, and some edge creases and light indents. Contains as an Appendix the complete text & drawings of R. H. Brunton's The Japan Lights first published in 1876. Dj has the Japanese, bottom corner, price clipped. with U.S. price intact.. Stated 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall, 168 Pages.
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- Title
- The Life and Times of The Illustrious Captain Brown: A Chronicle of the Sea and of Japan's Emergence as a World Power
- Author
- Bush, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Voyager's Press/Tuttle.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo, Japan
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- 1135420211 B0006BX03C
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Asian Studies; Nautical; Fine Bindings; Japan;
- Size
- 4to
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- Bumps
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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....
- 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...