Little Pictures of Japan.
by MILLER, Olive Beaupre [editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Book House for Children, [1925]. First edition. Quarto. 191, [1, publisher's ads] pp. With color Sturgis illustrations on practically every page. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering, circular color illustration lain down on front cover, pictorial endpapers. Minor edge rubbing and short repaired to front blank endpaper. A very clean and attractive copy.The front part of the book is taken up with haikus in translation and the rear with Japanese folk tales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70050
- Title
- Little Pictures of Japan.
- Author
- MILLER, Olive Beaupre [editor]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Book House for Children
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- [1925]
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Quarto
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- First Edition
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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....