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Things Japanese: being Notes on various subjects connected with Japan, For the use of travellers and others
by Chamberlain, Basil Hall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG- (Average wear to binding edges and corners; front flyleaf has tanning; rest of pages are clean; top of book block has slight
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, 1927. Reprint of the 1905 Fifth Edition. Hardcover. VG- (Average wear to binding edges and corners; front flyleaf has tanning; rest of pages are clean; top of book block has slight soiling; map has a tear that could be taped.). Dark green textured cloth, lightly decorated, gilt letters on spine & front cover, 591 pp., one BW plate as frontispiece, large pull-out map. A classic work that was first issued in 1890 and has gone through six editions. This is a 1927 reprint of the 1905 fifth edition. The approach is alphabetical by topic, beginning with Abacus, Abdication, and Acupuncture, and ending with Yezo, Yoshiwara, and Zoology. Includes a large colored fold-out map. Interesting on a variety of levels. Note that this is an original print edition and not an ebook, paperback, or print-on-demand title.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154503
- Title
- Things Japanese: being Notes on various subjects connected with Japan, For the use of travellers and others
- Author
- Chamberlain, Basil Hall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Average wear to binding edges and corners; front flyleaf has tanning; rest of pages are clean; top of book block has slight
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint of the 1905 Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Asian History ; Japanese Culture ; Japanese History ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asian History;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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