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OUT OF THE EAST: Reveries and Studies in New Japan
by Hearn, Lafcadio
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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UPLAND, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1895. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. OUT OF THE EAST: Reveries and Studies in New Japan by Lafcadio Hearn. First American edition, published 1895 by Houghton, Mifflin & Company. Yellow cloth with silver title on spine and front board. Hinges are sound, text block is very crisp and clear. Endpapers are very lightly toned. No dust jacket. Pencil note by previous bookseller on free front endpaper. Lower front corner bumped. Lightly soiled boards. Soil to top edge of text block. A very good copy. See photos.
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- Bookseller
- Cedar Tree Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114920
- Title
- OUT OF THE EAST: Reveries and Studies in New Japan
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Customs & Traditions, Japan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fore-edge painted;
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UPLAND, California
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Cedar Tree Antiques has been selling art, antiques and books since 1992, throughout Southern California.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
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