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AN INTERPRETATION OF THE LIFE OF VISCOUNT SHIBUSAWA
by Obata, Kyugoro
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good Dust Jacket and Good Slipcase
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Daiyamondo Jigiyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good Dust Jacket and Good Slipcase. Tokyo, Japan: Daiyamondo Jigiyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 1937. First edition. 9 x 6 inches: pp. xix, iii. (3), ii, 399 pages. With original thin paper dust jacket which is chipped at top, has tears and is toned. Blue cloth, large octavo with titles in gilt and family crest design on cover in gilt. Housed in original cardboard slipcase with black titles on spine. 17 pages of photos.
Corners sharp, cover bright, textblock square. Interior clean, binding tight. Some foxing, soiling to edges. Slipcase has wear, rubbing at edges. Shibusawa [1840-1931] founded the first modern bank in Japan and helped move Japan into the modern capitalist age by founding joint stock companies and also encouraging foreign trade and international relations.
Corners sharp, cover bright, textblock square. Interior clean, binding tight. Some foxing, soiling to edges. Slipcase has wear, rubbing at edges. Shibusawa [1840-1931] founded the first modern bank in Japan and helped move Japan into the modern capitalist age by founding joint stock companies and also encouraging foreign trade and international relations.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 584
- Title
- AN INTERPRETATION OF THE LIFE OF VISCOUNT SHIBUSAWA
- Author
- Obata, Kyugoro
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Dust Jacket and Good Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Daiyamondo Jigiyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Woodrow Wilson, Townsend Harris
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
About Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
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