Pen, Pencil and Poison; The Decay of Lying
by Wilde, Oscar; Tanabe, Keiji
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good /Good
- Seller
-
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Japan: The Eihosha LTD.. 110pp. The Sign of a Gold Book. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt spine title and fascimile of Wilde's signature, the cover is bmped and lightly rubbed. Small puncture to the back cover. The dustjacket is soiled and chipped at the corners and minor losses at the head of the front cover panel. Pages are yellowed. Notes in Kanji. Price on jacket and book, 130 yen. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall M3 . Good. Flexable Boards. 1955.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Voyageur Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003655
- Title
- Pen, Pencil and Poison; The Decay of Lying
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar; Tanabe, Keiji
- Format/Binding
- Flexable Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Eihosha LTD.
- Place of Publication
- Japan
- Date Published
- 1955
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Voyageur Book Shop
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
About Voyageur Book Shop
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Glossary
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...