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What is Karate? (Rare 1st Printing in Dj)

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What is Karate? (Rare 1st Printing in Dj)

by Oyama, Masutatsu (Mas)

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  • fair
  • Hardcover
  • first
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Fair/Dust Jacket Included
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Tokyo: Tokyo-News Co., 1958. 1st . Hardcover. Fair/Dust Jacket Included. First printing, first English-language edition printed in 1958. First Japanese edition was 1957. 98 pp., profusely ill. with b&w photos, some color plates, oversize (4to) hardcover, dustjacket. A Good text with no owner's marks, no tears, minor soiling and some wear to extremties. Inner hinges are cracked but binding holding well. Dust jacket is Poor: lacking backstrip, so in two parts. Significant tears and edge-chipping. Some mending to tears and tape reinforcement to the inside of the dust jacket. A Fair copy only overall, due to the condition of the dust jacket. Still a scarce and important early karate book.

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Bookseller
Inno Dubelaar Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
790288
Title
What is Karate? (Rare 1st Printing in Dj)
Author
Oyama, Masutatsu (Mas)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fair
Jacket Condition
Dust Jacket Included
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st
Publisher
Tokyo-News Co.
Place of Publication
Tokyo
Date Published
1958
Keywords
KARATE
Bookseller catalogs
Martial Arts;

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Cracked
In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Jacket
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Fair
is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....

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