- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0036082
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Regents of the University of California
- Place: Japan
- Date published: 1992
Book Description
Japan: The Regents of the University of California. 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine book with Near Fine Dust Jacket. All pages clean, crisp and unmarked. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing to spine. Beautiful, crisp book with a plethora of photographs. 155 pp. Small Royal Quarto.
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rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
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. Also known as the back.
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 will not have 'well-read' pages, i.e., where the book will naturally open to certain pages or sections.
quarto : A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
