The Heart of Hyacinth
by Watanna, Onoto
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York and London: : Harper & Brothers, , 1903. . First edition. 8vo, . Illustrated with 4 colour plates and decorations by Kiyokichi Sano. lavender pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, t.e.g. Extremities and spine ends lightly rubbed, one plate detached but present. A charming folk story set in Sendai, Japan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 775
- Title
- The Heart of Hyacinth
- Author
- Watanna, Onoto
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York and London:
- Date Published
- 1903.
- Pages
- [iii], [251] pp
Terms of Sale
Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB
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About the Seller
Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Port Hope, Ontario
About Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....