Hildreth's "Japan As It Was and Is"; A Handbook of Old Japan
by Hildreth, Richard & Ernest Wilson Clement & Wm. Elliot Griffis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1906. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Only light wear to green cloth covered boards, circular stamped design on front board, gift notation on FFEP. Top edge gilt, hinges intact, 'containing one hundred illustrations and maps.' ; Top edge gilt, 2 fold-out maps, bright, solid book. ; Vol I only; 401 pages; Richard Hildreth (journalist and historian) originally published this in 1855 with editions in 1856 and 1861 closely following. This edition has attempted to make the information more accessible to the Western reader .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13739
- Title
- Hildreth's "Japan As It Was and Is"; A Handbook of Old Japan
- Author
- Hildreth, Richard & Ernest Wilson Clement & Wm. Elliot Griffis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Japan, Asia, History, Richard hildreth
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
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- Jacket
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Good+
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
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