A History of Japan: Early to 1867 (3 Vol Set)
by SANSOM, GEORGE
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- Hardcover
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
The Cresset Press 1958-1966. 3 VOL SET, super octavo, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- x + 500pp, vol 2- xix + 442pp, vol 3- xii + 258pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, moderate discolouration to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris labels to front pastedown of each vol) in d/w, vols 1 & 3 only- vol 2 jacket missing, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate fading to spines, light soiling, moderate foxing to vol 1)
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- Title
- A History of Japan: Early to 1867 (3 Vol Set)
- Author
- SANSOM, GEORGE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press 1958-1966
- Keywords
- Japan Japanese ancient history antiquity
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- Octavo
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- VG
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