The Pillow-Book of Sei Shonagon
by Sei Shonagon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/good
- Seller
-
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Allen and Unwin, [1949]. Third Impression. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. 8vo. 162, [2] pp. Bound in full blue cloth, title in gilt on spine in white dust jacket printed in blue and black. Translated by Arthur Waley. Please note, this is not a full translation, but about a quarter of the full text. Very Good, minor age-toning to pages, light rubbing to extremities of binding, in Good, heavily age-toned dust jacket with rubbing and light chipping to extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Garnet Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002944
- Title
- The Pillow-Book of Sei Shonagon
- Author
- Sei Shonagon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Impression
- Publisher
- George Allen and Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1949]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography; Women's History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Garnet Books
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Newark, New Jersey
About Garnet Books
Selling used books online since 2007.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...