- Seller Inventory #: EC12184BB
- Format: Paperback
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Jacket condition: No Jacket as Issued
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Kodansha International
- Place: Tokyo
- Date published: 2005
- Keywords: FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE JAPANESE LITERATURE WOMEN SLEUTHS HORROR CRIME & MYSTERY JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY FICTION ADVANCE READING COPY ARC
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2005. BW2 - Book has light shelf wear otherwise fine. Translated by Deborah Iwabuchi and Anna Hussan Isozaki. How far is too far to go in the name of justice?. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
trade paperback : Often used to indicate any paperback book that is somewhat larger than a mass-market paperback.
reading copy : Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
A.N. : When used to describe the condition of a book refers to As New, "the book is in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. There can be no defects, no missing pages, no library stamps, etc., and the dust jacket (if it was issued with one) must be perfect without any tears," as defined by AB Bookman's Weekly
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
