The Mikado's Empire.
by GRIFFIS, WILLIAM ELLIOT
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
New York.: Harper & Brothers.. New Edition.. 1883.. 2 volumes in 1. Book I: History of Japan from 660 B.C. to 1872 A.D. Book II: Personal Experiences, Observations, and Studies in Japan, 1870-1875. Map, black and white engravings. 651pp. Ex library, front paste down considerably damaged where label has been removed, front free endpaper missing, hinges split, closed tear one leaf, one leaf detached, joints rubbed and torn at head, head and tail of spine torn with loss, remains of label upper cover, cloth generally rubbed and worn at extremities. Reading copy only though contents sound and clean. New edition with supplementary chapter on Japan in 1883. .
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Details
- Seller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 88656
- Title
- The Mikado's Empire.
- Author
- GRIFFIS, WILLIAM ELLIOT
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- New Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1883.
- Keywords
- East Asia, History, Japan, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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About the Seller
Asia Bookroom
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
About Asia Bookroom
Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
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Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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