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AN OFFICIAL GUIDE TO JAPAN: With Preparatory Explanations On Japanese Customs, L
by JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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Tokyo 1933, Japan Govt. Railways. Red cloth, excellent copy, 35 color folding maps + 15 b.w. plans/maps, 4 color plates, complete as issued, index, copius bibliography,10.5 x 16 cm. 506p., seldom found complete. * * RARE FIRST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, COPIOUS & MAP LADEN RESOURCE . . . COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS: . . . PART I: N. EASTERN; PART II: SOUTH WESTERN JAPAN . . . INCLUDING HER PACIFIC POSSESSIONS & ISLANDS . * An excellent guide book to all of Japan, with commentary on the country, routes, geographical features, spas, administration, industries, food & customs, arts, drama, religion, literature, history &c. . An excellent overall guide to everything & everywhere in Japan, pocket size for convenience. . Includes Japanese language guide, dictionary & hints for foreigners. Large index. One of the most valuable and useful guides of the early 20th century. . *** COMPLETE WITH ALL FOLDING COLOR & B.W. MAPS. Seldom found with ALL color folding maps/plans and all color plates. . FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. . *** CONDITION: The book is bound in the original full red cloth, with marbled edges. With two color woodblock print end papers: th front has a Hiroshige Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi [Fifty Three Stages of the Tokaido Highway] with print number 1 the beginning of the highway at Nihon Bashi, Edo. The end paper print is by Hiroshige showing "Evening Snow at Akasaka Templ " in the "Twelve Snow Scenes of Azuma [Eastern Provinces. . The frontispiece is a color map of Japan with insets of her colonies: Formosa, Hokkaido, Kurile Islands, Karafuto; Looch [Ryukyu Islands]; South Sea Islands, Marianna’s, Marshall & Parao Islands; Southern Archipelagos. . The binding shows a very minor bit of use, trivial rubbing to the spine upper hinge, and a bit of trivial corner wear, much better than the average example, actually quite clean, crisp and solid throughout. . Each and every map, folding map/plan & folding color maps are present per the list of maps & all illustrations are also present. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** .
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- Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY
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- Title
- AN OFFICIAL GUIDE TO JAPAN: With Preparatory Explanations On Japanese Customs, L
- Author
- JAPANESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Japanese Social Science, History, Law, Economics & Eclectic Item; Guidebooks On Japan: Old, Rare, Scarce & Choice Items; Japan Travel: Guides & Related Resources; Japanese Music; Japanese Art: References On All Subjects, Aspects & Discipli
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About Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY
An Art & Intellectual Property Co. Since 1967* * * * *SINCE 1967, THE PAST FIFTY-YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PURVEYORS OF FINE & RARE BOOKS ON ALL ASPECTS FAR EASTERN, ASIAN & SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURES, COUNTRIES & SUBJECTS.Specialties include but are not limited to: CHINA, KOREA, JAPAN, TAIWAN, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM, INDO-CHINE, CAMBODIA, LAOS, PHILIPPINES, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, CANTON, MACAO AREAS. LAFCADIO HEARN: First Editions, Manuscripts, Collections, Obscure Items, Japanese Cirimen-bon [Crepe Paper Books], LIBRARIES PURCHASED, APPRASIAL FOR ANY REASON. MEMBERS OF THE ABAA & ILAB SINCE JUNE 1973
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