Present Day Impressions of Japan. The History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources of Japan and Japan's Colonial Empire, Kwantung, Chosen, Taiwan, Karafuto. by Morton-Cameron, W.H. (Compiler); Feldwick, W. (Editor-in-Chief) - 1919

The Globe Encyclopedia Company. 009424 1917. 1211 pp. Bound in richly decorated full leather. All edges gilt. Front and back hinge weak and starting to split on the upper side (quite normal due to the excessive weight of the book!). Top of spine a bit discoloured, name on french title,... 1917. 1211 pp. Bound in richly decorated full leather. All edges gilt. Front and back hinge weak and starting to split on the upper side (quite normal due to the excessive weight of the book!). Top of spine a bit discoloured, name on french title, else in fine condition. Numerous tinted and b/w pictures and tissue guarded coloured illustrations. The History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources of China, Hong Kong, Indo-Chins, Malaya and Netherlands India. Pictures on request. NOTE; We will not charge additional shipping and will ship with track and trace and fully insured!

Photocopy.. Bound photocopy in 2 volumes. Darkened black and white illustrations throughout. Bound in blue cloth with paper title labels on spine and upper cover, ribbon book marks. A sound and clean bound photocopy. 26 x 20cm. A useful working copy. Recent photocopy of a work published in 1917. .

London, Chicago, Yokohama, Shanghai: The Globe Encyclopedia, 1919. Tall thick 4to. [6], 931, [1] pp. Photo frontisp. of Japan’s Emperor & Empress, photo-illust. half-title, decorated title bordered in gilt & blue, numerous colour plates (tissue guards), 100s of photo & text illustrations (many colour-tinted, some large double-page), 1 large folding colour map. Publisher’s full brown calf over beveled boards, gilt & black globe on front cover, raised bands on spine, gilt ornamented borders, spine, gilt lettering on spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. (hinges nicely repaired, minor shelfwear, wear to corners), still a VG bright copy, w/ bookseller’s label on rear flyleaf. First edition of this massive, and lavishly illustrated history of Taisho-era Japan on the eve of the Jazz Age, and filled with 100s of photos of Japanese cities, including Tokyo & Yokohama before the massive 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Along with the many articles on the countryside, cultural history, economic growth and… Read More

Chicago, the Globe Encyclopedia, 1917. . First edition, 4to, 1211 pp., four maps, 17 colour plates, numerous photographic illustrations, original tan morocco gilt, all edges gilt, joints repaired, lightly rubbed, a very good example. Includes sections on Hong Kong, Macao, Peking, Shanghai and Singapore.