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New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1908. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Markino, Yoshio. Text block pulling away from binding a bit, spine toned, rear board abraded, a few pages lightly foxed. 1908 Hard Cover. xxxvi, 264 pp. Color and sepia plates by Yoshio Markino. Includes introduction by Leonce Benedit, essay by Markino. An illustrated tour of numerous Parisian landmarks

Toronto: Musson 264 pp, 9 1/2" H. No date, but c1908. Medium brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, black illustration on front board, top edge gilt. Preface in French, all other text in English. 48 colour plates (including tissue-covered frontispiece) plus 12 sepia drawings - all present. Chapter headings: Of the Colour of Paris; Of Open Spaces; Of the Faubourgs: The Working Class; Of Politics and the Political World; Of the Theatre; Of Women in Paris; Of Journalism; Of Military Paris; Of Paris Finance; Of Education and the Paris Schools; Index. Small light mark from old label? and a 1/2" x 1 1/2" area of paper thinning due to pencil erasure at top corner of free front endpaper, some faint paper and glue residue on front pastedown - possibly from an old bookplate, small tear at bottom of front inside hinge archivally taped, light separation between several page gatherings but holding firm in binding, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, light edge wear, light… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. Hardcover; large 8vo; pp 264. First UK ed. Brown cloth with gilt titles and black illustration. Gently rubbed edges. Deckled edges, gilt on top. Bright and clean interior with numerous plates in colour. Preface in French, essay from the artist in English. Prev. owner's inscription on ffep. VG+/--. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Markino, Yoshio.

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Very light bumping to one corner. Very minor waterspot to the front boards. ; Illustrated by Yoshio Markino; 48 color illustrations from watercolors, 12 sepia drawings. With introduction by M. L. Bénédite, Conservateur du Musée National du Luxembourg, & an essay by the artist. This beautiful book with the charming watercolors could easily be mistaken as an illustrated book by A&C Black. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxvi, 264 pages .