Journeys Among the Gentle Japs in the Summer of 1895 with a Special Chapter on the Religions of Japan, with Maps and a Photogravure Portrait

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Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, 1897, large 12mo (5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in - 13.5 x 18.7 cm), green textured (blindstamped) cloth with two cranes blindstamped on the front cover, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, black and white photogravure portrait of the author, folding color map of Japan, 32 pages of publisher's advertisements, i-x, 266 pp. The large folding map (3 folds out and 3 folds up) is a color lithograph map. It is placed between the last two pages of text (pages 250 and 251). The text is followed by an index (pages 252-66) and then the publisher's advertisements (32 pages). ~ Condition. The book is in Very Good condition. The corners are bumped. There is a large rubbed area (color is slightly lighter) on the front covers and minor scraping and soiling elsewhere on the front and back covers. There is heavy foxing for the first and last 10 or so pages. Internally there is scattered light foxing primarily on the page edges or in the page margins. The map is complete and sound with a one inch tear in the margin which is outside the image are. There are scattered areas of foxing on the front and back of the map. The book has a Cliff Parfitt ex-libris book plate and an author's inscription on a front free paper. N° de ref. del artículo 1897080728

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