COMPLETE COURSE OF JAPANESE CONVERSATION-GRAMMAR: A New and Practical Method of Learning the Japanese Language by Vaccari, Oreste & Enko Elisa Vaccari

Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1940..

New York : Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, 1944., 1944. Good. 508 pp. ; red cloth with gold lettering ; covers worn ; text foxed ; endpapers slightly soiled ; name on eps ; G

Tokyo: Oreste Vaccari, 1946. Sixth Edition [stated]. Unknown printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. xxxiv, [2], 504 pages. Preface by Count Ayske Kabayama. Indexes DJ in a plastic sleeve and has wear, tears, chips & soiling. Inscription from both authors on fep. Inscription reads To His Excellency Etsujiro Uehara, with the compliments of the authors. Oreste and Elisa Vaccari Tokyo, January 30th, 1947. Oreste Vaccari (1886 - 1980) was an Italian Orientalist and linguist. He was a pupil at the Royal Oriental Institute of Naples during the second decade of the 20th century, where his instructors included Afevork Ghevre Jesus, who taught him Amharic and eventually became the chargé d'affaires of the Ethiopian delegation to Rome. After his studies, Vaccari obtained a posting in Japan as a correspondent for The Japan Times and Mail, and also taught foreign languages at the Athénée Français of Tokyo, being fluent in French and English besides his native Italian. In 1935, he married a Japanese woman,… Read More