A Handbook for Travellers in Japan
by Basil Hall Chamberlain; W. B. Mason
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€576.63€518.97
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1894. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". Various. A bright, early edition of Basil Hall Chamberlain's popular Japanese travel guide. The 'Handbook for Travellers in Japan' was first issued in 1891 and ran through several editions in quick succession. Chamberlain was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and was a pioneering scholar of the Ainu and Ryukyuan languages. This work is one of several related to Japan he wrote. Illustrated, with 26 maps and plans including a folding frontispiece and large folding map to the pocket at the rear.Collated, complete.This work was published as a part of 'Murray's Handbooks for Travellers', a series of travel guide books published in London by John Murray beginning in 1836. According to scholar James Buzard, the Murray style 'exemplified the exhaustive rational planning that was as much an ideal of the emerging tourist industry as it was of British commercial and industrial organization generally'. These works are thus a fascinating insight into both the mentality of those who would have purchased them, and the locations in question. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the head and tail with bumping to the extremities. Several light marks to the boards. Front hinge is strained but firm. Chips to the edge of plate at page 122, 161. Pages are generally bright. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 792L7
- Title
- A Handbook for Travellers in Japan
- Author
- Basil Hall Chamberlain; W. B. Mason
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- Japan Maps Baedeker Maps
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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