About this title: "Japan and Her People" is both a detailed description of late 19th century Japan and an overview of the country's history. Written in 1902 by Anna Hartshorne, a Western educator and long time resident of Japan, the work provides a unique insider's glimpse at Japanese society as it moved from the traditional Edo period lifestyle towards ...
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00192 pages) illustrated lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00200 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00204 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Description: Philadelphia 1902 1st Coates. Octavo, 374pp., illustrations, large color folding map in rear, orange pictorial clothhardcover. VG. Volume 2 (of 2) only. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia, PA
Date Published: 1902
Description: fair to good. 377 & 374, 2 vols., illus., index, bds weak v.1, ink & pencil name ins fr flylf, crease p. 374 v.2, sl discoloration inside rear bd v.2. Small tears to top and bottom edges of spines. Decorative binding (gold birds and flowers on red boards), top edge gilt. Ilustrated with 50 black and white full-page photogravures, each one protected with a sheet of tissue paper. read more
Description: Philadelphia 1902 1st John C Winston. Small octavos, 377pp., 374pp., many fine photogravures by Gilbo and Co., original maroon cloth with very bright gilt picture of three large flying cranes on both front. Signed by Julia Howe Allegheny, 1909. VG plus, light fraying of spine ends. Lovely set. read more
Edition: Unstated Hardcover
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1902
Description: Very Good + in Very Good jacket. Unstated Hardcovers Excellent condition makes me question the date Further I have seen this set in various colors none stating first Edition. This in full green cloth with very bright gilt lettering & decoration. Original heavy vinyl-like jackets are present with just a touch of shelfwear. Both volumes are crisp, very clean, name & note free V/G+ in a V/G Djs 8vo's 374 pgs & 377 pgs respectively B&W photos fold-out map is present, read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: The John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, PA
Date Published: 1902
Description: Near Fine to Fine in Near Fine jacket. Blue cloth book with gilt letters and decorations with blue cloth over paper dust jackets. Top edge is in gilt with red ribbon place markers. Books are tight, clean, bright and shiny and show hardly any wear, and the pages are perfect except in volume one there is a brown area on the back side of the map and adjacent rear endpage due to a pressed tree leaf. The volume one dust jacket has a few mild rub marks and a small nick in the front cover. The volume ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co. 1902
Description: Decorative Publishers Cloth. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition. A magnificent 2 volume set bound in striking publishers cloth bindng. Variant binding in greenish-blue cloth decorated with gilt swans, etc. on covers, and chrysanthemum motif and gilt decoration on backstrips. T.e.g. Original silk ribbon markers extant both volumes. Illustrated with 51 photogravure paltes with tissue guards im printed with letterpress. Large fold-out color map bound in rear of Vol. II. Housed in original ... read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia & London
Date Published: 1902
Description: Near Fine in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 377 pp. & 374 pp. Original full red cloth, teg, bright decorative gilt spines and front covers (depicting 3 cranes in flight amidst flowery branches, on spine small chrysanthemum and laurel wreath device; touch of edge wear, else near fine. Pages sl toned, else very good. **Large armorial prep school bookplates on front pastedowns. ** Half-tone plates (some in sepia). Large folding map in rear Vol 2. Contemporary red oil skin (cloth) djs; edge ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1902
Description: 2 volumes. 8vo, with 25 photogravure illustrations and captioned tissues. Publisher's gilt decorated blue cloth, top edge gilt, head and tail of spines very lightly rubbed, upper inner hinge starting. A very good set. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London
Date Published: 1904
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st UK edition in 2 volumes, 8vo, 377pp, 374pp, top edges gilt; maps + photo illustrations; sumptuous crimson cloth lettered, blocked and illustrated full gilt; excellent example, volume 1 has had its ffep replaced o/w these are bright, clean and with sound, barely rubbed gilt and with virtually no colour diminution to spines; VG/VG+ Copy; hard in this shape. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1902
Description: 2 volumes. 8vo., with 25 photogravure illustrations and captioned tissues. Publisher's gilt decorated red cloth in publisher's red dustwrapper, small name-plate to front end-papers. Very bright and fresh. Fine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Winston., Philadelphia.
Date Published: 1902.
Description: 2 volumes. Large folding coloured map of "Japan in Provinces" in very good condition in volume II. Volume I: 25 full page black and white plates, x + 377pp. Volume II: 25 full page black and plates, vi + 374pp, index. Occasional light browning including some minor offsetting from the plates onto the tissue guards opposite, occasional minor marking cloth. Stunning pictorial gilt bindings in very good condition. Each cover features 3 golden cranes in flight with branches of a blossum tree in the ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1902
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Vol 1. 378pp, Vol 11. 374pp., indexed. Dark green with gilt lettering and design, loose green cloth covers with gilt letteringFrontispiece is detached in Vol 11, otherwise very good condition. Vol 1 inscribed Lucy J. Hartshorne. read more
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