DENING, Walter. Japan in Days of Yore
DENING, Walter. Japan in Days of Yore. London & Sydney: Griffith Farran. 1887. First English edition. Sewn binding, original printed wraps. An uncommon tale of traditional Japanese life and customs, this sub-titled ‘Human nature in a variety of aspects’, aimed at Westerners and ‘intended to be larger than anything of the kind that has appeared’. With 12 hand-coloured drawings. A very nicely-preserved copy, some rubbing to the corners, one or two small nibbles at the bottom textblock else rather fresh.
DENING, Walter. Japan in Days of Yore. London & Sydney: Griffith Farran. 1887. First English edition. Sewn binding, original printed wraps. An uncommon tale of traditional Japanese life and customs, this sub-titled ‘Human nature in a variety of aspects’, aimed at Westerners and ‘intended to be larger than anything of the kind that has appeared’. With 12 hand-coloured drawings. A very nicely-preserved copy, some rubbing to the corners, one or two small nibbles at the bottom textblock else rather fresh.
DENING, Walter. Japan in Days of Yore. London & Sydney: Griffith Farran. 1887. First English edition. Sewn binding, original printed wraps. An uncommon tale of traditional Japanese life and customs, this sub-titled ‘Human nature in a variety of aspects’, aimed at Westerners and ‘intended to be larger than anything of the kind that has appeared’. With 12 hand-coloured drawings. A very nicely-preserved copy, some rubbing to the corners, one or two small nibbles at the bottom textblock else rather fresh.