Sold by RARE ORIENTAL BOOK CO., ABAA, ILAB, Aptos, CA, U.S.A.
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London 1869, Chapman.Full black leather,5 bands,gold stamped 428p., 3 hand-colored,18 b.w. woodcut plates, by Lord Walter Kerr, after photos by Felice Beato, co-author E.P. Elmhirst, 14 x 22 cm., all edge gilt. VERY RARE ! FIRST EDITION The primary experiences of two English military officers in Japan, and an excellent early study of Japan and the Japanese. * CO-AUTHOR: The co-author was Edward Pennell Elmhirst of the 9th Regimen . * Covering in much detail: Yokohama, manners, customs, dress, language, sport, invitation to witness an Japanese execution. A great conflagration in Yokohama, fashions of Japanese women, their cleanliness, courtesy, language, Harakiri its causes, kite-flying &c. . Prison at Kanagawa, torture, after-treatment of the decapitated head and body, the gallows. . Horse mounted travel through Japan, of Bettoe. A visit to the Tycoon, of Japanese ladies, horses, aristocracy. Visit to a curio street, games, amusements, the wicked spirit Tenjo, Japanese theatricals, cure for sea-sickness. Japanese Sumo wrestlers, nude public bathing, visit to the Ainu in Hokkaido, shooting of wild animals, fishing in Hakodate. . This early work is a fascinating look at a Japan before the deluge of foreigners arrived. Good description of an untainted Japan and Japanese. Adorned with very fine illustrations by Felice Beato, a premiere photographer on Japan. ALWAYS RARE ! *** CHINA: The execution of a Chinese at Canton, horrible fate of a Rebel Chieftain. ***.
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