TALES OF THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS IN JAPAN. Decorations by Jean Williams. Second Printing.

WILLIAMS, HAROLD S.

Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company., Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont, 1959

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8vo. 5.25 x 7.75. 351 pp. Bound in original red cloth, gilt in pictorial dust wrapper, which has small chips at head of spine. Patterned endpapers. Deckled edges. A very good copy. Signed by author on first free endpaper. Illustrated by 8 black and white plates and half title and endpiece vignettes by Jean Williams. First published 1958, the first part contains twenty five tales about the Foreign Settlements or Concessions in Japan following the opening of the country to foreign trade in 1859. The second part prints an additional ten strange stories that revolve around these times. Harold Stannett Williams (1898-1987) was an Australian who spent most of his adult life, pursuing a successful commercial career in Japan interrupted only by his Pacific war service. He was a prolific writer on Japan, specialising in the history of the foreign settlements. He donated his large research collection to the National Library of Australia. HISTORY/THEOLOGY JAPAN HISTORY 19TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY ASIA SIGNED HISTORY/THEOLOGY. Seller Inventory # 24438

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Title: TALES OF THE FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS IN JAPAN. ...

Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company., Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont

Publication Date: 1959

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