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Published by J. B. Millet, Boston and Tokyo 1901 and 1902, 1901
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Red Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Photographs Throughout (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Red Cloth, Gilt, Top Edges Gilt. 12 Volumes: Eight Volumes On Japan, Copyright 1901, And 4 Volumes On China, Copyright 1902, In Original Matching Red Cloth Bindings. #59 Of 1000 Of The "Author's Edition", In Very Sturdy And Long-Lasting Red Cloth. Brinkley Was A Military Attached For The British Legation Circa 1867-1871, Then An Advisor To The Meiji Government And An Instructor At The Naval Gunnery School. He Owned And Edited The Japan Mail From 1881, Which Later Merged With The Japan Times, And Was Foreign Correspondent Of The Times Of London. Very Light Signs Of Wear, Light Bumping To Head And Foot Of Spines, No Marks Or Names Or Bookplates, Not Ex-Library, A Well-Preserved Set. Volume I Has Fading In A Section At Top Of Rear Board, Where It Was Exposed To Light, But Spines Are Not Noticeably Faded. [Later Editions Of This Work Include Additions On Other Countries By Other Authors; The Complete Set Is 24 Volumes, The Later Volumes Being Considerably Scarcer Than The First 12]. Shipping Extra, International Shipping Tres Expensive.
Published by E-226
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. J B Millet, Boston, MA and Tokyo, Japan. 1901-02. 8 Volumes. Volume 1, 260 pages. Volume II, 286 pages. Volume III, 256 pages. Volume IV, 267 pages. Volume V, 260 pages. Volume VI, 301 pages, fold out map illustration at back endpapers. Volume VII, Pictorial and Applied Art. 396 pages. Volume VIII, Keramic Arts. 450 pages. The books are illustrated with 223 full page plates with tissue guards. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and chrysanthemum decoration present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is faded and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The books offer a really nice view from this beautifully done oriental illustrated series. Many detailed accounts of Japan's History, Art and Literature are given throughout. The books cover a wide range of topics which include governments, rulers, education, people, history, art, religion, trade, commerce, international relations, nature and institutions. Francis Brinkley (30 December 1841 12 October 1912) was an Anglo-Irish newspaper owner, editor and scholar who resided in Meiji period Japan for over 40 years, where he was the author of numerous books on Japanese culture, art and architecture and an English-Japanese Dictionary. He was also known as Frank Brinkley or as Captain Francis Brinkley and was the great uncle of Cyril Connolly. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by J. B. Millet Company, Boston, MA, 1897
First Edition
Hardcover. 1st edition. pp. 382. Folio. Bound in brightly coloured floral brocaded silk, with varying patterns, and paper label to front boards. Bound in the Japanese style. Each of the large volumes contains numerous black-and-white photos, and three delicately-coloured coloured albumen photographs by Tamamura Kozaburo, each with explanatory tissue guard (thirty in total). There are also five collotype flower plates (by K. Ogawa). Condition varies as amongst the volumes. Five are in very good condition; five have a foredge stain affecting extreme outer margin of pages. The binding of volume III is very soiled. All bindings tight. Some albumen photos have lightened. The flower colour plates still quite vivid. This set, the Yedo Edition, is designated no. 482 of only 1,000 issued, and presents a stunning portrayal of Japanese life, customs, cities, and the countryside. The editor of this set, Francis Brinkley (1841-1912), was born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College, before moving on to a military career beginning with his accepance at the Royal Military College, Woolwich, where he trained as an artillery officer. After graduation, he was invited by his cousin, then the Governor of Hong Kong, to serve as his aide-de-camp and adjutant. In 1867 he was attached to the British-Japanese Legation and, still being an officer in the Royal Artillery, served as assistant military attache to the Japanese Embassy. In 1871, he resigned his commission and began studying the Japanese language and culture in earnest. Eventually, he married a Japanese woman, with whom he had three children. He also owned and edited the 'Japan Mail' which became the most influential English language newspaper in the far East.
Published by J.B. Millet, Boston, 1897
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Ten volumes. The "Orient Edition" was limited to 500 copies, this being No. 367. Bound "Japanese Style" (French fold) and tied with cords; boards covered with fabric. Illustrated with numerous hand-tinted photographs and reproductions of engravings and other art works by Japanese artists. There are small tears and other damages in various places, but not of a degree of severity to detract from the extraordinary quality of this set. The Japan volumes offer a detailed description of the history and culture of Japan. They cover a wide range of topics, including marital and family relations, women in Japan, art and literature, religion, customs and traditions, crime, commerce, and politics. Typical of Meiji era photographs show city views, architecture, historic sites, landscapes, genre scenes, and portraits of Japanese people. Includes an essay on Japanese art by Okakura Kakuzo, a student of Ernest Fenollosa and the first curator of Asian art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Captain Francis Brinkley was a newspaper owner, editor and scholar who resided in Meiji period Japan for over 40 years, where he was the author of numerous books on Japanese culture, art and architecture and an English-Japanese Dictionary. Includes three custom-made boxes for storage. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Heavy item; shipping at actual cost plus 10%. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Very Good+.
Published by J.B.Millet Company, Boston, MA, 1897
Seller: DIAMOND HOLLOW BOOKS / MILES BELLAMY, ANDES, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Very good +. An excellent set, Number 934 of 1000 copies. While a few volumes show some fraying to cloth covered boards (especially at rear) and four of the ten volumes have creases to the blank front endpapers, this is a remarkably preserved set, both inside and out. Volume I's paper label on the cover is a bit stained. All albumen photographs and flower plates are clear and crisp, as are the hundreds of black and whites. In addition there are two original matted paintings laid in.
Published by Published by J. B. Millet Company, Boston and Tokyo -1902, 1901 | 1902., 1901
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Uniform matching hard back binding twelve volumes: eight on Japan, four on China in publisher's original three quarter Pakistan green morocco leather, lovely blue and gilt patterned sides, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in gilt to the second and fourth, tools to the others, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, rarely seen gold nugget patterned end papers over light creamy brown paper. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Hand written in red number 376 of 500 Limited Edition copies. Contains red and black printed title leaves with captioned tissue-guarded colour frontispiece to each volume, colour and black and white photographs with tissue-guards and plentiful black and white plates and drawings throughout, large colour fold out map of Japan at end of Volume VI, large colour fold out map of China at end of Volume XII. Fine condition books, in original and rare Good condition dust wrappers with dark navy legible lettering to the spines, oriental motif on centre front panels, small nicks to some edges. Dust wrappers supplied in archive acetate film protection. Heavy volume set weighing 15 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ART & CRAFT [Japanese].