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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Oblong octavo, 33 leaves of plates (printed rectos only), each with a brief descriptive caption, plus 33pp. of lengthy descriptions of each photographic illustration. Slightly shaken, with the gutter thinly exposed in a few places. Occasional scattered foxing, and mild soiling to boards; still overall about very good. Contemporary private library bookplate to the front paste-down, else unmarked. An uncommon, image-driven volume which sheds light on the interactions between American missionaries and the Japanese people in the early decades following the Meiji Restoration. OCLC records jsut over a dozen holdings, spread far and wide. Though published in Cleveland, the only two holdings in Ohio are outside of the Cleveland area.…