The Clocks of Japan

A very scarce Japanese work on the history of clockmaking in Japan, the author's presentation copy, illustrated throughout. A very scarce work, written in the original Japanese, reading from top to bottom and right to left.The author's presentation copy, inscribed to the recto to the rear endpaper, 'To Dr. C. A. O. Fox, with the compliments of the author, Ruji Yamaguchi, July 1950. "The Clocks of Japan, a study of antique Japanese clocks during the period of Tokygawa Shogunate, Tokyo, 1942'.In the original slipcase. Slipcase is in a good only condition.A beautiful study of the clocks designed and built in Japan during the period of 1603 to 1868, during the feudal military government of the Edo Period.Illustrated with one folding plate, forty-one plates, and in-text illustrations.Written by Ryuji Yamaguchi.Fox's bookplate to the rear pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original slipcase. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks to the boards and spine, including to the spine label. Bookplate to the rear pastedown. Slipcase is worn with tears and some loss of paper. Light marks to the slipcase. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Slipcase is in a good only condition. Very Good.…