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Taylor, Bayard, Revised By William Elliot Griffis

Japan in Our Day

1892

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Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1892
Place of printing
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons
Author
Taylor, Bayard, Revised By William Elliot Griffis
Keyword
Travel - Asia Japan
Languages
English

Description

8vo [19 x 14 cm]; x, 293 pp, frontis, plates from drawings. original brown cloth, gilt spine title lettering, corner worn, else a clean solid and near fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Taylor had first visited Japan as part of Perry's expedition of 1854 and Griffis updates the account with new information but preserving the best of the original. A good picture of life as it was with travels throughout the country including Yedo, Yokohama, an ascent of Fuji-Yama, Kamakura, Tokio (Tokyo), Echizen, etc and which includes Consul-general Harris's account of his journey to Yedo.

Edizione: first revised edition.