Verkäufer Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 18. Mai 2007
Beschreibung
A scarce facsimile of this profusely illustrated travel work, a lovely copy in the original publisher's slipcase. Limited edition of 1500 copies, with colophon to the rear of the work.Facsimile edition of the work, 'In Lotus-Land Japan', first published in 1910, with this work being a facsimile of the 1911 reprint.Presented in the original publisher's slipcase.With nine plates in colour and ninety six in monochrome. Tissue guards have been retained. Collated complete.With a new introduction and biography of Ponting in Japanese to the rear of the work.Written by Herbert G. Ponting, a British photographer and member of the Terra Nova expedition with Captain Scott. Ponting had a particular fondness for Japan, and took thousands of photographs of the area during his many travels to the region. In Lotus-Land Japan captures the country across all four seasons and includes Tokyo Bay, fortune tellers and 'The Great Volcanoes', all produced within the backdrop of the impending Russo-Japanese war.A scarce facsimile of this illustrated work. In the publisher's original cloth binding in the original slipcase. Externally in lovely condition. Slipcase is very smart with the occasional handling mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Slipcase is near fine. Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 888K4
Bibliografische Details
Titel: In Lotus-Land Japan
Verlag: Isao Masamune, Japan
Erscheinungsdatum: 1985
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: None
Zustand: Fine
Art des Buches: book
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