THE AINU OF JAPAN The Religion, Superstitions, and General History of the Hairy Aborigines of Japan by Batchelor, Rev. John - 1892

no date given. Asia, Japan. Fleming H. Revell Co., ex-library rebound in green library cloth, first few pages are gree but present (title, preface, contents, list of ill. 13-16 and first plate) 336p. Working copy.

Hardcover no dust jacket, assumed as issued - presumed first British edition 1892; text block has some light foxing and there are very light markings and notes throughout the book, page 208 has two small tears, frontispiece's tissue is staring to come detached from the top; binding is cocked and by page 209 the binding is broken but remains attached; covers have minor edge wear and there is a small stain on the back cover; book has smoky odor; otherwise a very pretty, rare book with turquoise-blue covers and gilt lettering -- Dependable seller since 1994, daily shipping with tracking from our brick and mortar store in Madison, Wisconsin.

London: The Religious Tract Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Presumed 1st. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 336 pages; Most likely the first British edition. Photos and drawings. Publisher's decorative cloth with gilding prominent. Brown dyed end papers. Tissue covered frontis. Light foxing to half title page and last index leaf- otherwise unmarked. First work by Batchelor on the ainu, aboriginees of Hodkaido Japan. .

NYC: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1892 NYC: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1892 336 pp with 80 B&W illustrations. Ex-libe Princeton Theological Seminary. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Front hinge cracked but holding. Date of publication is unclear but clearly a late 19th century binding. Boards are a varient on first edition. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped titles are rubbed at extremities. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.