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HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN. by HALL CHAMBERLAIN B. / MASON W.B - 1891: Third edition revised and for the most part re-written.

by HALL CHAMBERLAIN B. / MASON W.B

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HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN.: Third edition revised and for the most part re-written.

by HALL CHAMBERLAIN B. / MASON W.B

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London, Murray, 1891 In-16 gr. (mm. 182x118), tela edit., pp. VI,459 + 27 di pp. pubblicitarie, ben illustr. da 2 belle tavv. xilografate che raffigurano templi buddisti e scintoisti e da 15 carte geografiche, più volte ripieg., f.t. Questa importante guida è introdotta da un interessante studio sul clima, gli usi e costumi degli abitanti, la religione e la storia dell’Impero giapponese. Mancano le pp. 1/2 della introduz. In Appendice un glossario di parole giapponesi. Con sottolineature a matita ma esemplare ben conservato.
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  • Date Published 1891

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A Handbook for Travellers in Japan, Including the Whole Empire from Saghalien to Formosa

by Chamberlain, Basil Hall and W. B. Mason

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John Murray, London, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, hardcover. No dj, red cloth. Vg+ condition. Covers and contents clean, unworn, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy, square and tight. 570 pp., 38 pp. local Japanese ads, all maps and plans, some foldout, present, including larger fold-out map in rear pocket. Previous owner's name/address on obverse of initial foldout map: Homer Laughlin, Jr., son of the founder of the then-ubiquitous Homer Laughlin China Company.
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by Chamberlain, Basil Hall and W.B. Mason

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London: John Murray, 1907. Eighth. Hardcover. VG- (Covers worn; Some maps have small tears or folds; Otherwise rather clean). Red cloth with gilt lettering at spine and on front cover; 570 pp. plus 32 pp. of advertisements; 30 pull-out maps and numerous bw illustrations. This edition revised and partly rewritten; Includes general information about traveling in Japan--climate, dress, public holidays, currency, language, etc., as well as detailed information about specific routes through the country; Glossary of Japanese words provided.
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Handbook for Travellers in Japan-Including the Whole Empire From Saghalien to Formosa With Maps

by Chamberlain, Basil Hall And W. B. Mason

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London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. Cloth. Cover Defect. .
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A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN JAPAN (INCLUDING FORMOSA)
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by Chamberlain, Basil Hall and Mason W.B

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John Murray, 1913. 5th or later printing. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2018/08/0_img_0128.jpg. London: John Murray, 1913. 9th ed. XI + 555 + 38 (ads) pp. Illustrated with 30 maps, plans and numerous illustrations. Hardcover bound in a red flexicloth.  Covers lightly rubbed and soiled with gilt on spine dulled and with wear to all edges and spine ends including some fraying and small tears to spine ends. Internally, age toning to half title but otherwise pages relatively clean and free of previous owners marks or signatures.  The binding is tight with hinges intact but is cracked on page 290/291. All maps are present as called for and in very good condition. Rear pocket on back cover has split but map is present albeit with a tear to one of the edges, which does intrude slightly into the map. Generally clean and showing little use. Near very good condition.
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A Handbook for Travellers in Japan: Including the Whole Empire from  Saghalien to Formosa
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London: John Murray 1907. 8vo. x, 571, 34 pp., Red cloth binding with gilt lettering. Some marks to the boards and sunning to the spine. Split to the front hinge and rear pocket. Generally internally clean with darkening to the half title and owner's name to the front advertorial endpapers, dated 1967. Maps complete with a tear to the removable map in the rear torn. Advertisements bound to the rear. . Good. Cloth. Revised. 1907.
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Handbook for travellers in Japan. Including the whole empire from Sahalien to Formosa

Handbook for travellers in Japan. Including the whole empire from Sahalien to Formosa

by HALL CHAMBERLAIN, MASON W.B

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London: John Murray, 1907. In 16, cm. 12,3 x 18,7, pp. IX + 570  + 33 pp. di annuci pubblicitari, con una mappa pieghevole riportante le prefetture del Giappone in antiporta, una grande mappa del Giappone a colori piu' volte ripiegata nella tasca posteriore, 28 piante e mappe pieghevoli, in bianco e nero e a colori, piu' volte ripiegate, risguardi pubblicitari. Legatura in tela editoriale con titoli in oro al piatto a al dorso. Sporadiche bruniture, tagli bruniti. Alcune delle mappe hanno il dorso brunito e qualche minimo taglio nei solchi delle pieghe  ma sono in ottime condizioni e assolutamente consultabili. Ottava edizione riveduta e parzialmente riscritta di una delle classiche guide turistiche giapponesi di tutti i tempi. Testi in inglese.
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A Handbook for Travellers in Japan including the whole Empire from Saghalien to Formosa. Eight Edition, revised and partly rewritten.

by CHAMBERLAIN, BASIL HALL & W.B. WATSON

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1907. London, John Murray, 1907. Orig. full red cloth. Spine and edges worn, exterior somewhat soiled. X,570,(1) pp. + Advertisement. With 30 maps and plans. The general map of Japan loose. One map with tape-repairs, some with smaller tears. Internally acceptable.
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London: Murray, 1907. ix, 570 S., 32 S. Reklame; mit 30 Karten u. Plänen u. zahlr SW-Ill.; kpl. mit der losen Kartenbeilage im Kartenfach; 8., überarbeitete u. teils neugeschriebene Aufl.; 1 Ausfalttafel mit Randbestossungen, minimale kleinere Läsuren. Leinen. Gut. 18,3 cm.
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by CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall, and MASON, W.B

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London: John Murray, 1907. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 570pp, (33pp ads). Color foldout frontispiece map, 29 color maps (many foldout, including foldout map in rear pocket), advertisement endpapers. Very good. Binding ever so slightly edgeworn; ownership signature/address on front flyleaf. A tight and quite nice eighth revised edition of one of the all-time classic Japanese travel guides. Several of the larger foldout maps have discreet, expert archival mends on versos, but all are present and attractive.
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A Handbook for Travellers in Japan (Including Formosa)
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A Handbook for Travellers in Japan (Including Formosa)

by Basil Hall Chamberlain; W. B. Mason

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London: John Murray, 1913. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. An early twentieth century tourists guide to Japan, profusely illustrated and complete with numerous folding colour maps. The ninth edition of this work, containing thirty colour folding maps, plans, plates and illustrations, including a folding colour map in a pocket to the rear of the work. Collated, complete.A travel guide to Japan and the island of Formosa, this is from the famous series of 'Murray's Handbooks for Travellers', a series of travel guide books published in London by John Murray beginning in 1836. According to scholar James Buzard, the Murray style 'exemplified the exhaustive rational planning that was as much an ideal of the emerging tourist industry as it was of British commercial and industrial organization generally'. These works are thus a fascinating insight into both the mentality of those who would have purchased them, and the locations in question.With 38 pages of contemporary advertisements to the rear of the… Read More
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