1883. MITFORD, A. B. TALES OF OLD JAPAN. Tokio: JiuJiya & Company, 1883. First edition thus; originally published in London in 1871. 30 pp. + colophon in Japanese. 12mo., dark reddish-brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth worn, spine chipped, cover sunned. Front and rear endpapers have red ink ownership and inscription, and the front flyleaf has two red chop mark stamps. The following recto has a red tinted small illustration; of the four plates, one other plate has red tinting, the rest, including the frontispiece, are in black and white, and one of these has red ink notes. Light soil to text in margins. Includes the Forty-Seven Ronins only. About good.

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Bookseller: Boston Book Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 86154
Title: TALES OF OLD JAPAN
Author: MITFORD, A. B
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Date Published: 1883

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