In good condition with some shelf-wear and age-related wear. The original slipcase is in fair condition with a good deal of bumping and toning. The previous owner left a purple-inked faculty stamp on the front of the slipcase, and on the lower text-block of the folio. Some rubbing to the extremities, with light bumping to the head of the spine. General age-related toning and foxing to the pages. Includes a black and white illustrated frontispiece, fold-out, plates and vignettes throughout the pages. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchaisng.

A beautiful 1920's Japanese language book on Japanese ballads and music. This specific book once resided in the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988). Rahder (1898-1988). Rahder was a Dutch Orientalist and professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden from 1931 through 1946, and at Yale University from 1947 through 1965. He was depicted in the work of the legendary Langston Hughes' (1901-1967)  'I Wonder, I Wander'. After a brief meeting between the two figures on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933, Hughes recognized Rahder as being a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages". Rahder's purple-inked University of Leiden faculty stamps can be found throughout this folio.