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Terry's Guide to the Japanese Empire Including Korea and Formosa: A Handbook for Travelers
T. Philip Terry
1926
Houghton, Mifflin and Company : Boston
6.5" by 4.5"
cclxxxiii, 799, (80)pp.
SUMMARY
A smart travel guide to the Japanese Empire, with illustrations and folding maps.
Folding Maps,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 19.99
EU Postage: £ 15.99
European Postage: £ 16.99
Asia Postage: £ 21.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99
DESCRIPTION
Scarce work.
Illustrated with thirteen maps and sixteen plans, eleven of which are folding. Collated complete.
A detailed and comprehensive travel guide to the Japanese Empire with chapters on Korea, Formosa, Manchuria, the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the chief ocean routes to Japan.
Also includes important information on travel expenses, language guides, the people, sports and martial arts, architecture, Buddhism, Shinto Shrines, art, literature, history, and more. With guides to different areas across the country and points of interest for travelers.
Written by T. Philip Terry.
CONDITION
In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with contemporary ink and pencil annotations to the odd page. Contemporary ink inscription and stamp to the title page.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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