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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.

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.

London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. Cloth. Cover Defect. .

London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1907. Cloth. Cover Defect. .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

London: John Murray, 1903. 7th Edition Revised. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Original flexible cloth sunned. 587pp + 68pp ads. 28 maps & plans including color. Map in rear packet. Illustrations. 7th edition. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London, John Murray, 1901. Original red cloth (with small paper library number on spine). With 28 folding maps and plans and many illustrations. X,577,93 pp. Added 2 folding coloured plans of Yokohama. - Cordier, B.J., col. 643.

London, John Murray 1903.. 17th edition. 8°. IX (1) 586, 58 pp. (adverts) with 28 mostly folding coloured maps and numerous illustr. OLn./Orig, cloth Aufgehehellt u. berieb. /rubbed.

London: John Murray, Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong & Singapore: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1903. Seventh Revised Edition. 12mo. pp. ix, [1], 586, [1] + 68(ads). with half-title. 28 maps & plans (most in colour & many folding or double-page (incl. large map of Japan in rear pocket). some other illus. in text. index. original cloth (spine darkened, joints & extremities frayed, soft creases in front cover, part of pocket map verso browned). elala6056

London: Murray, 1903 Murray's A Handbook to The Japanese Empire. Seventh Edition Revised - 586 pp. and 68 pp. advertisements - with 28 maps and plans and numerous illustrations - foldout map as frontispiece and large foldout map in rear pocket - CONDITION: Overall good (only a faded very small stamp upper right cormer title page) - red cloth with reading ribbon - edges somewhat dusty - corners slghtly bumped and spine a bit darkened with clear gilt lettering. PICTURES AVAILABLE..

London: John Murray, Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong & Singapore: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1907. Eighth Edition, Revised and partly rewritten, the first to be issued following the Russo-Japanese War. 12mo. pp. [2]ads, ix, [1], 570, [1] + 32(ads). with half-title. 30 maps & plans (most in colour & many folding or double-page (incl. large map of Japan in rear pocket). some other illus. in text. index. original cloth (spine dull & bit spotted, fraying to bottom edge of rear cover, half-title & part of pocket map verso browned, tear in frontis. map – no loss). elala6057

London: John Murray, 1894. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". Various. A bright, early edition of Basil Hall Chamberlain's popular Japanese travel guide. The 'Handbook for Travellers in Japan' was first issued in 1891 and ran through several editions in quick succession. Chamberlain was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and was a pioneering scholar of the Ainu and Ryukyuan languages. This work is one of several related to Japan he wrote. Illustrated, with 26 maps and plans including a folding frontispiece and large folding map to the pocket at the rear.Collated, complete.This work was published as a part 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… Read More