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Inaka or remenescences of Rokkosan and other rocks. Collected and compiled by the Bell Goat, member of the Alpine Club, member of the ancient order of mountain goats, etc., etc. etc.
Yokohama, press of the Box of Curios Printing & Publishing Co., 1923. Only edition, 8vo, pp. [10], 102, [1]; 25 plates from photographs, a few tinted with color; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover; gilt quite dull, edges worn; a good, sound copy. This is volume 16 in a series begun in 1916 in Kobe. Eighteen issues were completed before the series ended in 1924. The texts concern mountain climbing in Japan, and was composed and/or submitted by various members of the Alpine Club known locally as the Mountain Goats of Kobe. This particular volume contains 24 chapters on subjects ranging from Japan's Northern Alps and the use of ice- axe and rope, to rhododendrons, love suicides, and an ascent of Fuji. The opening chapter consists of a poem by Bayard Taylor, "The Spirit of the Pine." Not in BAL; not in Neate.
Offered for US$ 650.00 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 29188