PURCELL, THEOBALD ANDREW - Our Neighbourhood or sketches in the Suburbs of YedoYokohama, n.p., 1874. 20,5 cm, Three quarter leather binding. 124 pp. Black & White images. Conditie: Fair, Missing its frontispiece and titlepage. With 23 (of 24 originally, because of the missing frontispiece, but with an extra plate from elsewhere) plates. Folding map of Japan in the back. Leather on spine and corners, marbled boards. Leather title shield (with some loss) with gilt letters. Some small holes because of bookworms, towards the end more pronounced, with some loss of letters (especially the last few leaves with text). A few tissue-guards missing. Some corners with small folds. . Contents: Our Neighbourhood........... 1 The Sake Shop .............. 9 The Stone Mason ............ 17 The Barber ................. 22 The Blind Boy .............. 32 The Barber's Tale........... 36 The Tapster's Story ........ 43 The Kamikudsuhiroi or Picker-up of Paper-scraps... 48 Ujigami no Matsuri.......... 53 Nagare Kanjo................ 69 The Sparrow Catcher ........ 62 The Doctor.................. 65 The Fortune-Teller ......... 74 The Story-Teller ........... 88 By the River................ 94 Kichibei, the Cakeman ...... 97 A Flute Player ............ 100 Concerning Ants ........... 103 The Bells ................. 104 The Old Gate............... 114 The Graveyard.............. 119 List of plates present (sometimes the description beneath the plates (which I used) is somewhat different from the one used in the list of plates at the back: 2. Old Street.............. 2 3. Old Street ............. 6 4. Funeral ................ 8 5. Sake Shop............... 10 6. The Mojiyaki............ 25 7. The Amoya............... 26 8. The Barber... .......... 28 9. Bewitched by a Fox.. ... 30 10. The Blind Boy ......... 32 11. The Kamikudsuhiroi .... 48 12. The Mikoshi ........... 54 13. The Dashi.............. 58 14. Nagare Kanjo........... 60 15. The Sparrow Catcher.... 62 16. The Doctor.......... .. 66 17. The Fortune-Teller..... 74 18. The Story-Teller....... 88 19. Kichibei............... 97 20. A Flute Player......... 100 21. An Ant Charm.. ........ 104 22. The Bells.............. 108 23. A Gateway ............. 114 24. The Graveyard.......... 120. Interesting book about Japan with condition issues as described, still a rare and desirable copy.. EUR 400.00 [Appr.: US$ 439.42 | £UK 335.75 | JP¥ 65071] Book number 5966is offered by:
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