Author: TOKYO EARTHQUAKE 1923 -
Title: Tokyo [Reconstructed].
Description: Tokyo, The Municipal Office, 1929. 12°. orig. limp lettered white wraps, rectangular col. illustr. of Mt. Fuji on front wrapper, with a red tjap at tail. 32pp. Many text-ills, all of topographical nature, centre-fold col. plan of Tokyo-City with legenda, another small plan also with legenda and explanatory text printed on page 29, a Tokyo directory suppl. useful tourist-information printed on pp. 30-32, citation from Lafacadio Hearn's Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan printed on verso of front wrapper, within a charming typographical border, decorative border printed in upper margin from beginning to end, illustration of the 'Takara-bune' or Treasure-ship printed on recte of lower wrap. A charming little booklet, published by Tokyo Municipality upon the occason of the reconstruction of Tokyo after the disastrous 1923 earthquake that destroyed both Tokyo and Yokohama. Illustrations depict. a great number of restored buildings, bridges, statues, &c. Fine copy. Rare.

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