Author: Makino Yasuzo.
Title: [Eiwa Shogyo Kaiwahen] Awashogeo Kai Wa Hen [cover title].
Description: Kyoto, Makino Yasuzo 1887 (Meiji 20). 13x9cm publisher's cloth backed decorated boards (some surface nibbling); [4],60pp on double folded leaves. Signs of use but rather good for such a flimsy binding and vulnerable book. ¶ Here's another of these nifty little bi-lingual conversation books; this one designed to baffle business people. I don't know how the Japanese version reads but it's a foolhardy customer who says to me, "Please charge these to my credit; I will pay you when it is convenient." I've had many customers who think that but they don't say it out loud. Not any more.Worldcat finds no copies outside Japan.

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