Author: Edward Greey
Title: Young Americans in Japan
Description: New York, John R. Anderson, 1902. Cloth. A beautiful and lavishly illustrated novel narrating the adventures of an American family along with a young Japanese man, educated in the US. Edward Greey (1835-1888) was a novelist, diplomat and dealer in Japanese and Chinese art. He moved to New York in 1868 to deal Asian ceramics, with Japonica being his speciality. He also penned a number of Japanese-inspired novels to better financially support his family; other works include 'Blue Jackets', 'The Wonderful City of Tokio', 'The Golden Lotus and Other Legends of Japan&apos. He is credited with widening the Western audience to Japonica fiction.This work is illustrated throughout with full plates and vignette illustrations. With a charming pictorial cover. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with only slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Pencil ownership inscription to the front pastedown and endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Japan Novels Edward Greey Novels Not Stated
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Title: Young Americans in Japan
Description: New York, John R. Anderson, 1902. Cloth. A beautiful and lavishly illustrated novel narrating the adventures of an American family along with a young Japanese man, educated in the US. Edward Greey (1835-1888) was a novelist, diplomat and dealer in Japanese and Chinese art. He moved to New York in 1868 to deal Asian ceramics, with Japonica being his speciality. He also penned a number of Japanese-inspired novels to better financially support his family; other works include 'Blue Jackets', 'The Wonderful City of Tokio', 'The Golden Lotus and Other Legends of Japan&apos. He is credited with widening the Western audience to Japonica fiction.This work is illustrated throughout with full plates and vignette illustrations. With a charming pictorial cover. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with only slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Pencil ownership inscription to the front pastedown and endpaper. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Japan Novels Edward Greey Novels Not Stated
Price: GBP 140.00 = appr. US$ 199.92 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 762R8
- Book number: 762R8
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