Yofuku or Japan in Trousers
by Sherard Vines
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Wishart & Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Burgundy cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine. Front cover is rain-spotted; spine faded. Previous owner's name on ffep; newspaper clipping on etiquette from the Osaka Mainichi affixed to the front paste-down. Foxing to pages. 239 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Observations from the mid-1920s of Japan and its culture, customs, and attitudes, and noting its response to western influences. Sherard Vines (1890-1974) was an English author and academic who, in the 1920s, spent five years teaching at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. Contents: 1) The Tyro Lands. 2) A Deep Depression is Signalled. 3) Of Diet and Hygiene. 4) Of Manners and Morals. 5) Men, Women and Children. 6) The Stranger within the Gate. 7) Belief, Education and Culture. 8) Local Colour. 9) To-day and To-morrow.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013301
- Title
- Yofuku or Japan in Trousers
- Author
- Sherard Vines
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Wishart & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Japan, 1920s, culture, travel,
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....