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J. B. Millett. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. Volume 10. Spine is cracked. Slightly dampstained. (history)

J. B. Millet. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor edgewear; top edge gilt. Limited edition #600/1000. ; 260 pages .

Boston and Tokyo 1901 and 1902: J. B. Millet, 1901. First Edition Thus . Red Cloth. Near Fine. 9 3/8" Tall. Photographs Throughout. Red Cloth, Gilt, Top Edges Gilt. 12 Volumes: Eight Volumes On Japan, Copyright 1901, And 4 Volumes On China, Copyright 1902, In Original Matching Red Cloth Bindings. #59 Of 1000 Of The "Author's Edition", In Very Sturdy And Long-Lasting Red Cloth. Brinkley Was A Military Attached For The British Legation Circa 1867-1871, Then An Advisor To The Meiji Government And An Instructor At The Naval Gunnery School. He Owned And Edited The Japan Mail From 1881, Which Later Merged With The Japan Times, And Was Foreign Correspondent Of The Times Of London. Very Light Signs Of Wear, Light Bumping To Head And Foot Of Spines, No Marks Or Names Or Bookplates, Not Ex-Library, A Well-Preserved Set. Volume I Has Fading In A Section At Top Of Rear Board, Where It Was Exposed To Light, But Spines Are Not Noticeably Faded. [Later Editions Of This Work Include Additions On… Read More

Boston: J.B. Millet Company, 1901-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 volume set. Bound in publisher's green cloth. Hardcover. Spines slightly sunned. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Illustrated, Each volume with original watercolor frontispiece, executed on silk and inlaid into stiff paper, and an original watercolor on silk crepe mounted on the front and back free end papers. Numerous full page plates in color or black & white, from photographs, etc. Vols. I to VI, Japan, Its History, Arts, and Literature; Vol. VII, Pictorial and Applied Art; Vol. VIII, Keramic Art of Japan; Vol. IX, Keramic Art of China; Vols. X to XII, China, Its History, etc. Vol. VI with a very large, color fold-out map of Japan; Vol. XII with a very large, color fold-out map of Chinese Empire with Japan and Korea. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Boston and Tokyo: J. B. Millet Company, 1902. 3/4 Leather. Very Good. Twelve volume set. 24 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. Limited to 500 sets of which this is set 470. Bound into 3/4 brown leather with gilt and teal decorative boards. Gilt spine lettering and designs. Color frontispiece in each volume and many additional plates throughout in color and black and white. Large fold-out color map in rear of vol 6. Top edges gilt. First 8 volumes on Japan, volumes 9-12 are on China. Bindings are tight. The spines are sun toned and some are a bit spotted or rubbed.

1903. London, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1903-04. 12 fine full red cloth, gilt backs. Top edge gilt. Untrimmed. Limited edition, No 77 of 500 copies. 12 frontispieces and ca. 180 fine plates, partly in colour.

Boston and Tokyo: J. B. Millet Company, 1901. Quarter red cloth with grey boards and a paper label. This is the Marquis Ito Edition limited to one hundred and sixy numbered and registered copies, of which this is number 23. With 12 color frontispieces in silk. Numerous photographs and illustrations. . Marquis Ito Edition. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Boston and Tokyo: J. B. Millet Company, 1901. Three quarter green morocco with gilt and patterened boards. Each volume has raised bands with embossed design and lettering on spine. The spines are a little sunned as is common with books of this period. Top edge gilt with other pages deckled. This is the "Artists Edition". This is a 12 volume set complete. #412 of 500 sets. Gilt and green design pages, lovely decorative endpapers in a pattern rarely seen. Numerous tinted photograveurs. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a GOOD set. Photos available upon request.. Three Quarter Morocco Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.