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Japanese Goverment Railways: Board of Tourist Industry, 1938. PB. good, wraps (softcover). B&W and color illustrations. 70pp.

Japan: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1938. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Softcover 8vo, 70pp. Very Good with mild soil to wraps and bumping to yapp edges, a touch of foxing to the color frontispiece. Illustrated with monochrome photographs printed in very fine halftone that gives a photogravure-like appearance. Number 22 in the Tourist Library Series, published during a notable period of modernization in Japan, the books were written on various aspects of Japanese culture, providing background on the traditions along with information on how they had evolved and were present in modern culture. They were intended particularly for Western tourists to become informed and curious about the cultural offerings of modern Japan.

Tokyo: Published by the Board of Tourist Industry; Japanese Government Railways, 1938. Soft cover. Very Good/None Issued. Stiff glued wraps; paste-on color decoration. 7.625 inches tall; 70pages; illustrated with photographs. Text clean and tight; some minor hand-soil to wraps.

Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, 1938 All things about Japanese dance, written for the English-speaking traveler in Japan. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. Condition notes: 83 numbered pp; TPB w/glassine. Pages: clean, bright, tight, color frontis; a.e. lt tanned, slight offsetting to title p. Cover: yapped tan wraps, color paster front, brown titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, w/ yapped covers a bit worn as may be expected, spine and edges lt sunned, glassine tattered and torn.

Tokyo 1938. Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways. 12mo., 70pp., illustrations, original decorated wraps. VG.