STORIES OF FIFTY JAPANESE HEROES.
Pp. [vi]+iv+412(last blank)+[2](colophon with stamp, verso blank), frontispiece portrait (of the author) with tissue guard, plus 20 portrait plates; cr. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards with blind rule border, the cloth faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, inked gift inscription (dated 1932) on upper free endpaper, a couple of short edge splits, a few leaves slightly creased, scattered foxing throughout, heavier on edges of leaves; Koseikaku, Tokyo, 1929. First edition. *Biographies of Japanese heroes and patriots, including Hideyoshi Toyotomi, 'the Napoleon of Japan'; Kiyomasa Kato, the 'Hero of Urasan'; Masanobu Honda, 'the Wisest Man of His Age'; Tadakatsu Sakai, 'the Prime Minister of the Shogunate'; Awa Katsu, 'the Founder of the Japanese Navy', a.o. Item #181516
Price: $400.00