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1919 Observations in the Orient the Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission Fields in Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China, Indo-China, and the Philippines
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
A lovely first edition copy.
Including the original folding map bookplate tipped-in to the front paste down.
A vivid travel work exploring Asia in the first couple of decades of the twentieth century, in the immediate aftermath of World War One.
In this work James A. Walsh takes the reader on a journey with the Catholic Missionaries to Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China, Indo-China, and the Philippines.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, one map, and seventy-eight plates.
Collated, complete.
By James Anthony Walsh, a co-founder of Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.
Thirteen pages of adverts to the rear.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Small label and faded label mark to the tail of the spine. Spine is a little faded. A few light spots to the top edge. Original publisher's map book mark tipped-in to the front paste down. Bookseller's label, and stamp of 'Sisters of the Holy Family, Modesto, California' to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Stamp of the 'Sisters of the Holy Family, Modesto, California' to page 33 and to the reverse of the plate facing page 116.
Very Good Indeed
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