[Rarebooks] FS: Hawley's "Miscellanea Japonica" Vol. I. Kyoto: 1954 1/100

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(JAPAN) Hawley, Frank (ed.). MISCELLANEA JAPONICA: Being Occasional 
Contributions to Japanese Studies. [Vol.] I. Kyoto: Printed for the Author. 1954. 
Lg. 4to. (34)pp. Twenty-two pages are excerpts from the journal of John T. 
Comerford, an English surgeon in Japan, written between September, 1863 and 
February 1, 1867. With a facsimile of a portion of a page from the journal. 
Edition limited to 100 copies, this one being the author's own copy, with his 
book label on the front pastedown. Rust boards, paper spine label. Plain 
paper d.j. with title label mounted on front panel. A near fine copy 
considering the fragility of the paper d.j. and boards.     $350.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
This was the first volume of a proposed series by Hawley. Only one other 
volume was published, Hawley's more well known WHALES & WHALING IN JAPAN, 
1960.

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