A Woman Alone in the Heart of Japan / Gertrude Adams Fisher
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.234
Description
293 pages with index. Color frontis. Illustrated with 33 black and white photographic plates.
Contents: First impressions -- The cherry-blossom season -- Sightseeing -- An overland journey -- A national rite -- Alone in Nikko -- Sendai, Matsushima, and Ikao -- An inland trip -- Sightseeing -- The Buddhist University and the Judo School -- The Russian mission and the Red Cross hospital -- The great Japanese industries and the stock market -- Woman's education in Japan.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1900s, Description and travel
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Book Details
Author
Gertrude Adams Fisher
Edition
First
Publisher
L.C. Page & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1906
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Japonisme
Binding Designer
Unidentified Designer
Binding Notes
Binding in blue/grey cloth signed by "ES" in the bottom right corner (unattributed). Pink, white, green and black stamped pictorial binding depicts a boat with billowing sail beneath a snow capped Mt Fuji and green mountains. This is surrounded by a double ruled frame of vine and flowers. Gilt titles to spine and cover in an Oriental inspired typography.Top edge gilt. 293 pages with index.
Notes
Stated First Impression October 1906.
Flyleaf inscription: Lena F. MacClusney, With loving greeting from N. W. Noel, Christmas 1906.
