PONTING, Herbert G.

 

PONTING, Herbert G.. In Lotus–Land Japan

London, Macmillan, 1910.

£250

FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, pp. 394. 8 coloured plates with illustrations (one at the frontispiece with tissue paper guard) and 100 b&w illustrated plates throughout. Bound in red cloth over boards with gilt-tooled title to spine, front cover with title gilt and gilt figures of mount Fuji and a Geisha. Tender hinges, lower front hinge lightly cracked. An excellent copy in very clean and fresh condition.