The Record of Townsend Harris of Japan.
[Japan: 1927].
Price: $250.00
About the item
In Japanese and English. Photographic images on four plates. 19, [blank], 18, [2] pp. 8vo. A very good copy in printed self wrappers.
Item #303616
Inscribed on the upper wrapper "To Mr. Louis L. Ledoux with the compliments of Henry M. Wolf Chicago 1 June 1934." Wolf, a friend of ambassador Edgar Bancroft, was involved in the planning of this memorial and is mentioned in the preface.
A lovely copy of this work commemorating Townsend Harris, the first American Consul-General to live in Japan. It includes a translation of the text on the monument itself and then follows with a precis of Townsend's life and career in Japan. The first nineteen pages of this work are in English, followed by a Japanese translation. The images are captioned in both languages and depict the monument to Townsend in the Gyokusenji Temple at Kakizaki, which also served as the first American consulate.
