Japanese History and Hawaiian Provenance: Knapp- Feudal and Modern Japan (1897)

Knapp, Arthur May. Feudal and Modern Japan. Second Edition. Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1897. (140 x 105 mm) 2 vols. [224 and 226 pp]. Two-toned title page. Each volume includes 12 black and white photographs on stiffer paper with guard papers (one lacking). Japanese characters typeset in vol. 2. Interiors clean. Bound in woven cream coloured textile with gilt emblem in English and vertical chop in Japanese. Staining to covers. Inserted in Volume 2 is a small calling card of Mr. Benjamin Franklin Pitman (1815-1888). Printers ticket in both volumes from Chas. E. Lauriat Co. Booksellers & Importers Boston. Overall VERY GOOD condition. About the Book & Author: Towards the end of the 19th century, Japan emerged from its isolationist culture into a the beginnings of a major world economic and political power. While Japan’s influence spread outward, the West’s methods of business, education, and military seeped in. Along with this, Christian missionaries also entered the sce