Glenn Shaw — Osaka Sketches

Kanda, The Hokuseido Press, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A scarce richly illustrated first edition of this work offering vivid impressions of 1920s Osaka from an American writer embedded in pre-war Japanese urban life, complete with the very scarce original slipcase. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. First edition. Complete with the very scarce original slipcase.Richly illustrated with a colour frontispiece, numerous monochrome photographs, and illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. A literary sketchbook of impressions, scenes, and observations of everyday life in Osaka, a record of "things seen, heard, read, remembered, imagined and enjoyed" during five years" residence in the city.Japanese colophon slip tipped in to rear free endpaper. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Bookplate of Cliff Parfit to front paste down. Slight offsetting to rear endpapers. Previous bookseller's discreet label to front paste down, partially removed. Japanese colophon slip tipped in to rear free endpaper. Slipcase, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities with slight loss and chipping to paper. Small perforation to tail of spine. Slight rubbing and discolouration to paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two very minor handling marks to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good Indeed .