Description: History of Biographical Novels. Published in Tokyo. 1929, 423pp, 6.5 x 9", 8vo, brown cloth-binding. In good condition with general age-related wear and marks from previous use. Slight toning and bumping to spine and boards. General age-related toning and foxing to pastedowns, endpapers and pages. The previous owner has left blue-inked faculty stamps and pen and pencil notations on the title page, with additional pen notations through the table of contents pages. This folio includes black and white photographic and illustrated vignettes and plates. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. Scarce 1929 Japanese language illustrated book on the history of Japanese novels. This specific book once resided in the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988). Rahder was a Dutch Orientalist and professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden from 1931 through 1946, and at Yale University from 1947 through 1965. He was depicted in the work of the legendary Langston Hughes' (1901-1967) 'I Wonder, I Wander'. After a brief meeting between the two figures on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933, Hughes recognized Rahder as being a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages". Rahder's black-inked Yale University faculty stamp and pen markings can be found throughout this folio. FORN-SHELF-673-0324-eb0638
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Tokyo
Language: Chinese
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: Asia
Topic: Literature
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
