Alice foght (11 risultati)

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xvii, 438 Pp + Folding Map At End. Red Cloth, Gilt. First Printing August, 1928 Stated. Physician's Bookplate Tipped Onto Verso Of Front Free Endpaper. Plates, Folding Map (illustratore).

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 438 pages. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Patterned end papers. Printed on coated paper this is a heavy book for its size. Fore-edge untrimmed. Illustrated with numerous photos. An exceptional early look at Japanese life and customs. Book with light wear; mark in Japanese on copyright page; small discoloration on rear cover. A clean tight book. VERY GOOD+.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. G+. Nice, clean, tight copy, signed by both Authors. Former owner's name stamp on front endpaper and title page. Inside Dust Jacket information is glued to front endpaper. Signed by both Authors.

Condizione: VG. NY 1928 1st Macmillan. Hardcover. Octavo, 438pp., photo illustrations, foldout map, cloth. VG, no DJ.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: good. First Edition. 438p octavo,+ foldout map, illustrated A very good copy in chipped and worn dust jacket. Large chip on back panel. Folding map in the rear.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Unfathomed Japan; a Travel Tale in the Highways and Byways of Japan and Formosa (1928) A Rare, Signed First Edition of a Classic Travel Chronicle Discover the Japan of the 1920s through this evocative and deeply personal travelogue. Written by Harold and Alice Foght, Unfathomed Japan provides a vivid, firsthand look at the daily lives of the people who shaped the nation—the farmers, the village schoolmasters, the artisans, and the seaside dwellers. Unlike standard tourist accounts of the era, this work captures the soul of the "highways and byways" of Japan and Formosa (modern-day Taiwan). Collector & Provenance Highlights: Exquisitely Signed: This is a truly rare copy, personally signed by both authors: "With the best wishes of the authors, Harold W. Foght, Alice Robbins Foght" on the half-title page. Bibliographic Rarity: A complete, well-documented first edition, featuring xvii, 438 pages, complete with all original illustrations, plates, portraits, facsimiles, and the essential folded map. Authentic 1920s Travel Narrative: A highly sought-after piece for collectors of Asian travel literature and cultural history. Condition & Material Details: State: Very Good. Binding: Original publisher's cloth hardcover. Condition Notes: The interior text block is clean and preserved. The original dust jacket (DJ) is included; it shows shelf wear with small chips along the edges and is price-clipped, which is consistent with its age and rarity. An essential acquisition for private libraries focusing on 20th-century Asian history, Japan-Formosa travel narratives, or signed first editions. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. First edition. Inscribed by the authors. Cloth, xvii, 438pp. With illustrations and a folding map. Fine. An American couple's travles in Japan in the 1920's, which includes four chapters on Formosa. (Taiwan). Signed by Author(s).

8vo. ix, [3], 438 pp. Photo frontisp., many photo plates, 1 large folding map. Brick-red publishers cloth, gilt lettering & ruling on spine, decorated endpapers, w/ d.j. cover art matching decorated endpapers, very minor shelfwear, NF/NF copy. First edition of this fascinating 1920s travelogue through Japan by an American educator and his wife assessing Japanese educational reforms, and social and economic changes towards western modernity. Alice Fought makes continual observations on the Japanese bath customs, the refugees in Tokyo after the 1924 Kanto Earthquake, having to sew sleeves onto her dresses to refrain from immodesty, and more. Of interest are the many photographs and extensive section on travel through Taiwan.…