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Seller's Description:
Octavo, 281 pages; VG/VG-; spine red, with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild wear to corners; mild wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; price cut; contains black and white illustrations; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. 1351207. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 0x0x0; Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 8vo, 281 pp. + maps. Near fine with some foxing to foredges, corners of front flap clipped. A collection of 30 short stories originally written in 1688, and intended to teach tradesmen proper methods & conduct. A nice insight into the social history of Japan at the beginning of the Genroku Period, which was "characterized by a rapidly expanding commercial economy and the development of a vibrant urban culture centred in the cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo (Tokyo)." (Britannica. )
