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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.; Japan: J.L. Thompson & Co., 1927. [Japanese Encyclopaedia] VINTAGE COPY, a stereotyped reissue of the fifth edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[12] 591 [5]. With a frontispiece portrait of the author, and Japanese publishing information and a large coloured folding map at rear..... More