Na (Sudo). Picture book with Japanese-English translation, 1887

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Na (Sudo). Picture book with Japanese-English translation, 1887 Na (Sudo). Picture book with Japanese-English translation, 1887, multiple woodblock colour illustrations with accompanying translations in Japanese and English, including images of fish, birds, plants and flowers, vegetables, insects, household objects and others, original yellow paper wrappers, 8vo, contained within a custom-made decorated paper-covered box, together with: Benwell (C. M.). Easy Conversations for Ladies in English and Japanese, Tokyo, Osaka and Kioto: 1889, Cliff Parfit bookplate to front free endpaper, some holes to leaves where stapled, joints weak, printed boards, some toning, 12mo, contained within a custom-made decorated paper-covered box, 'English for Daily Use'. 英語日常使, Otsumatsu Ryobu: 1891, multiple woodblock illustrations with accompanying translations in Japanese and English, including body parts, illnesses, family members, household items, fruits and others, rebound in modern blue card with original printed wrapper to upper cover, 12mo, contained within a custom-made decorated paper-covered box, plus An English and Chinese Pocket Dictionary, in the Mandarin Dialect, by Mrs Arnold Foster, 5th edition, Shanghai: Edward Evans & Sons Ltd, 1916, original cloth boards, scuffed, oblong 12mo, contained within a custom-made decorated paper-covered box, plus Part Second (only) of Hepburn's English and Japanese Dictionary, Containing the most Important English Words with numerous examples, 1886, endpapers renewed, gift inscription to front blank, bookplates to front pastedown and front blank, contemporary sheep rebacked, worn, 12mo, contained within a custom-made decorated paper-covered box, plus one other volume QTY: (6)