JAPAN - Toyo Kisen Kaisha. Oriental Steam Ship Company [cover title]. [Chicago, Poole Brothers for Toyo Kisen Kaisha in San Francisco and Tokyo, c. 1913.
8vo (23 x 22 cm. folded into 23 x 11 cm). Illustrated self-wrappers, highly illustrated including colour-printed double-page map; a rather well preserved rare ephemeral publication.
Founded in 1897 the TKK had by 1913 9 modern liners in service, ploughing the Pacific Ocean. The ships, routes and destinations are described and illustrated in detail.
Not in COPAC, OCLC locates copies in the Peabody Essex Museum, New York Historical Society Library (a later and shorter issue), California Historical Society and in the National Library of Australia.
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