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, pp. 46 (four pages per folded sheet), highly illustrated including colour-printed double-page map; a rather well preserved rare ephemeral publication.
Founded in 1897 the TKK had by 1913 nine modern liners in service, ploughing mainly the Pacific Ocean. The ships, routes and destinations are described and illustrated in detail. Japan as a tourist destination is described up to page 18; whereas the rest of the booklet covers cruises to India, the Pacific and the United States
Not in COPAC, LibraryHub 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.
SKU: 2105655
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, pp. 46 (four pages per folded sheet), highly illustrated including colour-printed double-page map; a rather well preserved rare ephemeral publication.
Founded in 1897 the TKK had by 1913 nine modern liners in service, ploughing mainly the Pacific Ocean. The ships, routes and destinations are described and illustrated in detail. Japan as a tourist destination is described up to page 18; whereas the rest of the booklet covers cruises to India, the Pacific and the United States
Not in COPAC, LibraryHub 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.
SKU: 2105655
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