Aoyagi, Takeshi, & George Gregory

交際必携英和對牘　[Kousai hikkei eiwa taitoku] = Essential manual English-Japanese translation book

Tokyo: Kin'emon Izumiya, Shindo Zohan, Meiji 5, [1872]. First edition, 2 volumes, fukurotoji, 2, 23; and 21 leaves, original yellow wrappers, printed paper labels on each; wrappers a little soiled and title page in volume I with old repair; all else very good in a blue cloth folding box, with thongs. Printed letters throughout, showing samples of mostly commercial letters, with Japanese text above explicating the letter, and a gloss in English and Japanese at the bottom explaining difficult words or phrases. No copies in OCLC. Japan WebCat finds only the Waseda copy. Item #40826

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