We Japanese from Fujiya Hotel Ltd.

We Japanese: Being Descriptions of Many of the Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Festivals, Arts and Crafts of the Japanese Besides Numerous Other Subjects

Frederic De Garis, Book I
Atsuharu Sakai, Book II & III

Fujiya Hotel Ltd, 1950

First Edition, Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. 600 Pages, 889 Illustrations. Wraps. Beautiful First Combined Edition, originally published in three volumes beginning in 1934. Bound in decorative blue cloth over stiff paper boards bound with string without backstrip as issued. Pages folded so only one side of the leaf has printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Previous owner's name on front endpaper.  Cloth age-toning. Traditional bone closer is fully intact.  A clean, collectable copy. This book is meant to introduce Japan to western tourists. Delightful and comprehensive.