Fine Books & Manuscripts
Wed, Sep 18, 2019 12:30AM EDT
Lot 256
Japanese Woodblock Printed Elementary School Textbook.
Estimate: $200 - $300
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| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
[Baseball] Japanese Woodblock Printed Elementary School Textbook. Japan: Ministry of Education, 1874 (Meiji period). Yellow printed wraps made of washi (Japanese paper); stitched. Profusely illustrated with woodblock images including one of the first printed mentions of baseball in Japan. 16mo. Wraps soiled with slight creasing, few pages bumped; interior generally clean. Baseball was introduced in Japan in 1873 by an American teacher in Tokyo, Horace Wilson; around the same year this book was printed.
