AINU LIFE AND LORE: ECHOES OF A DEPARTING RACE

Tokyo: Kyobunkwan, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 448 pages; VG-; fully bound in blue cloth; spine has gilt lettering, front cover has embossing and gilt tooling; binding has minor wear along the top and bottom edges, with mild fraying at the top of the spine, has minor bumping on the fore edge corners; pages have minor age toning and minor scratch marks along the top edge, have occasional minimal detachment, ffep has creasing; occasionally illustrated; shelved Case 7. John Batchelor was a devoted British missionary to the Ainu People of Japan from 1877-1941. The Ainu are an ethnic indigenous group living in Japan and in Russia. 1318849. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. (Inventory #: 1318849)