Beikoku Shakai no Ankokumen: Daitokai no Uraomote [The Dark Side of American Society: The Two Faces of a Great Metropolis]

Tokyo: Daikosha, 1928. Very good.. [2],6,296,[4]pp. Original color-printed wrappers. Light foxing and dust soiling to wraps. Moderate tanning, heavier at edges. "Analysis of American society in the late 1920s by an anonymous Japanese observer living in the United States. The author comments on a wide range of subjects including housing, food, transport, labor unions, courtship, gender roles, marriage and religion. The author shares candid observations and comparisons between America and Japan." -- Huntington Library. An attractive copy in the publisher's original decorated wrappers, inscribed on the front free endpaper. OCLC locates only the copy at the Huntington.