Saikin Beikoku Seiko Jikketsu [Ten Outstanding Successes in the U.S.A.]

Tokyo, 1903. About very good.. [2],4,26,371,[19]pp., plus three leaves of plates. Original tan printed wrappers. Spine partially perished, light wear to covers. First edition. Profiles of ten successful American businessmen, published as part of a late Meiji-era interest in business practices and strategies. The three plates show portraits of the men, among them J. Pierpont Morgan. The final section is mostly ad pages for business-related books. Three copies in OCLC, two in Japan and one at the Library of Congress.