first edition
1929 · Tokyo
by Nishimura, Shinji
Tokyo: Society of Naval Architects, 1929. First edition, large, slim 8vo, pp. [6], [61]- 114, [1]; vignette title page, 4 plates (1 in color) and 9 illustrations in the text; generally fine in original printed beige paper-covered boards. Issued as Part IV, Section 2 of Vol. V in the publisher's A Study of Ancient Ships of Japan series. Includes earliest records of turtle-boats, medieval turtle-shell boats, Japanese myths relating to turtles, etc.
(Inventory #: 29222)