Crepe Paper bound with ribbon
1892 · Tokyo; Yokohama
by Bostwick, Lieutenant F. M. Artist unknown.
Tokyo; Yokohama: T. Hasegawa; Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., 1892. Crepe Paper bound with ribbon. Very Good. 19 pp. With a song about a geisha written by a naval officer, Ensign, then Lieutenant, F. M. Bostwick, who was in Japan for a three-year tour of duty beginning in 1886. Enthralled by the society around him, Bostwick contributed two musical manuscripts to Hasegawa, the first being Lyuchasan. A bit of departure for Hasegawa, the two works nonetheless sold extremely well for many years after. Sharf 32-3. Minor edge creasing of a few leave corners and slight bunching of the fabric by the front cover joint. Small stamp on p. 1 from presumably first bookseller. The first internal leaf has light foxing and p. 3 has light soiling by the joint. Otherwise bright and clean.
(Inventory #: 002097)