New Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Fauna of Japan (Volume 2)

Tokyo: Hokuryukan, [1960s]. Quarto in brownish red cloth wrappers with gilt titles on spine; b&w illustrations; 803 p., 27 cm. Very good copy. Ex-library (Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco) with stamps on title page and edges of pages;very mild soiling to cloth; liquid damage to bottom open corner of cloth and pages and bottom corner of cover and pages at spine: cover and first 10 leaves have rippling and darker water stain at lower, open corner; there is a brown discoloration stain to bottom third portion of foreedge of pages however the face of the leaves don't show any staining or obvious rippling; pages are otherwise clean, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square. . Paperback.

In Japanese, with nomenclature in Latin. **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply.**