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Japanese-English Baby Dictionary (1929 Miniature Book)





Japanese-English Baby Dictionary. Tokyo: Shiseido, Showa 4 (1929). 2nd pr.
AVAILABLE: see STOCKLIST for pricing

Description — Thick miniature book (4.9 x 3.7 x 1.9 cm), VI-920-(2) p., adorned supple leather cover, with sewn supple leather slipcase.

Condition — Good (wear to cover, to title page & to the edges of the first pages)

Review — A rare, remarkable, very cute miniature Japanese-English dictionary from the very beginning of the Showa period (late 1920s) in leather outfit (cover & handmade slipcase) with, for each entry, the word in Latin alphabet, the Japanese kanji between brackets, the English translation, and additional expressions when relevant.

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