Absolutely gorgeous book in near fine condition. Book itself is not ex-lib, free from any markings, creases, rips, etc. Binding is tight. This copy appears in unread condition. The DJ has a small nick on the front cover and bump at top of the spine (see photos). Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Worswick, Clark (editor). Japan - Photographs, 1854-1905. With an Introduction by Jan Morris. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 28.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 151 pages. 120 topographical and portrait photographs in monochrome and colour-tint throughout. Hardcover [publisher's original black] with gilt lettering on spine. With beautifully illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean. Includes, for example, the following: Japan: An Introduction by Jan Morris / Photographs / Photography in Nineteenth Century Japan by Clark Worswick / Notes / Description of Photographic Processes / Index of Commercial and Amateur Photographers / Bibliography / Piicture Sources etc. The beauty and fiercenesss of Japan's almost medieval 19th century society is revealed in 120 extraordinary photographs by the remarkable Japanese and European photographers of the day. In this book the reader sees the splendour that marked the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate and the first, often curious, images of Westernization that heralded Japan's transformation from a insular, fedual country into a modern world power. Here are the faces, the costumes, the manners, the professions of that time, the landscapes, the countryside, the city streets, the interiors rich and poor. The development of a Japanese vision in photography can be attributed to a heterogenous mix of talents - European as well as Japanese. Among those represented here: Felix Beato, an Italian militray photographer who was the first, and the most imprtant, European photographer in Japan and who extensively documented the last years of the old regime; Baron von Stillfried, an Austrian noblemna who later bought out Beato's firm and whose dramatic studio portraits were characterized by a grave beauty and a singular intensity; and in an astonishing modern mode, the two leading Japanese photographer.. Format: import