Lot 340
Japan
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
£1,750
Description
A set of 5 albums containing over 570 silver? prints showing various aspects of life in Japan in the 1920s, first book contains manuscript title in yellow paint reading, B.H. Winder, Kamakura, Japan, 3rd April 1920, Camera = Carbine (plate attachment), Lens= Cooke, photographs include images of adults and children at work, silk manufacture, children, Geisha or dancing girls and young trainees, and religious ceremonies, a few of the photographs appear to be copies, large number of images captioned, a few slightly silvered or faded, albums covered in green silk, faded and worn several covers detached (5)