Item #82700 Beikoku Kokuminron. Alisha Mulford, Sho Nemoto.

Beikoku Kokuminron

Tokyo: Kyobunkan, 1914. Hardcover. portrait (of Frederick Billings and his mother), 2, 273p. Original olive green cloth. 22cm. Corner bumped. Backstrip faded. End leaves browned. No Jacket. Japanese text. Nemoto, who became a distinguished politician in Japan, had come to the United States to acquire a Western education. A Preface in English by Nemoto dedicates the book to the recently-deceased Billings, describing him as his best friend when they were classmates at the University of Vermont. Billings was also the son of the couple who befriended Nemoto, took him into their home, and paid for his college education. Separate title-page in English: "The Nation: The Foundation of Civil Order and Political Life in the United States." Good. Item #82700

Price: $75.00

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