World travel guide with an emphasis on shopping, published in 1938 by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Steamship Line, and printed in Tokyo by Dai-Nippon Printing. Featuring illustrated profiles of Yokohama, Honolulu, Korea, Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Calcutta, Cairo, Naples, Marseilles, London, and Colombo. With colorful exoticist illustrations by American artist and illustrator Dan Sweeney (1880-1958), best-known for his Art Deco and Art Nouveau luggage and hotel labels from the 1920’s and 1930’s—the golden age of steamship travel. 8vo (6” x 9.25”), wire-stitched pictorial wrappers, 32 pages, color illustrations. Light bumping and chipping to extremities, with 1” open tear towards top corner of front wrapper, secured from the back with tape. Contents near fine.
World travel guide with an emphasis on shopping, published in 1938 by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Steamship Line, and printed in Tokyo by Dai-Nippon Printing. Featuring illustrated profiles of Yokohama, Honolulu, Korea, Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Calcutta, Cairo, Naples, Marseilles, London, and Colombo. With colorful exoticist illustrations by American artist and illustrator Dan Sweeney (1880-1958), best-known for his Art Deco and Art Nouveau luggage and hotel labels from the 1920’s and 1930’s—the golden age of steamship travel. 8vo (6” x 9.25”), wire-stitched pictorial wrappers, 32 pages, color illustrations. Light bumping and chipping to extremities, with 1” open tear towards top corner of front wrapper, secured from the back with tape. Contents near fine.
