A large heavy tome - full of charming colour photographic reproductions from ports all around the world - from Hawaii to Siam - Hong Kong (18pp.) China (46pp.) and huge numbers of other ports/places all in thumb index format. A good or good minus copy. Numerous period local advertisements too. Original publisher's quarter blue cloth over orange cloth boards with paper onlay to the front board is missing upperleft corner( see picture) and stamped in gilt and red to the spine and gilt to the front board. The book is very firmly bound. Some dust soiling to the boards.
Covers a very good description of Japan's colonies at this period of time. * Covers in great detail Japan, principal production & industry, foreign trade, Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimidzu, Hamamatsu, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Shimonoseki, Moji, Sakito coal mines, Nagasaki, Miyagi, Matsushima, Hokkaido: Hakodate, Otaru, Sapporo, Kushiro, Obihiro. * Taiwan: outlne, products and industries, foreign trade, Keelung, Taihoku [Taipeh], Takao, other chief towns. * Chosen [Korea]: outline, principal production & industry, foreign trade, Fusan, Keijo [Seoul],Jinsen Heijo, Chinnampo, Genzan, Kongosan or Diamond Mountains. * China: principal production & industries, outline, foreign trade, Kwantung government, South Manchria Railway, Dairen, Newchwang, Antung, Mukden, Harbin, Tientsin, Peiping, Tsing- tao, Shanghai, Canton. Hong Kong: outline, city of Victoria, principal production and industries, foreign trade. * Philipines, outline, principal production and industry, foreign trade, Manila, seeing Luzon by rail, Baguio. * French-Indo China, Siam, Straits Settlements, Java, Burma, Ceylon et al. There is info on Products being Imported and Exported from each Country with information of foreign trade partners. Book is indexed to quickly find each country. Ports included in Japan, Taiwan and Takao, Chosen, Kwantung Territory, Manchoukuo (showing NYK was on board with the Japanese occupation of Chinese territory), China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, French Indo-China, Siam, the Malaya Straits Settlements, Java & the Celebes, Burma & Ceylon, British India, Australia and New Zealand as well as briefer sections on many European countries, South Africa, the USA, Turkey, Greece and Egypt.
In all a nice book More info/pictures on request.