The Japanese Nation in Evolution Steps in the Progress of a Great People

"The Japanese Nation in Evolution: Steps in the Progress of a Great People" by William Elliot Griffis, published in New York by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. in 1907. A 12mo volume (5" x 7.5") in red cloth with bright gilt lettering and decoration to the spine and upper cover. The book has rounded corners and deckled edges.

The frontispiece depicts Admiral H. Togo, an important figure in modern Japanese history. A bookstore label from Johnson's Bookstore in Springfield is affixed to the rear pastedown. An attractive early 20th-century volume concerning Japan and its historical development, particularly appealing to collectors of Japanese history, Meiji-era studies, and books on Japan's emergence as a modern nation.