Condition. The book is in Very Good condition. The paper wraps have light soiling and creasing. The folding map is quite clean and solid but has small thins/holes as some of the crease points. Five of the "Memo" pages have manuscript ink verses of poetry on such subjects as "Fujisan from Otomi-toge," "Children of Japan," "Horses of Japan," and "Chickens of Japan."

 
Anonymous (attributed to B.H. Chamberlain & W.B. Mason):
Notes For Tourists to Miyanoshita and the Immediate Vicinity, Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Province of Sagami, Japan, 1903, Japan, Fujiya Hotel, 1903, 32mo (3 1/4 x 5 1/8 in - 8.5 x 13 cm), illustrated paper wraps, staple bound, calendar for the year 1903 on back cover, 7 black and white collotype plates, color fold-out map (9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in - 24 x 35 cm)of "Hakone District of Japan, 12 ruled blank "Memo" pages for notes follow the plates, 6 pages of text. The finely engraved color map shows topographic details to include contour lines, roads, railway stations, railways and tramways. The text pages are "...borrowed, by permission, from Murray's Handbook for Japan, by Professor B.H. Chamberlain and W.B. Mason...." The Fujiya Hotel opened in 1878. This pamphlet provides a view of the hotel at the turn of the 20th century.

All 7 Plates:

 
Color Foldout Map at Rear

 
Close-Up of Black and White Collotype Plate

 
Hotel Advertisement at the Rear