Broadside advertisement for an antiquarian book fair in Tokyo

by Meiji Koten-kai

$750 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

Tokyo: February, 1949 . Broadside, approx. 21 x 15 with black and brown text in Japanese. An advertisement for an antiquarian book fair held February 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Matsuzakaya Department Store in Ueno, Tokyo. Sale was stated to feature rare Meiji and Taisho signed books, poetry, first editions, manuscripts, and other literature from private collections. Includes a list of participating bookstores: Matsuzakaya, Kobunsho, Kinouchi Shoten, Shinsheido, Hakurinsha, Inoue

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