1956 Kyoto University Faculty Essays-50th Anniversary Collection

Description: Miscellanea Kiotiensia Essays in Celebration of the Semicentennial of the Faculty of Letters of Kyoto University. 1956, 1120pp, 7.5 x 10", 8vo, hardcover binding in slipcase. In fair condition with some age-related wear and marks from previous use. A good deal of toning and bumping to the slipcase, along with some paint splattering to the bottom. The folio has some rubbing and toning to the extremities, and slight bumping to the spine. The previous owner left black-inked faculty stamps on the lower text-block of the folio and throughout the pages. Additionally, pen notations and markings remain throughout. Pages 3-12 have been cut out and heavily annotated and marked up. Slight age-related toning to the pages. Please see our photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A rare 1950s Japanese-language collection of letters and essays from the University of Kyoto faculty. This specific book once resided in the prestigious library of language scholar Johannes Rahder (1898-1988). Rahder was a Dutch Orientalist and professor of Japanese at the University of Leiden from 1931 through 1946, and at Yale University from 1947 through 1965. He was depicted in the work of the legendary Langston Hughes' (1901-1967) 'I Wonder, I Wander'. After a brief meeting between the two figures on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1933, Hughes recognized Rahder as being a "...famous authority on obscure Oriental languages". Rahder's black-inked Yale University faculty stamp and pen markings can be found throughout this folio. FORN-SHELF-750-0424-eb0689

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