Conversations of English Language For those, who begin to learn the English
[Japan] by R. Van Der Pyl. Edited by Watanabe & Co. Yed[o]. At the Third Year of Kei-ou. First edition of this work that was one of the earliest English language study books to be published solely in English. There is a publisher's ad in the rear for a Dutch-English conversation book that was checked by Dutch chemist Koenraad Gratama of the Kaisei Gakko.
Yedo [Tokyo]. No publisher [Watanabe & Co.?]. Keio 3 [1867].
pp [2], 50. 18.5 x 12.3cm.
In good condition. Original title slip. Covers with age wear. Rear cover with one worm trail that only just goes through to the other side. Pages with faint pencil notes and a few pages with short worm trails. b31010299d
