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189144550Frontis portrait of the author hardcover
189252697New York: Printed by Hunt & Eaton 1892. Hardcover. Very good. Small octavo 7-1/2" x 5". 66pp. Original red cloth decorated in black & blind and lettered in gilt. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Signed on a preliminary blank in English and Japanese by Tel Sono. Binding with some minor soiling & rubbing but still a very good copy. Small round bookseller's stamp on rear pastedown. Two leaves with a small minor stain. <br /> <br /> Tel Sono began business as a lawyer in Tokyo at age 26. She came to San Francisco in 1886 and organized Christian missionary activities to assist Japanese women by education. She established the Benevolent Society for Japanese in San Francisco taught Japanese language at Mrs. Osborn's Mission Training Inst. in Brooklyn NY. & was also active in the Women's Temperance Union. She began the Tel Sono Assn. to establish a non-sectarian Christian Training School for Japanese women of the higher classes to be an example to other classes of women in Japan. This autobiography of the first Japanese woman lawyer is inspiring. OCLC. Printed by Hunt & Eaton hardcover
1892005954New York: Printed By Hunt & Eaton 1892. This is a very good hardcover copy in dark blue cloth covers titles in gilt and decorated with a subtle embossed design. Just light wear to the spine tips. Very clean inside. Signed by Tel Sono in Tokyo on the front endpaper. Black & white photograph of the author as frontispiece. 7" high X 5" wide 66 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good. Printed By Hunt & Eaton Hardcover
18914601Hunt & Eaton 1891. SONO Tel. TEL SONO: THE JAPANESE REFORMER. NY: Hunt & Eaton 1891. 8vo. decorative red cloth; 66 pages. First Edition. Signed by Tel Sono on a front blank page both in Engliosh and Japanese also with "Tokio Japan." Tel Sono was a young Japanese woman who came to San Francisco in 1886 to study converted to Methodism and became involved in Temperance activities. Very Good covers nice; contents clean & tight. $75.00. Hunt & Eaton unknown
18908037New York: Hunt & Eaton 1890. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1890 1st American edition. G/VG- in its navy-blue cloth with bright gilt title-lettering to the front panel. Some staining to the panels particularly along the lower edges and spine base. Still though presentable and internally very clean with no writing or markings of any kind. 12mo 66 pgs. Hunt & Eaton unknown