[Japan] The growth of Japanese railways.

N.pl. (Tokyo), printed by the Japan Times Office (pasted printer's mark at the end) for The Railway Bureau, Department of Communications, n.d. (ca. 1903), (2),39 leaves, with large folding railway map (dated November 1903), 3 (folding) graphs and 18 photographic plates, original cordbound decorated cloth, all edges gilt, oblong folio (minimal defects, very good copy).

Beautiful and very rare publication, in which the spectacular expansion of the Japanese railways from 1872 to 1903 is visualised in every possible way (text, photos, graphs and tables). Exclusive business card for the Japanese railways around 1900.