"Japanese Studies" by H.G. Ponting F.R.G.S Collotyped by K. Ogawa F.R.P.S., Kelly Walsh Ltd, Yokohama, 1906 (and Meiji 39). Printed work, in the form of a Japanese-style bound album, illustrated with fifty-two black-and-white photographs, of views of Japan and Japanese people, identified or accompanied by poems; the polychrome cardboard covers depicting a lakeside landscape. (Minor wear and soiling; the back cover needs refixing). Dim. 20 x 28 cm Note: Herbert G. Ponting (1870-1935) was an English photographer and film-maker, best known for his part in the Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica in 1910-1912. From 1898, however, he travelled throughout much of Asia, covering various events (the Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War, the American-Philipino War).