1914 Nippon Automobile Club – Jidōsha

Nippon Automobile Club – Jidōsha: A Monthly Magazine of Automobilism, Aviation and Allied Sports, Vol. II, No. 4 (April 1914) Tokyo: Japan Gazette Press, 1914. 4to. ca. 118 pp. English section + ca. 100 pp. Japanese section; illustrated throughout with ads, halftone plates, and several folding colour automobile road maps (including Yokohama–Naoetsu and Tokyo). Original green-and-black pictorial wrappers, spine with tears and losses at head and foot, otherwise a clean, well-preserved copy internally, maps crisp and complete. A scarce early issue of Japan’s pioneering motoring periodical, notable for its bilingual content, commercial automotive advertising, and detailed pre-war road maps. Inv. BX1