An English Girl in Tokyo Teresa Eden Richardson Modern Fiction

A scarce illustrated novel set in Tokyo during the Russo-Japanese War, inspired by the author's own service as a nurse in Japanese hospitals. The first edition of this scarce volume.Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.In the publisher's original cloth binding, with a coloured illustration tipped-in to the front board.This novel centres a girl named Violet Courtley, who stays in Tokyo to visit her brother, one of the Secretaries at the British Embassy.The environments, people and customs are likely inspired by the experiences of the author, Teresa Eden Richardson. As well as an author she was a distinguished nurse who earned the Japanese Red Cross Order, among other awards. The Red Cross Society of Japan is described throughout this novel, referencing the author's own time in Japanese Hospitals during the Russo-Japanese War.Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece and six monochrome plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with a coloured illustration tipped-in to the front board. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Spots and marks to the boards. Bookplate of one Cliff Parfit to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with offsetting to the title page and endpapers. With the odd spot. Good