Description
Printed by Frank McCaffrey, founder of the Dogwood Press, the limited edition of Crashing Through Japan’s Back Door by Herbert A. Schoenfeld.
Octavo, 57pp, [1]. Patterned paper covered boards, embroidery along spine. Solid text block, fraying to edges of spine, faint toning to leaves, a stable, very good example. From a limited edition of 265 books, this copy numbered 161. Created by Frank McCaffrey, Printer of Seattle and founder of the Dogwood Press.
Herbert A. Schoenfeld describes his time on the S.S. Dakota when it sank off the south-east coast of Japan in March, 1907. Schoenfeld and his family took refuge in the small Japanese village of Yokohama.