**A grammar of the japanese spoken language**: Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1888. Fourth edition. Original green cloth, blindstamped, title in gilt on front board. Insect damage to binding, corners bumped and worn, covers rubbed. Shaken, contents page present but loose. Bookplate on front paste down, some underlining & notation, blanks at rear covered in neat notation. Fair. William George Aston (1841-1911) compiled two grammars of the Japanese language. His works on language and anthropology are still in print today.
