MY ENGLISH LETTER by James Harris & N. Tatsunokuchi, published by YUSEIDO, Japan

Extremely rare “MY ENGLISH LETTER” by James Harris and Naotaro Tatsunokuchi, published by YUSEIDO, Tokyo, Japan. This is a First Edition Hardcover of a 1950’s instructive book for Japanese speakers on how to write letters in American English. The English and Japanese is dated, formal language of American 1950’s idiom. This book is in near mint condition, kept in a vault for 70 so years. The dust jacket and red hardcover and pages are, as you can see, pristine. This is unique because the paper for this book is thin and more fragile than comparable American paper stock. This is collectible. It’s almost a Museum Piece, an example of how post WW 2 Japanese craved to master basic English skills for doing business with English speakers (Americans and any other businesspersons who spoke English). Some of the phrases and words are so uncommonly used or even remembered that this book does provide ideas for English and Japanese speakers of a politeness and courtesy we all could learn from.