Ramsden, H.A. [editor]. THE NUMISMATIC AND PHILATELIC JOURNAL OF JAPAN. Sixteen of the 21 issues (24 numbers) published: Volume I, complete in six numbers; Volume II, Nos. 2-6; Volume III, Nos. 1-3 and 6; and Volume IV, No. 2. Yokohama: Jun Kobayagawa, 1913-1914. 8vo, first volume bound in blue cloth with H.F. Bowker's name impressed in gilt on the front cover; other issues as published in original printed card covers. Text illustrations throughout, with fine plates, some tinted. Final issue with worn spine; else generally near fine. A rich source of information, with numerous important articles by Ramsden and others in English and Japanese. A well-produced and important periodical, rarely offered. Volume II, Nos. 4 and 5 include a two-part article by Ramsden on the high value Tu Duc coinage of Annam. Howard Franklin Bowker was a well-known Western specialist in Asian numismatics, and author of A Numismatic Bibliography of the Far East: A Check List of Titles in European Languages, published by the ANS in 1943. Clain-Stefanelli 773.