Re: Japanese Railroad art book-how to find it

A friend put me onto an auction site that had one copy listed. I passed the info to another friend who had back channeled me and he bought it. The link, which I am posting, now shows the book to be out of stock but if you scroll down a page, there are 10 other book shops listing it. Prices range from $6 to $25. The artist is variously listed as Rikichiro Tomita or Tokichi Tomita but the photo of the cover is clearly of the same book that I have. This may have to do with how Japanese characters are translated by Google.

Here is the link. [www.kosho.or.jp] This will take you to the page but in Japanese. If you use Chrome you may be able to get Google Translate directly. If not, you will need to coppy and paste the link into a Google search box which will then bring it up as a web search. Click on "Translate this page" and you will hopefully be able to figure things out. Don't be alarmed by the descriptions of cover damage or "burned" pages. The paper used has browned a bit due to aging. Apparently the closest English word to the Japanese character is "burned." I think the term used by US and UK used book shops is "foxing." I think kosho.or.jp is an organization of used book shops, sort of like ABE in the US.

Good luck searching.

Michael Allen