Rowe david nelson ed (4 Ergebnisse)

Super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Zustand: fair to good, ex-lib. 282, frontis illus., footnotes, index, usual library markings, weakness to front board, boards worn, scuffed, & scratched. Small tears at top and bottom edges of spine. The author was an American-educated diplomat who had been a member of the Japanese Foreign Office. This book is mainly concerned with the background of the Pacific war, the chief causes of Japan's entry into that war and of her defeat, and the efforts of responsible Japanese, beginning as early as 1944, to bring the war to an end by surrender. …

8° 855 S./pp., Originalleineneinband (publisher's cloth binding), Bibliotheksexemplar von guter Erhaltung / fine exlibrary, keine Unterstreichungen oder Anmerkungen/no underlinings or remarks, Sprache: chinesisch.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. 1st Edition. Very Good; rubbing/bumping and incipient fraying to head and foot of spine; slight wear to other extremities; tanning/scuffs to spine; minor soil/stains/scuffs to cloth; foxing to front endpapers in the shape of a news clipping, now lost; else Fine. Hinges sound, spine straight, pages clean and bright except as noted. Front pastedown bears bookplate, neatly crossed out, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, "Special Collections Department, Eugene and Suzette Davidson Collection, National Socialist Period"; as this was not part of the circulating library, no other library markings are present on book or dust jacket. (The UCSB library staff confirms that this book has been deaccessioned.) In a Poor dust jacket; worn, soiled, stained, and repaired with transparent tape; in a brodart sleeve. Presumed First Edition. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf: "To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Davidson, In deep appreciation of their kindness. For without their assistance this book would not have seen the light of day. Toshikazu Kase. October 1951 [Japanese characters]" Eugene Davidson (1927-2002) was the editor of Yale Univ. Press from 1931 to 1957. He was also a noted critic, poet, and writer on history and international affairs. Signed by Author(s). Book.…