F s g piggott (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 125pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Light foxing on endpapers, faint cup-ring stain on front board, very good in a very good dust jacket with corresponding cup-ring stain, small chips along edges.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. 4 preliminary leaves, 4-378 pages, 1 leaf. Publisher's quarter cloth over decorative paper-covered boards worn, scuffed, and frayed; previous owner's attractive leather bookplate at front pastedown, inner hinges broken, contents age-toned and shaken, a few notes in pencil. 1280 grams. …

1950, 424 pp. Red cloth with protected and unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket spine slightly sun faded with little edge wear. Some shelf-wear and damage to paper edges. Pictures on request.

Zustand: fair to good, fair to poor. 424, illus., maps, appendices, glossary, index, foxing inside boards and flyleaves and to fore-edge, DJ soiled, worn, and wrinkled. Several tears to DJ and several small pieces missing. Anglo-Japanese relations are the "Thread" running through this book, which considers the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and World War II.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A unique association copy of this Japanese edition of F. S. G. Piggott's military memoir, with his presentation inscription to his daughter Juliet Piggott. The author's presentation copy to his daughter, Juliet Piggott, with his inscription to the rear free endpaper dated 1951.A very scarce Japanese edition of this memoir from Francis Stewart Gilderoy Piggott, a British Army Officer who served as the British Military Attache in Tokyo and was the army's overseer of military intelligence in East Asia.Anglo-Japanese relations is a recurring topic through this book, an aspect of Piggott that was met with controversy among many his peers. Also discusses the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and World War II.Translated by S. Hasegawa.Piggott's daughter, Juliet, wrote a number of children's books inspired by much of her childhood spent in Japan, including 'Japanese Mythology' and 'The Story of Japan'.This edition is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and sixteen monochrome plates. In the original rough cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight fading to the spine and minor bumping to the extremities. Tissue-guarded ex libris bookplate of one Cliff Parfit to the rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Contemporary annotations inscribed to the title pages. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

1st edition. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Bookplates and/or library marks in prelims/title page, but the rest of text remains clear. * Estimated year of publication. Physical description; 4 preliminary leaves, 4-378 pages, 1 leaf, 27 cm. Subjects; Japanese language Cursive writing. Chinese language Writing. Japanese language Cursive writing ; Handbooks, manuals, etc. Chinese language Cursive writing ; Handbooks, manuals, etc. Calligraphy, Japanese. 1 Kg.…