Low City, High City : Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake, 1867-1923 by Seidensticker, Edward G

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1983. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Knopf, 1983. 302 pages. Illustrated. Two small tears on the front cover of the dust jacket.. 1st Ed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Tokyo, Japan.

Knopf, May 1983. Hardcover. Used - Good.

Knopf, 1983-05-12. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Very good. Knopf, 1983, 1st edition, 302 pages, hardcover in a very good dust jacket, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear, some edge wear on dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 1983, 302pp, illus., usual lib. markings, slight shelfwear to cover, slight edgewear to dj, contents clean.. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good -. Ex-Library.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1983, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Royal octavo, hardcover, VG in good, lightly edgeworn blue pictorial dj. First Edition. Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake: How the Shogun's Ancient Capital Became a Great Modern City, 1867-1923. 302 pages with note and index, B/W photos

Knopf, 1983-05-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pages unmarked.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. first edition. hardcover. Book VG-: shelf wear/soiling to boards and spine, mild foxing/offset to endpapers, text unmarked, binding tight./DJ G: edge wear, offset, not clipped. 8vo 302pp. from front flap: "Certain conjunctions of time and place exert a special fascination--Paris in the twenties, turn-of-the-century Vienna, Weimar Berlin. Tokyo in the years between the Meiji Restoration and the Earthquake of 1923 is one of these. Until 1867 the city was called Edo--it was the shogun's capital, the biggest city in a country almost completely closed to the outside world for two and a half centuries. Now, helter-skelter, it became a modern metropolis brimming with Western fads, ideas, and technologies, exuberantly inventing and imitating even as it yearned for the past it was destroying. East and West met here as never before--or since. Edward Seidensticker tells the story of Tokoy's transformation with affection and panache, and a close personal feeling for the moods of… Read More

Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($20.00 price intact). Published by Knopf, 1983. Octavo. White cloth over tan boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Spine straight, binding tight and pages crisp. Light bumps on bottom corners. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear, nicks, and small tears on back top left corner. 302 pages. ISBN: 0394507304. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!