The Rising Sun The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936 - 1945
by Toland, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 039444311X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394443119
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1970. Later Printing. Hardcover. 039444311X . DJ and boards show some shelf wear, with DJ having short tears on top edge, sun-faded on spine, price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 954 pages; "This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author's words, a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21150
- Title
- The Rising Sun The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936 - 1945
- Author
- Toland, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039444311X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394443119
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- 039444311X, Japan, Pacific war, Sino Japanese war
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia; Militaria;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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