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The Rising Sun; The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
by John Toland (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€187.90€131.53
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 1970 Random House, New York. 1970. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name and date on the FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine; shelfwear to tail and lower tips. DJ: Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($12.95); light shelfwear to tail; missing small piece at front gutter bottom. Gold cloth on half the boards and brick red cloth on spine and half the boards; copper and gilt lettering on the spine; copper Japanese characters on the front board. Maps as endpapers. Tinted textblock top. 954 pp 8vo. Told primarily from the Japanese viewpoint, this book traces the dramatic fortunes of modern Japan from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atom bomb. This book recaptures a catastrophic conflict which not only revolutionized the Japanese way of life but marked the beginning of an ideological and racial contest for all of Asia. A very clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Synopsis
John Toland was one of the most widely read military historians of the twentieth century. His many books include The Last 100 Days; Ships in the Sky; Battle: The Story of the Bulge; But Not in Shame; Adolf Hitler; and No Man’s Land . Originally from Wisconsin, he lived in Connecticut for many years with his wife.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016492
- Title
- The Rising Sun; The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- Author
- John Toland (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NAGASAKI, HIROSHIMA, ATOMIC BOMB, THE RISING SUN, NIPPON, JAPANESE EMPIRE, TOJO, PEARL HARBOR, HIROHITO, JOHN TOLAND, World War II, United States Navy, World War II in the Pacific, General Douglas MacArthur, East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, rubber, oil, pr
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
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- Gilt
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