The Asian Balance of Power: A Japanese View. Adelphi Papers, Number 42, November 1967
London: Inst. for Strategic Studies, 1967. 16, wraps, footnotes, pamphlet creased, rear cover somewhat soiled. More
London: Inst. for Strategic Studies, 1967. 16, wraps, footnotes, pamphlet creased, rear cover somewhat soiled. More
Geneva, Switzerland: Geneva Research Centre, 1938. 93, wraps, footnotes, appendices, foxing to fore-edge and spine, some foxing to text, some wear to edges of covers. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. 283, illus., references, front flyleaf slightly soiled, DJ worn and soiled, small tears to DJ. More
Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, Inc., 2007. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xi, [1], 263, [1] pages. Illustrations. Includes Prologue, Epilogue, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Chapters include The Course is Set; The Caprons and the Snowdens; A Rapid Rise and Disastrous Fall; Special Agent in Texas then Farmer in Illinois; Civil War--Capton takes the 14th Illinois Cavalry into Combat; Civil War--Trapped at Atlanta; the War ends for Capron; Commissioner of Agriculture; Crossing the Pacific; Arrival in Japan and a Meeting with Meiji; The Serious Work Begins; The Plan is Assembled; A Flood of Problems; Progress in Hokkaido; Exploring Hokkaido; Trouble with Lyman; The Final Report; and Back in Washington. Horace Capron (August 31, 1804 – February 22, 1885) was an American businessman and agriculturalist, a founder of Laurel, Maryland, a Union officer in the American Civil War, the United States Commissioner of Agriculture under U.S. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, and an advisor to Japan's Hokkaid Development Commission. His collection of Japanese art and artifacts was sold to the Smithsonian Institution after his death. Recruited by the Japanese government for his expertise in agriculture and military affairs, in 1871, he traveled to Japan, where he was received with full honors by Emeror Meiji. During his years in Japan, Capron endured criticism by the British and American press. Infighting among the members of his mission, and with the Japanese who supervised them, made the effort difficult and controversial. Capron returned to the United States in 1875 after receiving the highest award ever given to a foreigner by the Emperor. More
n.p. n.p., n.d. 189, wraps, illus., in Japanese w/ several English captions laid in, covers soiled, large tear at rear spine, part of spine missing. More
Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1935. 231, tables, sources references, appendices, slight discoloration inside boards, boards scuffed, some foxing on fore-edge. More
Boston, MA: Marshall Jones Company, 1935. 231, tables, source refs, apps, discolor ins bds, ink name ins fr bd, DJ very worn: soiled, sm tears, sev pcs missing. V. scarce. More
Tokyo: Ashai Shimbum Newspaper Publishing Company, 1958. Presumed First Edition, First printing this issue. Trade paperback with associated slipcase/box. Format is 10.25 inches by 13 inches. 419, [1] pages. Illustrated covers. Illustrations (some in color). The cover has some wear and soiling. The text is in English. Spine says This is Japan Number 5 1958. The Slipcase/Box is in good condition with some staining and ink notations on the back. The front has a label that states This is Japan 5. The contents include: The Asahi's Part in the Antarctic Expedition Chronicle 1956-1957, The Influence of "Southern Barbarian" Art in Japan, Japan Discovers the Atom, Self-Defence in Japan, Hokkaido, Japan: A Selected Bibliography, Korin Ogata, Okyo Maruyama, Kimono Miscellany, Behind the Kabuki Curtain, Shippoku Cooking, Nagasaki. Includes an Index of Advertisers. Among the contributors are: Shigeru Yoshida, Ilya Erenburg, Desmon Robins. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1963. Fourth printing [stated]. Mass market paperback. 270, [2] pages. Wraps. The pages have darkened. Cover has some wear and soiling. Slightly cocked. Sub-Lieutenant Sabur Sakai (25 August 1916 – 22 September 2000) was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28 aerial victories (including shared) by official Japanese records, while his autobiography Samurai!, co-written by Martin Caidin and Fred Saito, claims 64 aerial victories. Such discrepancies are common, and pilots' official scores are often lower than those claimed by the pilots themselves, due to difficulties in providing appropriate witnesses or verifying wreckage, and variations in military reports due to loss or destruction. Sakai visited the US and met many of his former adversaries, including Harold "Lew" Jones, the tail-gunner who had wounded him. Following a US Navy formal dinner in 2000 at Atsugi Naval Air Station where he had been an honored guest, Sakai died of a heart attack at the age of 84. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1978. Later printing. Mass market paperback. Mass Market Paperbook. Somewhat curved. 270, [2] pages. Illustrations. Stamp of previous owner on first page. Martin Caidin (September 14, 1927 – March 24, 1997) was an American author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Caidin began writing fiction during 1957, and authored more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books, as well as more than 1,000 magazine articles. His best-known novel is Cyborg, which was the basis for The Six Million Dollar Man franchise. He also wrote numerous works of military history, especially concerning aviation. Sub-Lieutenant Sabur Sakai (25 August 1916 – 22 September 2000) was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. In his autobiography Samurai!, co-written by Martin Caidin and Fred Saito, Sakai claims 64 aerial victories. Japanese records listed 28. Such discrepancies are common. More
Tokyo: Daitoa Shuppan Kabushiki, c. 1906. 232, wraps, front cover missing, pages have darkened, small tears along edges of front flyleaf. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. Hardcover. 270 pages. Color frontis illus., appendices, some wear spine edges, slight scuffing rear bd. Signed by the translator in English & Japanese. More
London: Penguin Books, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 176 pages. Illus., chronology, glossary, bibliography, index, some sticker residue front DJ, DJ slightly soiled. Signed presentation copy. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. First Printing. 25 cm, 262, acid-free paper, ink name inside front flyleaf, minor underlining and marginal marks. More
New York: Library Press, 1972. First? Edition. First? Printing. Wraps. 21 cm, 127 pages, wraps, slight wear and soiling to covers, former owner's signature on half-title, errata slip laid in. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First Edition. First Printing. 366, notes, selected bibliography, index, black mark on bottom edge, slight wear and soiling to DJ. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. 439, illus., index, discoloration inside fr bd, weakness to rear bd, edges of spine worn, corners of boards worn. More
Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, c1991. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 370, maps. More
New York: Congdon & Weed, 1984. First Edition. First? Printing. 296, notes, bibliography, index, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, small tear in rear DJ, "X" and erasure on front endpaper. More
New York: A. A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. First? Printing. Hardcover. 26 cm, 324, maps (some fold-out). DJ is in a plastic sleeve and has several areas where part of the DJ is missing. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1940. First Printing. 24 cm, 944, tables (3 large folding tables in pocket at end of volume), bottom edge soiled, ink marks ins fr board, endpapers discolored. More
New York: Time Incorporated, 1965. quarto, 160, profusely illus. (many in color), maps, endpaper maps, appendix, index, rear board somewhat scuffed. More