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GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, Inc., 1944 Book. Good (-) Book. Hardcover. Fifth Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Missing front half-title page and the inside sleeve of the jacket is glued to the book. Secure text-block with clean pages, and an ink notation and a store stamp at the title page. .
Why Japan Was Strong (SIGNED) by Patric, John - 1943
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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1943. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 313 pp. INSCRIBED "To ***/who is one of/the valuable/people/who help operate the/finest shipyard/in the United States/and therefore the/world. You are doing/more than you know/to defeat the bitterest/enemy we have/ever known/John Patric/Aug. 4, 1943." On facing page, Patric has written "May this narrative/add to your/understanding of/the tough little/guys who are/giving us so/much trouble." Grey cloth, map endpapers, in color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine (book review tipped in at rear) in good dustjacket (wears & chips to extremities; short closed tears). Patric travelled in pre-World War II Japan, Korea, Manchukuo and China and came to understand the strong, hard-working, and frugal people. Here he shares his adventures and "...gives the reader a chance to find out what these people are like and how they feelf about their government." - dustjacket flap. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
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WHY JAPAN WAS STRONG
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Why Japan Was Strong: A Journey of Adventure
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1944. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is a little dulled. Previous owners' gift inscription to the first blank. Pages lightly age-tanned. . First edition (first printing). Hardback. Physically 8¾” x 5½” (0.8 kg); (v) 313pp; Illustrated by way of: Photographic endpapers & blanks; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #177990|| Condition:
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Why Japan Was Strong: a Journey of Adventure
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London: Methuen, 1944. 313pp, end-paper maps. Small stain on the lower page edges. Or red cl boards, with a trace of damp at the lower front corner, in chipped dust-jacket with some loss at spine head and foot and a creased lower front corner. An account of the author's trip to all parts of the Japanese islands, to Chosen, Manchukuo, and that part of China 'which has since been invaded by the Japanese'. He shows that Japan was strong because she was hard-working, thrifty, and frugal with a people willing to learn from the countries of the Western world.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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Methuen, London, 1944. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Some of the stories in this book were first written briefly, for the National Geographic Magazine." Size: 180mm - 250mm. 313 pages. Spine is faded. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few marks, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Politics & Government; Japan; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 14640. .
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WHY JAPAN WAS STRONG: Adventurous Investigations of a Yankee Hobo in Japan, Manc
by PATRIC, John
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New York 1943, Doubleday. Grey cloth, 313p., endpaper maps, dj., very good. A keen assessment of Japan's pre-war strength. Covers the author's experiences in Japan on the eve of war, & with a Japanese-American while in Nikko. Focus on Japanese life & cruelty to the Ainu of Northern Japan, Manchurian activities of Japan, pattern for Blitzkrieg, designs for living in Pek- ing, Nazi connection in Japan, a journey through Korea &c. FIRST & ONLY EDITION .
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