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1978 The Way of the Samurai
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
First edition with unclipped dust wrapper.
Featuring over 20 full-page, and numerous in-text, photographs by award-winning photographer Werner Forman, widely admired for his work documenting world history and culture. With a map of Japan. Collated complete.
Part of the Echoes of the Ancient World series, edited by Forman. The series spans various ancient cultures, compiling Forman's photos with text from international subject specialists.
In this edition, credited Japanologist Richard Storry writes on the long and fascinating history of the Samurai in ancient Japan.
Condition
In publisher's original cloth binding. With original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear only. Bookplate to reverse of front free endpaper. Dust wrapper externally very good with slight shelf wear and the odd mark on the back wrap. Reinforced by inner archival covering. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean.
Fine
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