ISBN10: 4770019572, ISBN13: 9784770019578, [publisher: Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY, USA] Hardcover First Edition Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY, USA, 2004. Fourteenth (14th) Printing (from number line) of First Edition Thus (Compact Edition), which was first printed in 1995. The original English language translation from the Japanese by Charles S. Terry was first published in 1981. Unread. As New in As New Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. The Binding is light blue textured boards with bright brown title and author to front board, bright brown title, etc., to spine, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is flawless - bright and intact with the original price ($35.00) intact on the front flap. See photos. xiii + 970 pages. 6" x 8 1/2". Foreword by Edwin. O. Reischauer. Originally serialized in Japan from 1935 to 1939, this historical fiction novel follows the life of Japan's most famous philosopher swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, from the end of the Battle of Sekigahara to his composition of the Book of the Five Rings. The English language translation is an abridgment. Those wanting to read an unabridged version will have to read it in the original Japanese or in Portuguese, in a 2,000 page translation published in Brazil by Estadao in 1998. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,160 grams / 2 lb., 9 ...
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ISBN10: 4770019572, ISBN13: 9784770019578, [publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc] Hardcover reprint edition. 984 pages. 8.50x6.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1995]