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The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa
by FUKUZAWA, Yukichi [with] Eiichi Kiyooka (trans.)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1968. Second Printing Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. xv, 407. Illustrated with a few black-and-white photographs. Includes a chronological table. Index. Bound in tan cloth with gilt emblem stamped on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. Former owner name on the front free endpaper. In the price-clipped dust jacket that shows moderate edge-wear. A fine assessment of Japan's transition from feudal introversion to adoption of Western science and other advancements, presented in the from of an autobiography by one who advocated the latter approach. The preface for the 1899 edition is presented here. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6570
- Title
- The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa
- Author
- FUKUZAWA, Yukichi [with] Eiichi Kiyooka (trans.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1968
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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