The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu: Jiudo. (Judo) (First Ed. in Rare Dustjacket)
by Hancock, H. Irving & Katsukuma Higashi
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London & New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 1931 printing of the 1927 English edition. Xv, 526 pp., 505 ills., 8vo, reddish cloth, dustjacket. Nearly Fine text with complete, intact contents, strong hinges, in original cloth, no owner's name, no noticeable wear or fading, minor foxing on endpapers. Original dustjacket is Very Good, not price-clipped, no large tears or chips, but overall foxing, edge-wear and small edge-chips and edge-tears. The jacket has a very attractive Art Deco image of a jiujitsuan in green and black against a white background. This edition includes the extra chapters on "The Serious and Fatal Blows", etc. that were removed from later editions. Rare copy of this seminal work on judo/jiu-jitsu. A superb copy of this edition, the only copy we have seen with this striking dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Inno Dubelaar Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 788645
- Title
- The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu: Jiudo. (Judo) (First Ed. in Rare Dustjacket)
- Author
- Hancock, H. Irving & Katsukuma Higashi
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- JUDO JIU-JITSU
- Bookseller catalogs
- Martial Arts;
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