Shogun - SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED in the year of publication with Australian Launch Event Ticket
by Clavell, James
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- Signed
- first
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1975. A first edition, first printing published by Hodder in Stoughton in 1975. A very good book with inscribee's neat name to the front endpaper - Binding still very good. Foxing on preliminary pages, scattered foxing in book. Edges foxed and browned. In a very good (or better) unclipped wrapper without fading to titles on spine - with some edgewear. Dust wrapper design by Paul Bacon. Inscribed on the title page: 'For Jacques Horringa/-Book man!/Best wishes from/me/James C/Sydney 27th Nov 75/'. The inscription is accompanied by a Japanese symbol. "Shogun" is a historical novel by James Clavell set in 17th-century Japan. It follows the adventures of John Blackthorne, an English navigator shipwrecked on Japan's shores. As he becomes embroiled in the country's political intrigues and cultural clashes, he forms alliances with samurai and falls in love with a Japanese noblewoman. The novel delves into themes of honour, loyalty, and cultural exchange as Blackthorne navigates the complex world of feudal Japan, ultimately becoming entangled in the power struggles of warlords and the quest for a new Shogun. "Shogun" is a sweeping tale of East meeting West, offering insight into Japan's isolationist history. Inscribed copies of this, the first UK Edition, are scarce indeed.
Synopsis
A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in an extraordinary saga of a time and a place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust, and the struggle for power...From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17327
- Title
- Shogun - SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED in the year of publication with Australian Launch Event Ticket
- Author
- Clavell, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Foxed
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