Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan by Yoshikawa, Eiji - 1992

Kodansha Amer Inc, 1992. hardcover. Interior is excellent/Minimal wear to cover and jacket. 2x8x9.

Kodansha International (JPN), 1992-09. Hardcover. Good.

Kodansha Amer Inc. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Good dust jacket. (fiction, historical, epic) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Kodansha Amer Inc, 1992. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 10x8x0. Stated First edition, first printing, full number line starting with "1". Dust jacket intact and in very good condition with minor wear in a protective archival cover attached to boards. Text block is clean, bright and tight, no markings, corner creases or other defects noted.. Unconditional money back guarantee.

US: Kodansha Amer Inc, 1992-09-01. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 926 pages. Light shelf-wear to price clipped dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 462540

Kodansha USA, 1992. Hard cover. Very good/Good. The top edge of the jacket is slightly creased with the front and back jacket cover being shelf worn, rubbed, and slightly scratched. The cover is in great condition with no visible flaws apart from some light handling wear. Spine is slightly shaken, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Kodansha Amer Inc, 1992. First printing of this new edition, quarter cloth trade hard cover with dust jacket, NF/NF. Clean, tight, square and unmarked copy, just slightly less than crisp. Dust jacket offered in a new mylar cover. 926pp, mapped endpapers. Heavy book; NO international shipping.. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

Kodansha, 1992. 926pp, tall, thick book, red cloth spine, black boards, gold lettering, shiny dust jacket, 25.00 price on front flap, Very Good, no names or writing, map on end pages, first U. S. edition, 1992, translated from the Japanese, historical novel of clashes and power struggles in 16th century Japan between three main characters, all fearless warriors, ruthless Nobunga, cold, calculating Ieyasu, and the victorious Hideyoshi, who the story then follows with his triumphs, his power rulings and his vices and womanizing. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Tokyo London New York: Kodansha International, 1992. First Edition, Second Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. Quarto, red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, illustrated with frontal matter includes a battle scene as frontispiece, Heraldry images [1p.], Measurement of Time in Medieval Japan [1p.], and double-spread map of "Central Japan in the Sixteenth Century" [2pp.]; archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting Samuraii warriors fighting on horseback and on foot, map endpapers of "The Empire of Japan," 926 pages. Weight: 3 lbs. 6 oz. Eiji Yoshikawa ( , Yoshikawa Eiji, 1892 - 1962) was a highly honored Japanese historical novelist. He often condensed and retold older classics such as Tale of Genji, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Thus, Yoshikawa abridged Taiko ki originally in 15 volumes to only two volumes (here published as one). For his magisterial novels, he was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960… Read More

Kodansha International, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine, tight and clean hardover shows mild bumping to corners and light bit of soil at page edges, in a near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows some exposure toning with lightening of red letter to author name at spine and a touch of shelf wear. 926 pages with endpaper maps. Still a nice looking copy of this novel from the author of Musashi that "..combines the panaramic spectacle of a Kurosawa epic with a vivid evocation of feudal Japan.