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Warriors of Medieval Japan (General Military)
by Turnbull, Stephen
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1841768642
- ISBN 13
- 9781841768649
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New York, U.S.A.: Osprey Publishing, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Edition, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEAR FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY
Synopsis
Stephen Turnbull is recognized as one of the world's foremost military historians of the medieval period. He first rose to prominence as a result of his 1977 book, The Samurai: A Military History . Since then he has achieved an equal fame in writing about European military subjects and has had 30 books published. Stephen Turnbull took his first degree at Cambridge University, and received a PhD from Leeds University for his work on Japanese religious history. His work has been recognized by the awarding of the Canon Prize of the British Association for Japanese Studies and a Japan Festival Literary Award. He currently divides his time between lecturing in Japanese Religion at the University of Leeds and writing. The author lives in Yorkshire, UK.
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- Title
- Warriors of Medieval Japan (General Military)
- Author
- Turnbull, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1841768642
- ISBN 13
- 9781841768649
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
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