PIGGOTT Major-General FrancisMareMagnum
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19508vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 90 plates on 32, and 3 full-page illustrations and 4 maps (one full-page) in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth gilt, gilt back, small stain at lower margin of upper board else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately age-soiled and frayed with minor loss at upper edge of front panel. Piggott was a mainstay of Britain's relations with Japan for over a quarter of a century; his classic and detailed autobiography covers the progress of Anglo-Japanese diplomacy from the 1880s to WWII. The many fascinating photographs are largely from the author's private collection and therefore otherwise unpublished; they include valuable early studies of Japanese diplomatic and military groups and personalities later pre-eminent in WWII. SCARCE
20014to., First Edition, with very numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a mint copy in the dustwrapper. Valuable account of carrier development in Britain, Japan and the US. Coverage of wartime engagements is largely US-oriented.
19994to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Cassell's 'History of Warfare' series under the general editorship of John Keegan.
20008vo., First Edition, with 36 plates on 16; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19938vo., First Edition, with 4 plates; cloth, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.
19058vo., First Edition, with a sepia-toned frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 16 plates, 15 maps (several coloured and folding) and a folding map at end, some minimal age-soiling; handsomely bound in handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, original gilt from upper board and backstrip mounted at front on new and separate leaves, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. A lovely copy of this senior eye-witness account. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
19328vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, and endpaper maps in red, free endpapers moderately spotted, small contemporary inscription on half-title, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound); original burgundy cloth, upper board framed in black, backstrip lettered in gilt ad blocked in black, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright copy. The story of Will Adams, shipwrecked in seventeenth century Japan and befriended by shogun Ieyasu. This book forms the basis of Clavell's novel Shogun. THE UK EDITION IS VERY SCARCE - FAR MORE SO THAN ITS US COUNTERPART PUBLISHED BY DOUBLEDAY.
19908vo., First Edition, with 24 plates on 12, and 3 full-page maps and a double-page map in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first full and detailed account, and now quite scarce.
19578vo., First English Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by John Robinson. First appearance in English of Ooka's most famous novel Nobi (1951), widely regarded as one of the most important novels of the post-war period and now a modern classic. Based on the author's own experiences in the Phillippines, it tells the harrowing story of a lone Japanese soldier seeking to escape the island of Leyte after the conflict. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19898vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
19804to., First Edition, with very numerous fine plates, illustrations, makers' marks and tables in the text, and endpaper maps; sky blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE
19828vo. First Edition handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands ruled in gilt second and fourth compartments lettered ands ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt laid endpapers uncut a most att
19748vo. with numerous photographs throughout; red cloth gilt back a very good bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19938vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCRACE IN THIS CONDITION.
1993Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a copy of the publisher's single-leaf prospectus loosely inserted. Lovely copy of a standard reference.
19618vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Sold from an institution wits neat stamp on title. A volume in the Official History of Australia in WWII.
19618vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper. Sold from an institution wits neat stamp on title. A volume in the Official History of Australia in WWII.
19568vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates, maps and endpaper maps; maroon cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter neatly repaired at headband. The UK edition is far scarcer than its American counterpart. Enser, p.252.
19668vo., First Edition, with plates; salmon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. NMM IV, 104.
19458vo., First Edition, with title in red and black, 3 fine mounted coloured plates and 192pp of plates in monochrome, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, fresh copy. Bright, clean copy of a standard reference. Includes China, Indo-china, Korea and Japan.
1992Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and tables in the text; green boards, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19968vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19478vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss (affecting lettering) at tail of backstrip.
19788vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; green cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper.
19968vo., First Edition, with plates, illustrations and maps; cloth, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Published simultaneously with the US edition.
