Byas, Hugh (75 results)

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st UK Edition. VG+, Bumps, scattered foxing/Fair, Tape Repair stains. 1st UK Edition. WW2 American propaganda. Silverfish have made a meal of the rear flap hinge & edges. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5.5 X 8 inches, 107pages Hardcover. Condition: Good. Withdrawn library copy with stickers on cover and stamps on end pages. A couple pages with ink underlining.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover --- Blue cloth with gilt spine letters, book is 7 1/2" tall. 369 pages, plus index.VERY GOOD CONDITION, tight binding, clean book - the text is clean but no longer bright white--------dust jacket has edgewear.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. George Allen and Unwin, 1944.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Knopf, 1942. Octavo. Hardcover. Publisher's material laid in. Book is very good. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

BROCHE. Condition: Acceptable. 167 pages, Traces de mouillures.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (World War 2, Japan) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Government by Assassination. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Stapled Binding. Condition: Fine. A fine copy. 1923 Stapled Binding. 51 pp. Comprising "Japan at the Time of Townsend Harris" and "Japan To-day." ABOUT TOWNSEND HARRIS: Townsend Harris (October 4, 1804 ? February 25, 1878) was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the "Harris Treaty" between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period. President Franklin Pierce named Harris the first Consul General to Tokugawa Japan in July 1856, where he opened the first US Consulate at the Gyokusen-ji Temple in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, soon after Commodore Matthew Perry had first opened trade between the US and Japan in 1854. At that time, Japan was not a nation united under one leader, but was politically made up of jealous feudal principalities; the Shogunate ended in 1868, in part in response to Harris as envoy from the US since 1854, as William Elliot Griffis described the changes inside Japan after it opened itself to trade with the US and European nations. Harris played an important political role in Japan in the 1850s and 1860s, alongside fellow Western diplomats Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek, Max von Brandt, Rutherford Alcock and Gustave Duchesne, Prince de Bellecourt. Although these men were bound by personal friendship, national rivalries and differences in dealing with the Japanese led to conflict and antagonism. However, the chaotic and ungovernable circumstances of the first few years forced them to cooperate. Harris demanded the courtesies due to an accredited envoy and refused to deliver his president's letter to anyone but the Shogun in Edo, and to him personally. After prolonged negotiations lasting 18 months, Harris finally received a personal audience with the Shogun in the palace. After another four months, he successfully negotiated the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, or the "Harris Treaty of 1858", securing trade between the US and Japan and paving the way for greater Western influence in Japan's economy and politics. He served during the first Japanese Embassy to the United States, during which a false report reached the US of his death. Unfortunately he was addicted to alcohol and the complaints about his functioning led to his departure in 1861. Upon his departure, senior Japanese diplomat Moriyama wrote to him "You have been more than a friend. You have been our benefactor and teacher. Your spirit and memory will live forever in the history of Japan." Harris was favorably impressed by his experiences in Japan at the end of its self-imposed period of isolation. He wrote: "The people all appeared clean and well-fed. well clad and happy looking. It is more like the golden age of simplicity and honesty than I have ever seen in any other country". According to a persistent legend, Harris adopted a 17-year-old geisha known as Okichi, whose real name was Kichi Saitou. The legend has it that she was heavily pressured into the relationship by Japanese authorities and then ostracized after Harris' departure, eventually committing suicide in 1892. However, it appears that Okichi was merely one of Harris' housekeepers, and the Kodansha Encyclopedia states that Harris fired her after just three days of work.

magazine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Very good, approximately 9x12; illustrated with drawings &photos, unbound pages in mylar, with stiff backing; ADV009805; 12460; 6 pages; This is an article (it is NOT a book) from a journal.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book cover has a few tiny smudges & a bit of staining along spine, otherwise looks bright and mostly clean. Tight binding, pages are clean and crisp. Overall in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd printing (March 1942). Very Good hardcover in Very Good DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; light dust spotting on text block top edge; tightly bound; some age darkening of end papers; light, clean interior. DJ is complete; lightly scuffed; clean but for few faint smudges on spine. 12mo, 107 pp.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. (Japan, militarism).

Condition: New. In.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.00 price intact). Published by Knopf, 1942. Octavo. Hardcover. Red topstain. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with edgewear and small tears. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First UKL edition on blue cloth + owners name.

Couverture souple. Condition: Assez bon. plats de couverture salis, étiquette de propriétaire en deuxième de couverture, intérieur frais.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, x, 369, viii pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing black and red lettering to the spine. Boards show moderate wear including sunning and faint soiling. Slight cocking to the spine. Text block has age toning to the fore and tail edges. Dark red head edge. Deckled fore edge. Slight offsetting to few pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Heavy offsetting from newspaper clipping to pages thirty to thirty one. First edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K, ND-K. 1380961. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fourth printing on grey cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Book Fine. Square, tight, clean. NO notes. No names or ANY markings. DJ with just minor edge wear to spine ends, else Fine. DJ not price clipped ($3) ; Ships In a box, USA; 378 pages.

Hardcover. 3 p. L., v-ix, [1], 369, viii p., 1 L. 22 cm. Index. Hugh Byas, a British Editor Who Became a Leading Expert on Japan between the First and Second World Wars. The author was formerly Tokyo correspondent of the New York Times. Written by someone who spent twenty-three years as a journalist in Japan, this book describes the political and military aspirations of Japan at a tumultuous period of twentieth century history. The book examines the workings of the Japanese government and discusses the role of the military in shaping political ideals: ideals which were a compound of Marxism and National Socialism, transformed for Japanese uses and combined with fanatical racial, national and semi-religious obsessions. Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Sticker inside back cover. First edition [stated[. Presumed first printing.

Half-Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Apparent First Edition. This issue dedicated to Inari: Its Origin, Development, and Nature. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. 191 numbered pp +2; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned, Dr. Suttles' name stamped to ffep. Cover: blue-gray paper over boards, lt blue backstrip, black titles/text front/back, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, extrems modestly worn.

Half-Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Apparent First Edition. Tree worship, martyrdom in Kirishitan literature, the Noro, and more. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Provenance provided upon request. 168 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. tanned, Dr. Suttles' name stamped to ffep. Cover: blue-gray paper over boards, lt blue backstrip, black titles/text front/back, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, soil to top board f.e.