Bodley Major (15 results)

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Solid binding. Wear to covers with some color loss, but no boards showing. Untrimmed page edges. Inscription and dedication by "Consulate of Japan" on front endpaper. Age-toning to pages, but no additional markings found. No dust jacket. Your purchase benefits the world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.…

Condition: Fair. 1933. No Edition Remarks. 242 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Rough cut textblock edges. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Half title page is detached but still present. Sticker to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Light marks overall. …

Condition: Fair. 1934. No Edition Remarks. 218 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pull-out colour map to page 210. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water stain to front board. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First few pages slightly loose, the rest in good condition. Few small tears to dust jacket.

Condition: Gut. Erstauflage / First edition. Bll. + Frontispz-Foto mit Schutzpapier + XIV + 242 S. inkl. Index, u. mit s/w. Tafeln mit Fotos. Papier sauber, nur minimal nachvergilbt. Schnitt geringf. gebräunt. 1 Seite (Inhaltsverz.) mit e. winzigen Riss unten (nicht störend). * Ronald Victor Courtenay Bodley, MC (Gebor. 3. März 1892 Gest. 26. Mai 1970) war ein britischer Offizier, Autor, Journalist und Reisender (Paris, Algerien, Java, Australien, Japan, Europa.) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 375 Gr.-8° O(Dunkelblau)-GanzLnw. (cloth) mit gelbfarbig.-Titelung. Geringf. Gebrauchsspuren. Gut erhalten.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Navy Cloth Boards With Yellow Lettering On Face And Spine. Crimping Along Spine Edges. Previous Owner's Name On First Free Page. Several Loose Pages Throughout, But All Seem To Be Accounted For. Illustrations. No Jacket. First Edition. Frontispiece Of Author With Protective Tissue Paper. Pages Are Clean Although Lightly Tanned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. (1934). Some offsetting to front and back end papers. Photo illustrated. Folding map in back. An odd defense of Japanese expansion into other areas of the Far East, published in the same year as Japan's brutal invasion into Manchuria. 218 pages, including index.…

Hard Cover. Third Printing. FINE BOOK IN VERY GOOD TO VERY GOOD+ DJ SMALL CHIPS AND SLIGHT EDGEWEAR. UNCOMMON BOOK, SCARCE IN DUST JACKET.

ADMIRAL TOGO Leben eines Helden, Aufstieg einer Nation F.A. Herbig Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin o.J., 328 SS. gebunden (Hardcover, schwarzes Oln. mit rotem Druck), mit Schutzumschlag, gut erhalten (Togo Heihachiro * 27. Januar 1848 in Kagoshima, Provinz Satsuma (heute: Präfektur Kagoshima); 30. Mai 1934 in Tokio) war ein japanischer Admiral.).…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Illustrated.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Tokio . Hokuseido . 1933 . Un cartonnage bleu éditeur , in-8 de 242 pages + nombreuses planches photos . Excellent état .

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Apparent First Edition. It is hoped this book will be found light to read, easy to absorb, and nourishing to the mind. 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. Condition notes: 242 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, yellow topstain, f.e. deckled, photo frontis w/ tissue guard; front hinge cracked, frontis/tissue and title are shaken and laid in, a.e. lt tanned. Cover: navy, yellow titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, several lt faint scratched, 2 sm faint spots to spine.…

1st Edition. 288 pages. Very good publishers original blue cloth cilt covers. Very scarce and complete pictorial dust jacket. Wrapper is slightly soiled and marked due to its white background. Internally fine with black and white plates. Scarce. Admiral Togo served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes.…

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, xxxi, [32]-288pp, [viii]. Blue cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. No additional printings noted. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Admiral Togo and 15 full page illustrated plates. Bumped top corner and top edge, internally clean. Solid text block. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, retail price on spine, tape reinforcement at top edge of spine, light soiling, chips at edges, a scarce example. Signed on the front free endpaper: "To James Marr / in memory of the pleasant association at the M.G.M. Studio in Hollywood / from the author / R.V.C. Bodley / October, 1935." Major R.V.C. Bodley (1892-1970) was a British Army officer and historical author. After serving in World War I, Bodley left the military and traveled extensively in the Middle East, where he immersed himself in Bedouin life and culture. He wrote several books based on his experiences, including Wind in the Sahara and The Messenger, a biography of the Prophet Muhammad. Bodley also explored themes beyond the Middle East, as seen in Togo, his biography of Japanese Admiral T g Heihachir. The first edition of Togo: The Authorized Life of Admiral of the Fleet by Major R.V.C. Bodley, inscribed by the author in 1935. (illustrator). Signed.…

First. First. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 18 plates. [xiv], 242 pp. 8vo. Ronald Victor Courtenay Bodley, MC (1892-1970), a British army officer, lived in Japan in the early 1930s, and was considered by Westerners at that time to be a preeminent source of knowledge on the area, proving to be erroneous on whether the Japanese were building military force prior to World War II. He wrote A Japanese Omelette during his time teaching at Keio University in 1933. Bound in three-quarters modern calf and marbled boards by J. S. Fellowes. Fine Illustrated with a frontispiece and 18 plates. [xiv], 242 pp. 8vo.…