Harrison E Rnest J Ohn (2 results)

8°. XV, 383 S. Abbildungen und Karten. OLn. 1. und einzige Ausgabe des seltenen Standardwerks über die junge Republik Litauen, zusammengestellt von dem auch als Judoka berühmten englischen Journalisten, der als junger Mann Mark Twain interviewt und mittlerweile sein drittes Buch über Litauen verfasst hatte. Titelbild zeigt Antanas Smetona, nun wieder Präsident des Landes. Schönes Exemplar.…

Porttait frontispiece and fifty other plates, three folding maps at the rear. A very good copy in the original green cloth, gilt. xx, 546pp. Kelly & Walsh, Limited, Yokohama, n.d. An attempt to "elucidate the more recent phases of the Far Eastern problem as they affect, more particularly, Japan, Russia, and China" by the veteran Japan-based English journalist. Harrison was on the staff of the Japan Herald in the late 1890s when he also started training in Ju-jitsu. This was his first publication, he is probably best known for his works on Martial Arts subjects including Art of Ju-Jitsu and The Fighting Spirit of Japan and Other Studies. …