Trans by John Bester (7 results)

Condition: Near Fine unmarked, 1st PB printing. Reaches a new pinnacle in postwar Japanese fiction. 274 pp. MM paperback in glossy color illus wraps.

Shiroyama, Saburo., trans. by John Bester., pub. by Kodansha International, Ltd., 1977, c1977, 1st U.S. Edition, tan cloth (hard cover), vg-fine with dj, 301 pp with list of sources, B&W photographic illus., 8vo, "Seven men climbed the thirteen steps to the gallows that day in 1948.".

Condition: good. First Edition. Second Printing. 22 cm, 397, illus., chronology, index, spine faded. Translation of Yamamoto Isoroku. Account of the life of this Japanese Admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor raid, and was Commander of the Combined Fleet in the early part of World War II. This is a portrait both of an individual and of an organization.

Condition: good, fair. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 397, illus., chronology, index, minor staining at bottom of several pages at rear, DJ worn, soiled, torn, and chipped. Translation of Yamamoto Isoroku. Account of the life of this Japanese Admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor raid, and was Commander of the Combined Fleet in the early part of World War II. This is a portrait both of an individual and of an organization.

Condition: very good, good. First Edition. Third Printing. 22 cm, 397, illus., chronology, index, slight wear/creasing to DJ edges. Translation of Yamamoto Isoroku. Account of the life of this Japanese Admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor raid, and was Commander of the Combined Fleet in the early part of World War II. This is a portrait both of an individual and of an organization.

Condition: very good, fair to good. First Edition. 301, illus., list of sources, tear at DJ spine and small piece missing at bottom of DJ spine.

Condition: very good, good. First Edition. 301, illus., list of sources, some wear and small tears to top and bottom edges of DJ.