Shogun by Clavell: Signed (5 results)
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Atheneum, 1975. Octavo. Hardcover. Signed and dated with Washington D.C. USA on first blank page. Book is very good with slight spine lean. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear. Very good signed copy of Clavell'…s masterpiece.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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Published by Atheneum, New York 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, CanadaContact Editions, ABAC, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
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Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Newly bound in bright red goatskin gilt with mustard goatskin titles to spine. All edges gilt. Gilt dentelles. Housed in cloth slipcase. This copy signed by the author on the first blank "James C, Bev Hills -July '75". Beverley Hills could almost be seen as Clavell's ho…me town as he had been in Hollywood for some time writing screenplays. Shogun has been filmed twice, the most recent adaptation quite well received. This is one of the great adventure novels of the 20th century which takes place in the Japan of 1600, loosely based on a famous period in Japanese history. A splendid copy. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Atheneum, New York 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Downtown Brown Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. The first book in Clavell's Asia Saga, a series of novels set in feudal Japan, and a worldwide bestseller that remains popular in the US as it approaches its 50th anniversary. The book was turned into a hugely popular TV miniseries in 1980 and a ne…w series is coming to Hulu in 2024. Clavell (1921-1994) was born in Australia, raised in Britain, and later became a naturalized US citizen. Clavell's fascination with Asian culture developed in a most unlikely way. In 1940, Clavell joined the British army; after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the army sent him to Singapore to fight the Japanese. He never made it. His ship was sunk; he survived and a Dutch boat rescued him. Clavell asked to go ashore at the nearest port to rejoin the fight. Soon after, he was shot, captured, and incarcerated in a series of brutal Japanese-run prisoner-of-war camps. He spent three years surviving on starvation rations, but rather than hating the Japanese, he became fascinated with their culture and Shogun grew out of Clavell's World War Two experiences. This was Clavell's first big book (both commercially and physically), and while it likely had a relatively large print run, its 802-page bulk and the popularity of the novel make nice first editions uncommon. The novel came out first in the US in June 1975. The UK edition was published in September (See, Honolulu Star-Telegram, May 2, 1975, p. A4: ".his new book, Shogun, comes out next month."; Sunday Telegraph (UK), August 10, 1975, p. 8: "Shogun-an 800 page work set in feudal Japan-comes out next month."). First edition (stated). A nice copy with light bumping to the spine ends in a lightly bumped dust jacket. The red lettering on the spine is slightly faded and there are a couple of very short tears on the jacket edges. The heavy page block has sagged a bit, causing convexity to the upper spine and the top edge of the boards are lightly sunstruck. An above average, very good / very good copy, to be sure. This copy is one of those inscribed by Clavell on his Shogun book tour on the title page: "This is for Beni [or Berri] H-a lady of quality also. New York, July 10, 1975. Best, James C." (Clavell usually signed this way; the book was published in June 1975, making this among the first copies Clavell signed).
More imagesPublished by Atheneum, New York 1979
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition; Thirteenth Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Front flap lightly creased. ; Personalized by author on FEP. ; Signed by Author. Signed.
More imagesPublished by New York: Atheneum, 1975 1975
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United KingdomPeter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB.
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First edition, inscribed by the author shortly before publication on the initial leaf, "This is for Christie - (Segal) who? James C., Los Angeles, June 14th, '75". It was published in America nine days later on 23 June, preceding the UK edition of 29 September. Inscribed copies are scarce. Based on the life of William Adams, ali…as Miura Anjin (1564-1620), the English navigator who reached Japan in 1600, Clavell's best-selling historical novel has "probably conveyed more information about Japan to more people than all the combined writings of scholars, journalists, and novelists since the Pacific War" (Smith, p. xii). It inspired the two miniseries of 1980 and 2024 and the musical of 1990. It is the third and the most popular work in Clavell's Asian Saga and was based on his experiences during the Second World War, when he was captured by Japanese soldiers and interned at Changi prison near Singapore. Henry Smith, Learning From Sh gun: Japanese History and Western Fantasy, 1980. Octavo. Original green quarter cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black within decorative frame, blue sides, orange map endpapers, top edge yellow. With dust jacket by Paul Bacon. Board edges faded, slight marks and rubbing, wear to corners, spotting to edges, internally clean; jacket toned, edges lightly nicked, vertical crease to spine from where folded into book, price-clipped: a very good copy in like jacket.
