Empires in the Balance: Japanese and Tapa dura - 1982

Naval Institute Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Naval Institute Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 481 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Owner's blind stamp on half tile page . Very good dust jacket. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of book binding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.: Naval Inst Pr, 1982. Jacket has edgewear and dampstains. Boards have dampstains. Page edges have finger smudges. Occaional small dampstain in page margins. Text unaffected. All pages secure in binding.. Hard Cover. Good -/Fair. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Naval Inst Pr, 1982-08. Hardcover. Good.

Annapolis: Naval Inst.. very nice copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1982.

hardcover edition in dust jacket; prior owner blind stamp title page corner, text unmarked; minimal age tone to text pages, light dust to text block edge; sound binding; clean cloth cover, vivid titling; dj has two thin scuffs along spine and edge wear (rub and bump at spine ends and corners, short tear at spine head); MS

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxiii, [1], 487, [1] pages. Endpaper map. Maps. Illustrations. Footnotes. Standardization of Names. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor edge soiling. H. P. Willmott, a member of the Royal Historical Society, has written more than a dozen books on modern naval and military subjects, including the final work in his trilogy, Grave of a Dozen Schemes, and the critically acclaimed history of the Second World War, The Great Crusade. He holds a doctorate from London University and has taught military history at institutions in both Great Britain and the United States. The respected British military historian H. P. Willmott presents the first of a three-volume appraisal of the strategic policies of the countries involved in the Pacific War. Remarkable in its scope and depth of research, his thoughtful analysis covers the whole range of political, economic, military, and naval activity in the… Leer más

Naval Inst Pr, 1982-08. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Dust Jacket is in very good condition with normal shelf and use wear. Dust Jacket has 1 inch tear at bottom of back cover. Tight Binding. Clean unmarked text. No highlighting or pen/pencil markings. We ship daily.

Naval Institute P., 1982., 1982. 1st ed. 487p. Maps. Photos. Heavy. Near Fine/Near Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.