Japan's Decisive Decade Tapa dura - 1985

London, Grosvenor Books, 1985, hardcover, xv-190 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, 'Center for Asian Studies' neatly stamped on all 3 edges of text block, tidy inked number to front endpaper, tidy name and address stamp to half-title page. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, spine fading, light edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. This story of the unprecedentedly swift economic turn-around of Japan after her devastation and defeat at the end of WWII, credits not only the well-stated traditions, disciplines and economic advantages in the region, but tells the story of a small, determined minority of leaders who worked together to put their country back onto the world stage in a mere ten years. Illustrated with 16 black-&-white plates from photographs. Appended; Acknowledgements, Japanese names. Foreword by Toshiwo Doko, Index. ISBN 9780901269850

Grosvenor Books, 1985. Hardcover. Very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / slightly ruffled & faded dust jacket. 190pp.

London, Melbourne, Wellington & Bridgeport: Grosvenor Books, 1985. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and onto the very margins of the panels. Text complete, clean and tight. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (0.9 kg); (xv) 190pp; Index; Preface by Toshiwo Doko; Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Maps [1]; ISBN: 0901269859 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #177606|| Condition:

Grosvenor Books USA, 1987-06. Hardcover. Used: Good.