Battleship Yamato: Of War, Beauty and Irony Tapa dura -

Liveright Publishing Corporation. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Liveright Publishing Corporation. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Liveright, 2018-03-26. First American Edition. hardcover. Like New/Like New. 7x0x5. New York, 2018; blue cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; illustrated jacket with mild edge wear; 5 3/4 inches tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 112 pages.

Liveright, 2018-03-27. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Liveright, 2018-03-27. Hardcover. New.

Liveright, 2018-03-27. Hardcover. Like New.

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.
An extraordinary―and strikingly illustrated―reflection on the meaning of war from one of our greatest living writers.
The battleship Yamato, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was the most powerful warship of World War II and represented the climax, as it were, of the Japanese warrior traditions of the samurai―the ideals of honor, discipline, and self-sacrifice that had immemorially ennobled the Japanese national consciousness. Stoically poised for battle in the spring of 1945―when even Japan's last desperate technique of arms, the kamikaze, was running short―Yamato arose as the last magnificent arrow in the imperial quiver of Emperor Hirohito. Here, Jan Morris not only tells the dramatic story of the magnificent ship itself―from secret wartime launch to futile sacrifice at Okinawa―but, more fundamentally,… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.