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Book Description

FIRST JAPANESE EDITION (the text in English, but some of the critical apparatus in Japanese), frontispiece portait of the author tissue-guarded, two sketched Trench plans by the author (one new to this edition), 4 folding maps tipped-in at rear, the odd spot to border,
Dealer Notes
A notable edition of Blunden’s important war memoir, not only for its resonance in respect of the author’s association with Japan (from where the original work’s ‘Preliminary’ was written, Blunden then, in 1924, a Professor of English at the University of Tokyo), but for the presence of a new 7pp. Introduction by Blunden (by this stage a tutor at Merton College, Oxford) written in the form of a letter to his erstwhile colleague Takeshi Saito and including a new illustrtation in the form of his sketch of the Trenches described.
Author Blunden (Edmund)
Date 1936,
Binding original black cloth, edges a little spotted, page-marker present, small loss to surface paper on flyleaf (sticker removal?), dustjacket a little darkened to backstrip panel and borders, short closed tear at head of front flap-fold,
Publisher Kenkyusha,
Condition very good
Pages pp. xlv, [ii], iv, 514, foolscap 8vo,

Price: £200.00

Offered by Blackwell Rare Books

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