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the Riddle of MacArthur -- Japan, Korea and the Far East
by Gunther, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. XII, 220 pages, indexed. In original illustrated price clipped dust jacket. Slight darkening of the edges of the text block. the dustjacket has several trips on the front panel and a pale red stain on the rear. Now protected. "Here, with his usual wealth of excitingly vivid detail, he shows us what the Japanese of the day think about Americans, about communists and about the future; he so analyses MacArthur as to make him a comprehensible, if not an altogether sympathetic, figure and finally examines the effect of recent events upon the Far East situation as a whole." -- front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography -- Military; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 0238167. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0238167
- Title
- the Riddle of MacArthur -- Japan, Korea and the Far East
- Author
- Gunther, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BZDB2 biography, military, history, American Japan, Communism Biography & Autobiography; Biography -- Military; Military & Warfare. Unbranded Gunther, John the Riddle of MacArthur -- Japan, Korea and the Far East
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography -- Military;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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