"Sonshi: The Chinese military classic. Translated from the original Chinese-Japanese by Major H. R. Gosman . . .": [Uniform title: Sunzi Bing fa = Sun Tzu on The art of war. English]
by Sun Tzu (pinyin Sunzi or Sun Zi, Japanese Sonshi), 6th–5th century BC
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
First edition (only edition), the FIRST AMERICAN TRANSLATION of Sun Tzu on The art of war, little known and very scarce on the market. The translator was George Henry Rankin Gosman (1876–1958), MD, of Brooklyn (New York), US military attaché at Tokyo 1911–15. This was the only American translation of Sun Tzu for two generations, till 1963. The present copy belonged to the AGF library under Lesley McNair, whom Marshall called "the brains of the army". —— Collation (volume 56, offered complete): [i–iv], [1]–408 pages. Collated perfect. Binding: Red buckram lettered in gilt. Condition: Very good. —— Provenance: (1) US Coast Artillery School (1907–46) library, at Fort Monroe (Hampton, Virginia), accession no. 29155, typical stamps; (2) US Army Ground Forces (1942–48) library, Army War College (Washington, DC), accession no. A7343, bookplate, spine label.
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- Bookseller
- Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H1250
- Title
- "Sonshi: The Chinese military classic. Translated from the original Chinese-Japanese by Major H. R. Gosman . . ."
- Author
- Sun Tzu (pinyin Sunzi or Sun Zi, Japanese Sonshi), 6th–5th century BC
- Format/Binding
- Red buckram lettered in gilt
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (only edition)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- In: Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States (1879–1917) volume 56, no. 195 (May 1915), pages 418–34
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1915
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Buckram
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...