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Gai-Jin
by Clavell, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385310161
- ISBN 13
- 9780385310161
- Seller
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Magalia, California, United States
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About This Item
Delacorte. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0385310161 . book has fading to cloth on spine, light moisture soiling to bottom page ends, top spine indented, rubbing to edges w/tiny tears to corners; DJ has light toning to flap edges, price clipped, wrinkling to edges, interior bottom spine edge has small black marks where cloth bled; DJ in protective Brodart cover .
Synopsis
Gai-Jin is a 1993 novel by James Clavell, chronologically the third book in his Asian Saga, although it was the last to be published. Taking place about 20 years after the events of Tai-Pan, it chronicles the adventures of Malcolm Struan, the son of Culum and Tess Struan, in Japan. The story goes into depth on the political situation in Japan and the hostility Westerners faced in Japan, and is loosely based on the Namamugi Incident and the subsequent Anglo-Satsuma War.
Reviews
On Apr 19 2007, Hazelwood_Booksellers said:
This monumental work was the third in James Clavell's six part saga of Asia and Japan. Grand in scope and scale, filled with the richness and passion of two great histories coming together, Mr. Clavell weaves an extraordinary tale of Japan, newly opened to Gai-Jin -- foreigners -- and teeming with contradictions as the ancient and the modern day world of the latter 19th century meet in a clash of cultures, of nations, of generations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Paradise
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F252
- Title
- Gai-Jin
- Author
- Clavell, James
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385310161
- ISBN 13
- 9780385310161
- Publisher
- Delacorte
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 0385310161, Japan Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Books of Paradise
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About Books of Paradise
Books of Paradise was established in January of 1988. We operated a 'mom & pop' general used bookstore until June of 2011 when we closed our doors and "retired" to internet bookselling only. We specialize in used rare and out-of-print books, as well as local history books.
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- Rubbing
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