Princeton: Univrtdoyu of Tokyo/Princeton University Press, 1995. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth spine over bone white cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 347 pp. including index, appendices and scholarly apparatus. Illustrated wtih a copule of sketch maps. Translated from the original Japanese by Joyce Ackroyd. The first ever scholarly translation into English of this classic source work on the reign of Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu, and the first ever autobiography known to Japanese literature. This volume in perfect condition; very tight, clean, unmarked and unread with very fresh cloth and sparkling gilt, in a tight, crisp, sharp, brright, unblemished dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. New Old Stock. BRAND NEW..

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Bookseller: Brillig Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 08146
Title: Told Round a Brushwood Fire: The Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Univrtdoyu of Tokyo/Princeton University Press
Place of Publication: Princeton
Date Published: 1995
Keywords: JAPAN, JAPANESE, HAKUSEKI, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, IENOBU, EMPEROR, TOKUGAWA, IMPERIAL, SHOGUN, SHOGUNATE, SAMURAI, CONFUCIUS, CONFUCIAN, SCHOLAR, GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, POLITICAL, ADVISER, COUNSELOR, MINISTER, CHRONICLE,
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