NOGI
Andrew Melrose, 1913. Item #3133
WASHBURN, Stanley. NOGI. London: Andrew Melrose, 1913. 8vo., brown cloth spine with plain-brown boards. First Edition. Signed presentation From Washburn on the front endpaper: "To Mary & Walter Howe, from Stanley Washburn." The biography of General Nogi Maresuke, a commander in the Imperial Japanese Army who twice played a key role in the capture of Port Arthur- once against the Chinese in 1894 and again against the Russians in 1905, where despite victory, he lost so many soldiers that he asked permission from the Emperor to commit hari kari. Very Good (gilt title on spine bright; contents clean & tight; lower corners worn). $275.00.
Price: $275.00