![]() ![]() ![]() The English language translation is an abridgment. Originally serialized in Japan from 1935 to 1939, this historical fiction novel follows the life of Japan's most famous philosopher swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, from the end of the Battle of Sekigahara to his composition of the Book of the Five Rings. The pictorial Dust Jacket is flawless - bright and intact with the original price ($35.00) intact on the front flap. The Binding is light blue textured boards with bright brown title and author to front board, bright brown title, etc., to spine, and all corners square and sharp. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. The original English language translation from the Japanese by Charles S. Fourteenth (14th) Printing (from number line) of First Edition Thus (Compact Edition), which was first printed in 1995. Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY, USA, 2004. ![]()
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