About this title: The Emperor said: -"When Heaven establishes a Prince, it is for the sake of the people.... [T]he people's poverty is no other than Our poverty; the people's prosperity is none other than Our prosperity. There is no such thing as the people's being prosperous and yet the Prince in poverty." -from "Nintoku" From its early stories of gods, monsters, ...
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Description: Good. 8vo. Cloth Hardcover, 1956. xx + [2] + 443 +[1] pages, bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. With illustrated front endpages. Front hinge starting; rear hinge remains sturdy. The textblock is tight and square, and the pages are clean and intact. Slight edgewear. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible section at Better World Books. Join the more than 4 million customers who have supported global literacy with their book purchases. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Tuttle Pub
Date Published: 2005-07-15
ISBN-13:9780804836746ISBN:0804836744
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780804836746. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin., London.
Date Published: 1956.
Description: Translated from the original Chinese and Japanese. Pictorial front endpapers, black and white illustrations, xx + 443pp, errata and addenda, index, name front free endpaper, hinges cracked, covers marked, corners bumped, still a good copy. read more
Edition: Reissue of the original edition published by the Japan Society
Binding: Cloth (hardback).
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London
Date Published: 1924
Description: Sunned spine and boards, small tear at head of spine, light scattered foxing, mostly to preliminaries, still about very good. xxii, 407; 443 pp. 8vo. Illus. with b/w drawings. See Cordier: Bibliotheca Japonica 599 (1st ed.). Also Nihon Shoki. Second oldest book of Japanese history. read more
Edition: TRA
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tuttle Pub
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780804836746ISBN:0804836744
Description: New. "Nihongi" is an account of the story of Japan, focusing on the influence of Buddhism and the advanced culture of China, which entered Japan via Korea. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Date Published: 2005-07-15
ISBN-13:9780804836746ISBN:0804836744
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, London
Date Published: 1896
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Nihongi, Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Translated from the Original Chinese and Japanese by......In: Transactions of The Japan Society, London: Supplement I, Volumes I and II. (1896). London: Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1896. Bound in the original printed wrappers, which have been bound into buckram cloth covers. The spine of Volume I has begun to loosen and the block needs to be secured. The ... read more
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