first edition Hardcover
1913 · New York
by WASHBURN, Stanley
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1913. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 136pp., (6pp.) of ads. Gilt-stamped burgundy cloth. Very modest edgewear, still fine. Nogi, a national hero in Japan, committed ritualistic suicide to atone for the casualties of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. (Inventory #: 386563)