Description :

Curated group of nine hardcover volumes focused on Japanese history, samurai culture, Asian warfare, and the cultural and political history of India. Includes reference works, historical studies, and narrative nonfiction by respected scholars and authors. Covers, spines, and copyright pages are shown for verification of publication details and edition status.

Titles included:

• Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture, From Abacus to Zori — Dorothy Perkins, Facts On File, 1991.

• Taiko — Eiji Yoshikawa, translated by William Scott Wilson, Kodansha International / Kodansha America, 1992.

• The Art of War — Sun Tzu, translated by Samuel B. Griffith, Oxford University Press, 1963.

• The Barbarians of Asia — Stuart Legg, Dorset Press edition, originally published as The Horsemen (1969).

• Samurai William: The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan — Giles Milton, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 first U.S. edition.

• Samurai: The World of the Warrior — Stephen Turnbull, Osprey Publishing, 2011.

• Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India — Lawrence James, Little, Brown and Company, 1998 first U.S. edition.

• An Indian Affair: From Riches to Raj — Archie Baron.

• India — Stanley Wolpert, University of California Press, 1991.

Themes represented include samurai warfare, Japanese cultural history, Asian steppe societies, colonial studies, and modern historical analysis. Strong research or collector’s lot with a mix of academic and narrative works.

Condition Notes

General estate‑found condition with handling wear consistent with age and use. Covers, spines, and interior pages appear intact based on provided images. Copyright pages included for verification of publishers, dates, and edition statements.

Included in This Lot

Nine hardcover books as shown in the listing photographs.