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Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this powerful historical novel set in 17th century Japan, illustrated throughout. First edition.Rebacked, with the cloth from the original spine and boards laid down. Bound with the original blanks and half title.Illustrated with five plates etched on copper, nineteen full-page engravings and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.A captivating novel set in 17th century Japan, which centres around the origins and historical ownerships of the Muramasa sword.A contemporary newspaper clipping of a review for this work has been tipped-in to the front endpaper, including the statement "we cannot but pronounce Mr. Wertheimer's literary effort a superb triumph. His knowledge of Japanese history is as exact as it is copious. The reading of this book, which held us fascinated to the end, has been a powerful reminder that the horrors and wonders of the feudalism which we witnessed in the days of 1870 and 1871 are now at an end". Rebacked, with the cloth from the original spine and boards laid down. Externally, with loss and fading to the original cloth to the backstrip, otherwise very smart. Ex libris bookplate of one Cliff Parfit to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are marginally toned (more so to the copper etched plates) with a few scattered spots. Newspaper clipping tipped-in to the front blank. Very Good. Nakamura Munehiro; Shirayama Dani (illustratore). book.…