Dr James a B Scherer (3 results)
More imagesSecrets of Japan: reveals the real secrets of Japan's phenomenal rise to power. A book entirely free from political prejudices or controversies. [By] Chaman Lal; with a foreword by Mr. S. Takaishi. [ ??????? [Nihon seiko no hiketsu = The Secret to Japan's Success] English] / ["Secrets of Japan Through Indian Eyes"] ["reveals the real secrets of Japan's phenomenal rise to power. A book entirely free from political prejudices or controversies"]
Chaman Lal, 1947-1976 [Bhikshu Chaman Lal. Bhikku Chaman Lal.] ; Dr. james A. B. Scherer ; T. L. Vasuani, William Cooper [association: Lt.Col. Robert Townsend MacPherson, USMC, 1930-2004 ; Y. Aisubo]
Published by Kenkyusha Print. Co., C. Lal, Tokyo, Japan, ??, 1935, 1935
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Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.Joseph Valles - Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 3 p. l., [iii]-x p., 1 l., ii, 228 p., 1 l. plates. 23 cm. ; Each part preceded by half-title not included in paging (2 l.) ; LCCN 36007521 OCLC 2469052 LC DS821 .C429 1935 Dewey 915.2 ; Japanese title on colophon: ??????? ; Bhikshu Chaman Lal was a journalist and writer; educated in Sargod…ha, now in Pakistan; member, Naujawan Bharat Sabha, Delhi; imprisoned several times during the freedom movement; associated for two years with the Vandemataram, and with The Hindustan Times since 1924; special correspondent of The Hindu and The Times of India for many years; turned a Buddhist monk in 1955; wrote a number of books, including Hindu America (Bombay: New Book Co.,1940) and India and Japan: Friends of Fourteen Centuries (Vishveshvarananda Vedic Research Institute, Punjab, 1959). Chaman Lal was ordained a Buddhist monk at Sarnath in December 1955. He travelled around the world 51 times and wrote over 50 books preaching the humanitarian message of Indian Culture. On the request of Pandit Jawharlal Nehru he compiled the book, "India the Mother of Us All" to serve as a primer of patriotism for the younger generation. What was initially conceived as a 560 page comprehensive compilation had to be shortened to 160 pages due to shortage of funds. ; "Mr. Lal has studied Japan with a view to the emulation of its genius by his own fellow-countrymen."--p. iv. ; name of LtCol. R.T. MacPherson, USMC, on bottom of textblock in red, Born in Chicago, IL, he was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, and was a U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. MacPherson was owner of the bookstore, Trade-A-Book, in Watkinsville, Georgia. ; name of Y. Aisubo on front endpaper . Book.
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Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: VG. Tokyo 1933 first edition. Hokuseido Press. Hardcover small octavo. Yellow cloth. Nice end papers of photo illustration of airplane aloft. 145p. Photo illustrations. Foldout calligraphy frontispiece. Airplane views of China. Owner signed (Paul J Sherman, Tokyo, Sept. 1945). VG. no dj.
Published by Hokuseido Press, Tokyo, 1933
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- First Edition
Seller: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.Ethnographics
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 12mo navy blue cloth hardcover, orange lettering somewhat faded off cover & backstrip, unclipped dj with small chips & internal tape-repair top of backstrip o/w colorful & solid, binding tight, tiny neat owner's stamp H. B. Smith on fl…yleaf o/w text unmarked. VG/vgdj: 145pp, frontis of Townsend Harris; Publ waistband tag and prospectus in Japanese tucked in. TOC chapters: Japan's crisis . Manchuria . Shanghai . How America feels . Yamato Damashii or Nippon Seishin . Japanese-American Economic Inter-dependence . Preparedness for Peace in the Pacific. The greatest Japanese . Japan's future./Chap 1 begins with quote from Genl Araki and discusses Manchuria issue quoting Sunzi on the dangers of economic exhaustion from war; dj cover photo of author and his pupil Genl J. Masaki Army chief of staff Jinzaburo; Masaki. Masaki was a close associate of General Sadao Araki and his Kodoha or Imperial Way Faction; in 1931, Masaki became Vice Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff and with Araki began to purge followers of their rival General Kazushige Ugaki who was a cousin and intimate of Admiral Matome Ugaki, who in turn was Yamamoto's chief of staff. The radical Kodoha rivaled the moderate Tooseiha (Control Faction) for influence in the army until the Feb 26 incident in 1936, when Kodoha was dissolved and many supporters were disciplined or executed. James A. B. Scherer (1870-1944) served as the last pres of the Throop Polytech in LA from 1908 to 1920 before it was renamed as Cal Tech in 1921. Scherer was a Lutheran minister, one of the founders of Jap Lutheran Church. He also made 4 trips to China to investigate Chinese nationalism. ASSOCIATION: Walter H. B. Smith [1902-1957] was author of numerous books on guns and small arms incl 2 vol. Set. Vol. 1 "Pistols and Revolvers," 1946 Vol. 2 "Rifles," 1948. Publ by The National Rifle Association of America.
