E J Harrison 4th Dan (11 results)

Softcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Booklet appears late 1940's. Unusually for a paperback, has a dustcover which is in very good condition though faded. Contents are very clean though tanning significantly. 92 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First Indian edition. Publication of 140 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The boards are in good condition. There is foxing on the first and last blank pages. Internally the remaining pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

New Revised Illustrated Edition. New Revised Illustrated Edition. Based on a publication by the Society for the Study of Japanese Karate in Tokyo,and the standard work by Reikichi Oya.139 pp.illustrated with photos and line drawings.A very good copy in a good dust wrapper.

Condition: Fair. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 172 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Based on two earlier Japanese editions. Edge wear, chipping, closed tears and small loss to top and bottom of largely yellow and photographic jacket and spine, slight lean, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, some slight overall time staining, gift inscription to front pastedown, price clipped, internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy for its age. 143pp, illustrated. Karate as a means of physical training as well as the most effective system of self defense and counter attack. Ernest John Harrison (1873-1961), was an English journalist, author and judoka. Harrison wrote many books about the practice of judo and unarmed combat. Jacket and photos by Peter Johnson (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Vintage Hardcover, Undated (possibly 50's) W. Foulsham & Co 250 pages. Very Good, in a Good+ DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to blue cloth boards with bright gilt spine titles - bottom corners slightly bumped. Moderate shelf/edge wear and edge chipping to original yellow DJ with black titles - now in mylar. There is minor foxing to the underside of the DJ. Inside DJ flap has price of $5.95. Book is undated. Title page has a sticker stating Distributed by Sterling Publishing, New York. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Only flaw is a touch of foxing to the first few and last few pages. Also some foxing to the top edge of the text block. 21 chapters and 20 B&W photographs. Interesting study of the Japanese Martial Arts mindset from the author who spent years in Japan. First published in 1912 and later printed in 1955. Ernest John ("E.J.") Harrison (22 August 1873 - 23 April 1961) was an English journalist, author and judoka. Harrison was born in Manchester, England, on 22 August 1873. He wrote many books about the practice of judo. He died in London, on 23 April 1961. A very handsome vintage copy in a respectable DJ.LOC SSE-02.…

12mo. xiii + 172 pages with index. With eight illustrations from photographs and lline drawings by R.A. Jackson and H. Shepheard. Foreword by Kyuzo Mifune, 10th Dan of The Kodokan. Good + condition without dustjacket, some spotting to boards.

new edition softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy small octavo 172pp., b/w pls., text ills., index, Classic text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Third Edition. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 141pp. Illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light wear to dustjacket edges. (78/3). Johnson, Peter (illustrator). …

Condition: Very good. Good with some wear. First Edition.

Condition: Good+. Good + dj. 63 pages, illustrated.