Item #6570 The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa. Yukichi Eiichi Kiyooka FUKUZAWA, trans., with.
The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa
The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa

The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa

New York and London: Columbia University Press, (1968). Second Printing Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xv, 407. Illustrated with a few black-and-white photographs. Includes a chronological table. Index. Bound in tan cloth with gilt emblem stamped on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. Former owner name on the front free endpaper. In the price-clipped dust jacket that shows moderate edge-wear. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #6570

A fine assessment of Japan's transition from feudal introversion to adoption of Western science and other advancements, presented in the from of an autobiography by one who advocated the latter approach. The preface for the 1899 edition is presented here. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Price: $30.00

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