Death March on Mount Hakkoda (First English Edition)

The fictionalized account of a military training mission gone tragically wrong as a result of poor planning, bureaucratic interference, and bad luck. In the winter of 1902, 210 soldiers are ordered to cross the snowbound slopes of Mount Hakkoda to test their military strength in anticipation of a Russian invasion. The author's precise descriptions of the terror of the snow and the cold epitomize the detached lyricism so highly admired in Japan.

First Edition. California: Stone Bridge Press, 1992. Small 8vo. Original publisher's softcover wrappers. 204.

First English Edition. Illustrated softcover wrappers. Very good. Some bumping to spine edges. Very slight curling to softcover wrappers. Contents near fine, fresh and bright. W. Williams blind stamp to lower title corner. Some pencil annotations here and there throughout.

Provenance: From the library of Warwick H. Williams.

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