The Art of War. [BAYNTUN FINE BINDING] TZU, SUN Fine Bindings,First Edition,Military

FIRST CLARENDON EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (22 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm); xvi, [2], 197 pp. English text translated and with an Introduction by Samuel B. Griffith, with a Foreword by B.H. Liddell Hart. Beautifully bound in half crimson morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, England; cloth sides; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers; half-title; illustrated frontispiece of Sun Tzu drilling the concubines of King Ho-lii; 2 maps; printed footnotes; appendix, bibliography and index to rear. Condition: FINE. Binding tight, secure and square, the hinges and joints perfectly intact. Covers and contents very well-preserved. Armorial bookplate to front endpaper. A most handsome copy.