There is age-related yellowing. Some volumes have soiling on the three sides of the pages. I have taken photos to show the condition of the books as clearly as possible, so please take a look. Please understand that these are used books before considering a purchase. A historical novel depicting the turbulent Showa era and the fate of the Japanese people. On June 4, 1928, a special train carrying Zhang Zuolin, a powerful figure in Manchuria, was blown up by an unknown assailant. The peaceful days of Ryusaku Kurata, the son of a South Manchuria Railway stationmaster, and his family, as well as other Japanese people living on the continent, were about to be shaken by the approaching storm of war over the vast plains of Manchuria... The Manchurian Incident, the Pacific War - a grand historical romance depicting the turbulent Showa era and the fate of the Japanese people.