No need for purchase comments. Purchased at an overseas antique book fair. It has a strong vintage feel, but there is little damage other than age-related deterioration, and it can be read normally. Please refrain from purchasing if you are sensitive to the condition, as it is a very old item. Albert J. Alletzhauser The House of Nomura: The Rise to Power of the World's Most Powerful Company The House of Nomura is the true story of a dynasty, and the tale told here is on an epic scale. The story begins in the nineteenth century with Tokushichi Nomura I, the bastard son of a noble family living in rural Japan, and ends with insider trading and global political power brokering in the late l980s. It is the story of the creation of the most powerful company in the world, Nomura Securities, a firm so wealthy it could buy up every stockbroking house in London, merely with its own resources. Japanese business