128pp. In illustrated card covers (very slightly bumped at spine base). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring a tiny mark on the half-title page. 8vo. Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War' lays out the rules for dealing successfully every competitive situation whether it's war, work or politics. The text, originating in China some 2,500 years ago, was brought to the West by the French, where supposedly Napoleon used its strategies to conquer Europe. The first English translation appeared in 1905.
