Hardcover book with bamboo boards, black Japanese lettering on cover, black cloth spine with gold lettering. Spots of wear to board and spine corners, spine ends. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Decorated endpapers, with two small return address labels at top right corner of front free endpaper. Publisher's DD and anchor device present on copyright page. Newspaper photo of author on blank fly leaf, with offset to opposite blank page. Illustrated by Tekisui Ishii. 314 pages. View More...