YAMATA (Kikou)MareMagnum
SHIINA RinzoMareMagnum
The Flowers are Fallen. Translated from the Japanese by Sydney Giffard. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First English Edition; original patterned cloth, black cloth backstrip lettered in silver, top a trifle dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with neat initials on front fold-in and one short closed tear at lower margin of front panel. Shiina's ground-breaking novel was first published in Japan as Ai No Shogen in 1955. With dustwrapper artwork by Brian Sanders. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB125,11 €
