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Sun & Steel
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Title: Sun & Steel
Author: translator Yukio Mishima, John Bester
Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd.
Published: 1970
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 104
Catalogs: Essays, Philosophy, Japan
Description: First edition, original orange cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board, with original dust-jacket in blue, black, and white. Dust-jacket is in very good condition, with minor wrinkling at edges and small tear at top of back cover. Book is also in very good condition, with minor shelf wear and mildly tanned pages, but no markings. Pastedowns in textured blue paper. Dust-jacket front flap bears the sticker of the Savile Book Shop, Washington, D.C. Frontispiece illustration in black and red, and each page bears a decorative red top border. This book is an autobiographical essay by Yukio Mishima detailing his artistic relationship to his body. Meditating on his transformative experiences with bodybuilding and martial arts training, Mishima considers their impact on his creative practice and concludes that literature, in its ideal form, is inextricable from physical exertion. Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. Hardcover, very good condition. 104 pages, square octavo.
Author: translator Yukio Mishima, John Bester
Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd.
Published: 1970
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 104
Catalogs: Essays, Philosophy, Japan
Description: First edition, original orange cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board, with original dust-jacket in blue, black, and white. Dust-jacket is in very good condition, with minor wrinkling at edges and small tear at top of back cover. Book is also in very good condition, with minor shelf wear and mildly tanned pages, but no markings. Pastedowns in textured blue paper. Dust-jacket front flap bears the sticker of the Savile Book Shop, Washington, D.C. Frontispiece illustration in black and red, and each page bears a decorative red top border. This book is an autobiographical essay by Yukio Mishima detailing his artistic relationship to his body. Meditating on his transformative experiences with bodybuilding and martial arts training, Mishima considers their impact on his creative practice and concludes that literature, in its ideal form, is inextricable from physical exertion. Translated from the Japanese by John Bester. Hardcover, very good condition. 104 pages, square octavo.
