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Minamata: The Story of the Poisoning of a City, and of the People Who Choose to Carry the Burden of Courage - Hardcover
From DJ Flap: Minamata is a fishing and farming town on the Japanese island of Kyushu. As many as 10,000 of the residents fell ill due to methyl mercury poison from contaminated fish. W. Eugene Smith the renowned photojournalist created with Aileen Smith this enduring document that speaks of the pollution and ruined bodies struggling against the power of a great industrial state.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus, Ltd.
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0701121319
- ISBN 13 9780701121310
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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MINAMATA
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Chatto & Windus Ltd
(1975)
ISBN 10: 0701121319
ISBN 13: 9780701121310
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Book Description Condition: Very Good, Very Good. First Edition, 1975. 4TO, 192 pgs., B/W Photos, Hardcover Hardcover in dust jacket. Textured red cloth boards with title on front board and spine. Minor wear. Text pages are clean. Photo illustrated dust jacket lightly sunned at spine. Light edge wear. Small creased closed tear to rear edge. Looks very nice in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. Seller Inventory # 045759
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Minamata
Published by
Chatto & Windus Ltd., London, England
(1975)
ISBN 10: 0701121319
ISBN 13: 9780701121310
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Boards covered in embossed burgundy faux leather show some light edgewear. Corners are sharp. Spine has white text and is bright with firm ends. Binding feels unread. Illustrations are bright and clear. Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits minimal signs of wear. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Illustrated DJ has some edgewear, and bumping along head edge. Please see photographs for details of condition.** PS2022.0330** 192 pages. 9.75 x 11.75 inches.** Super-titled "a warning to the world," Minamata is about industrial pollution, ecological damage, and their human toll.** "Postage for oveersized and international shiping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009406"**. Seller Inventory # 009406
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