John Bester Transl (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a tiny lean to the binding, shallow soiling to tail spine and covers near spine with a thin stain to first several pages at tail of binding, a touch of rippling to last few pages, and minor toning to all page edges, otherwise a solid, tight Near VG copy in a like price-clipped dust jacket, which has shallow soiling along tail of spine and covers, and mild rubbing with a touch of very slight edgewear to the covers.

Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 170pp. Small address label inside front cover, else a tight, clean and unmarked copy, Very Good or better. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $7.95 on front flap), slightly creased/rolled at spine ends, with small portion of lamination beginning to separate; Very Good. The Japanese social scientist's landmark work, called by one American sociologist "."the first book by a Japanese trained in psychiatry to have an impact on Western psychiatric thinking" (Ezra Vogel, quoted in the 2009 Associated Press obituary for Doi).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition 1967. No jacket. Book is Good+ with moderate wear, minor stains, sun-fading, yellowing, minor blemishes, firm binding.