Mishima (Yukio) Death in Midsummer
£75
and other stories
London, Secker & Warburg, 1967.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
A collection of ten short stories by Yukio Mishima (pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka, 1925–1970), gathering pieces that had previously appeared in Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Japan Quarterly and elsewhere; this is the first UK edition, following the US first edition issued the previous year.
Out of stock
A very good copy, in jacket with some wear at top edge of upper panel and spine.
Jacket design by Ian Miller.
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