Translated and with an Introduction by Edwin McClellan. First English edition. Publisher's green cloth with illustration to upper board and lettering to spine. Green top stain. Boards very slightly warped. In dust jacket, which has a few small nicks to head of spine and corners. A near fine copy. *** Scarce first printing of this autobiographical novel by the writer of I am Cat. It was the author's last published work and is considered to be one of his finest achievements. It was first published in Japanese in 1915; this first English translation was published in 1969.