Thousand Cranes

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First American Edition, stated. Small octavo (19.5cm); illustrated dust jacket over illustrated paper-covered boards; blue topstain; [viii],147pp; vignettes by Fumi Komatsu at chapter heads. Jacket is price-clipped, with later price sticker to front flap; crisp overall, with a couple clean tears at folds and a fair bit of toning along edges and especially down spine. Boards rubbed at corners and spine ends. Topstain faded. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.