No Longer Human

New York: New Directions, 1958. First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. [vi], 177 pp. Bound in publisher's reddish orange cloth stamped in brown and gilt. Fine, faint finger print smudge to rear of first blank, and small printer's blemish to pages 160-161; in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear to crown and edges, sticker residue to front flap.The Japanese author's best-known novel, posthumously published in 1948, a mere month after the author's suicide at age 38. The striking jacket design was by Owen Scott, based on a color print by Kiyoshi Saito; uncommon in such beautiful condition. (Inventory #: 140947752)