Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story

Union City, CA: Heian, 1986. First edition, first printing (full number line). Quarto in white and blue pictorial boards in DJ of same illustration; [34] pp.; color illustrations, color maps; 27 cm. Fine copy in very good, unclipped DJ protected in archival mylar; DJ is lightly edgeworn with one 1" closed tear along the bottom edge of the cover and light shelf-rubbing; o/w DJ is clean; boards are clean and free of bumps; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight and square. in very good dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0893462705; 9780893462703

In English. Inscribed and signed by Wendy Tokuda on title page; Hanako Wakiyama (illustrator); Abstract: "Describes how a migrating humpback whale mistakenly entered the San Francisco Bay in 1985 and swam sixty-four miles inland before being led back to the sea by people concerned for his welfare."