The Silver Spoon = Gin No Saji

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1976. First edition, first printing (stated). Octavo in blue DJ, 188 pages, 22 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to corners, light soiling to fore-edges, exceedingly gentle wear to spine head and foot, bright pages in tight binding, four small water stains (one to inside DJ) and faint soiling to DJ, pale sunning to DJ spine, extremely gentle rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, less than quarter inch tear to front DJ-rear corner, exceedingly gentle rubbing to DJ corners, else Near Fine(+) in Very Good(+) DJ. in very good + dust-jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0914090143

UNESCO collection of representative works: Japanese series. Japan -- Fiction.