Oyama, Masutatsu (Mas) — What is Karate? (First Revised edition)

Yokohama, Japan, Tokyo-News Co. 1959. 1st. Hardcover. First printing, revised edition, much expanded from the first edition. 144 pp. profusely ill. with b&w photos, some color plates, oversize (4to) hardcover, no dust jacket. Book is Good with firm binding, no owner's names, internally very nice. Fragile boards show some wear and bumping to extremities, and some age darkening along edges. A decent copy of this important early karate book. Great step-by-step photo sequences. Excellent photos of Oyama's students training. Includes a number of photos of the master's famous battle to the death with a bull. Photos available. Good/No Jacket.