MURATA Kiyoaki — An Enemy among Friends. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Kodansha, Tokyo, [1991]. 8vo., First Edition, with 12 plates on 8, some page edges very lightly browning; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The story of the author's studentship in the USA during and immediately after WWII. Murata became editor-in-chief of the 'Japan Times' newspaper. SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE.