Description

• First UK Edition [Secker & Warburg, London, 1966]; 150pp; purple boards, gold titling to spine, ffep with torn piece at base, else excellent; in very good unclipped [21s. net] dustjacket, a little rubbed & chipped, significant portion torn at front [repaired well]
• One of Mishima’s best-known & most accessible works
• Translated by John Nathan
• Originally published in Japanese as Gogo No Eiko [Kodansha, Tokyo, 1963]
• A controversial figure, Mishima famously committed seppuku after leading a small militia into a military base in central Tokyo