The nose: a tale based on "Hana" by R. Akutagawa retold and illustrated by Allen Say
[Berkeley]: Oyez Press, 1973. [13p] 6.5x8.25 inches, 4 monochrome plates (one of which repeated --for zen effect?), rubricated titles and drop-caps, very good limited first edition of 250 copies signed by the author/artist, sewn mustard wraps.
Colophon states: Oyez/Two hundred and fifty copies/designed & printed by Graham Mackintosh/for friends of the author and press/Christmas 1973. An adaptation of the 1916 tale by "the father of the Japanese short story" Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
Cat.No: 201338
Price: $45.00
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