Mt. Fuji by Okada, Koyo - 1959

Tokyo: The Hobundo Co., 1959 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated, Foreword by Yasuji Kamata; Preface by Koyo Okada; The 118 color and b&w Plates; Notes on Plates; Mt Fuji and I; The Equipment I Use; Personal History of the Author; Publisher's Seal on the Copyright Page. First Edition, April 1959. "I have been grappling with Mt. Fuji for more than 40 years, and nothing could give me greater pleasure than to be able to publish this collection of photographs I have made. By making a selection of shots that please me, I do not mean to imply that they are the products of my skill. On the contrary, thsy are more than anything else the work of the mountain itself." from the Preface. Enscribed to Joe Hoagbin by the staff of the Institute for Research in Productivity Waseda University, Tokyo Japan, September 1960. Minor edge wear, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Pictorial red, white, orange and pink geometric pattern on glossy boards with white cloth backstrip with gilt lettering and characters on spine, and a diaphanous decorative cloth between red-recto ffep and title page..