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Tokyo: Hitachi, Ltd, 1963 First Printing in original gilt-stamped blue papered boards issued without jacket, light wear & micro-chipping to the tips & tops, slight 'hitch' to spine about a third of the way up from the tail, an otherwise exemplary unmarked Near Fine copy of this classic Eugene Smith title illustrated in beautiful gravure throughout; folio; 79pp illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for priority service or for delivery outside the United States for this heavy oversize book (extra charge SUBSTANTIAL for non-domestic shipment). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Tokyo: Hitachi, 1963. 79pp. Navy boards, gilt titles on spine and front board. Some fading to boards and spine, but titles remain plainly legible. Pages, both text and photo gravures, remain bright and clean. Tri-fold case shows a deep split along front hinge, but front board remains attached, with ivory closures and gilt titles on front board. Laid-in card reads, "With the compliments of Ken'Ichiro Komai, President, Hitachi Ltd. Japan." Scarce Smith title, a photo-essay on Japan's industrialization. Additional postage may be required for international shipping in light of this book's size and weight. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Folio.

Tokyo: Hitachi, 1963. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Very Good dark-blue rice paper-bound hardcover with crisp stamped gilt titling to front and spine with spots of wear at the extremities, fading to the spine, and light shelf wear; this copy was once part of the Time Inc. editorial library with two stamps to that effect and a discard stamp, all to the title page; no other indications and otherwise the interior is clean and bright; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. From 1961-1962, W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) was commissioned by the Hitachi Corporation in Japan to document the company's activities. What resulted instead, in the form of this book, was a photo-essay on the impact of rapid industrialization on Japanese laborers and a meditation on the balances and tensions between a traditional and modern Japan. The scarcest of Smith's books, featuring many images never published elsewhere. Photographs by W. Eugene Smith; text by Smith and… Read More