The Wooden Pillow

New York: Viking Press, 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); 3/4 floral-patterned handmade paper over black cloth, with three-color title label applied to spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; 311pp. Touch of offsetting to front endpaper, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket. Novel about an Englishman in Japan, who falls in love with both the culture as well as a young Japanese woman betrothed to another man as a second wife. (Inventory #: 25376)