Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1957. First edition. vi, 248pp. Blue cloth; dust jacket. Very minor bumping to board corners; light wear at spine ends; mild toning to edges of textblock. Unclipped jacket with chips at spine ends and tips, moderate rubbing; front flap hinge split halfway down from top. Very good in a fair to good jacket.
First edition of this English-language translation of this 1914 novel by Japanese writer Natsume Soseki (1867-1916); a subtle study of "man's loneliness in the modern world," as translator Edwin McClellan calls it in his foreword, which was adapted into Japanese-language films in 1955 and 1973 by Kon Ichikawa and Kaneto Shindō, respectively. Jacket design by Renee Walkoe.
