Translated from the Japanese by Edward M. Seidensticker. First UK edition. Publisher's black cloth boards with gilt to spine. In slightly toned dust jacket; a little rubbed and chipped to head of spine. A near fine copy. *** The first novel by Yasunari Kawabata to be translated into English since he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. Preceded by the American edtion. Seidensticker won the National Book Award for his translation.