Chris and Valerie Combs
Fine Art

"I am a Cat," by Soseki Natsume. Translated by Katsue Shibata and Motonari Kai. Published by Kenkysusha Ltd. Tokyo. 1962.Scarce. Illustrated. Original hard cover in good condition. Top corners bumped. Cover lightly soiled. Orange lettering on spine is clean and bright. Decorative dust jacket has light chipping and shelf wear. End pages have light aging. Front end pages have light pencil writing. Text block pages have light aging, and occasional pen writing, otherwise clean. Bottom corners of many text pages have creasing. Binding is tight. 5 black and white illustrations including the frontispiece photograph of the author. Actual size: 6 by 8 1/4 inches. 431 pages. This is the groundbreaking Japanese novel about early twentieth century life in Japan from the point of view of a cat. Scarce. Japanese literature. Literature.