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Seller's Description:
Fair. This item is in overall acceptable condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have heavy wear including creases, bends, edge wear, curled corners or minor tears as well as stickers or sticker-residue. Pages are intact but may have minor curls, bends or moderate to considerable highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have heavy wear. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. A well-read copy overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!
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Very Good. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Vertical, New York, NY, 2010. 704 pgs. Illustrated with black and white line drawings. Text in English. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated paper covered cloth with titles present to the spine and drawing present to the front board. Boards lightly rubbed and worn. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Long considered as one of Osamu Tezuka's most political narratives, Ayako is also considered to be one of his most challenging as it defies the conventions of his manga by utilizing a completely original cast and relying solely on historical drama to drive the plot. Ayako, pulls no punches, and does not allow for gimmicks as science-fiction or fantasy may. Instead Tezuka weaves together a tale which its core simply focuses on a single family, a family that could be considered a metaphor for a rapidly developing superpower. Overflowing with imagery of the cold war seen through Japan's eyes, Ayako is firmly set in realism taking inspiration from a number of historical events that occurred over the American occupation and the cultural-revolution which soon followed. Believed to be Tezuka's answer to the gekiga (dramatic comics) movement of the 60's, Ayako should be considered one of the better early examples of a seinen (young adult) narrative to be published. EB; 8.1 X 6.1 X 2.2 inches; 704 pages.
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Near Fine with no dust jacket. No Dustjacket. First American edition, with artwork reproduced in mirror image to accomodate English language left-to-right reading format. Crisp and clean except for two small, pale droplet marks on the right edge of the book; square, secure binding, hard cover showing only small wrinkles at the spine heel and bottom of the rear gutter as well as two tiny spots of rubbing at the bottom free corners, otherwise excellent.