Description
NF/NF First Printing in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1977 Dodd Mead. First Printing with full number line .
Near Fine hardcover with clean, bright boards, clean page blocks, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and strong corners. No marks or inscriptions inside. Pages clean and bright.
Near Fine un-clipped dust jacket with mild surface wear and moderate to heavy edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
A musical with book by John Weidman, Pacific Overtures traces the history of Japan from the first contact with America (via Commodore Matthew Perry) through the modern age. The “development” of the country is represented by two characters, Kayama Yasaemon, a traditional samurai, and his friend Manjiro, a fisherman who had been shipwrecked in Boston, where he embraced Western ways. As Japan becomes more Westernized, Kayama embraces the new culture while Manjiro rejects it, rediscovering his roots. All this is acted out against a backdrop of the greater changes in Japan, as the Japanese and the world powers all try to capitalize on the opening up of Japan. Includes the songs “Poems,” “Pretty Lady,” and “Someone in a Tree.”
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap. Very Rare!
