Hekura: The Diving Girls’ Island

Fosco Maraini

London

:

Hamish Hamilton

,

1962

.
First Edition.

23.5cm x 16cm. 95 pages, 74 pages of illustrations. Green cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket.

The Ama pearl diver women of Japan. Said to have been used as a reference by Ian Fleming for his 1964 Bond novel, You Only Live Twice.

Very minor soil to board tails. Light foxing to jacket flaps and verso, very minor to interior. Previous owner’s name. Minor closed tears and rubbing to jacket edges. Very Good Condition.

SOLD