Ba Ra Kei Ordeal By Roses Photographs of Yukio Mishima by Hosoe, Eikoh, Photographs By. Preface By Yukio Mishima - 1985

[New York]: Aperture, 1985. Hardcover. Good (Ex-Library from Visual Studies Workshop with sticker on lower spine of DJ and stamp and marking on colophon at the rear; boards are edgeworn/sunned/smudged/scuffed; DJ is edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are lightly toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean with the occasional scuff or smudged; binding is solid.). Grey DJ with pastel lettering and illustration; purple over cloth boards with silver lettering and illustration; 98 unnumbered pp.; chiefly illustrations. "Yukio Mishima, the most renowned writer in postwar Japan, shocked the whole world with his suicide in 1970. His ritual death created showckwaves that drew more attention in the West than the sublime quality of his prose. Shortly before his suicide, he worked closely with Eikoh Hosoe, the celebrated photographer, to prepare a monumental edition of their epic achievement "Barakei." This book is the first Western edition of that extraordinary collaboration between a visionary genius and… Read More

Beautiful copy. Tight binding. Tiny knick on top edge of dust jacket but on the back so not noticeable from front.

Aperture, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Oversized. Photographs of Yukio Mishima done by Hosoe from 1961 to just prior to his death in 1970. Inscribed and signed by Hosoe on the front flyleaf. Covers suned along the top edge. Dust jacket edgeworn with a couple tears on the corners.

New York: Aperture, 1985. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. The first U.S. edition of his classic collaboration with Yukio Mishima. Photographs of Mishima who supplies the preface. Includes a note by Hosoe along with an afterword by Mark Holborn. A fine copy in purple cloth boards in a very near fine copy dust jacket and with a very near fine obi. Includes a laid in note by Hosoe that he has signed as well as postcard signed by him as well. A very fresh copy.

Aperture, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 14x10x0.

Aperture, 1985. As new copy in dust jacket. Dust jacket is very slightly bumped at top of spine. Second printing. . First Edition. Cloth. As New/Very Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.