Hara-kiri Japanese ritual suicide by Seward, Jack - 1969

Rutland/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co.: Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. 116p., fold-out frontispiece, several more b&w plates inserted in the text, second printing, a smallish book in 7x5 inch black cloth boards titled with white, red and blind, in dust jacket. The book itself is a little rolled, an otherwise sound copy with no ownership or other markings, the dj is very edgeworn but intact. A good copy. Book design and typography by Kenji Nakamura. "Author Jack Seward has spent most of the years since 1945 in Japan, both as an intelligence officer in military and govrnment service.. "His first book, The cave of the Chinese skeletons.. was a successfully received novel of 'international espionage, Oriental intrigue, hidden treasure, and sex in Tokyo, the world's wildest city'