Gaijin on the Ginza. A Novel
London: Peter Owen, 1991. 1st Edition. Octavo, publisher's navy cloth, spine stamped in silver, illustrated endpapers, original illustrated dust jacket.
Signed first edition of queer English poet, translator, and travel writer James Kirkup’s cult classic sex comedy set in Tokyo. Drawing from his own experiences teaching in Japan for decades, Gaijin on the Ginza follows Major Hilary Sitfast, a gay expat who runs an English language school and his nymphomaniac cousin Miss Lorelei Thrillingly who is visiting to explore the nightlife of the "inscrutable East." With a foreword by Kirkup. Dust jacket designed by Iain Stuart featuring a photo by Marc Riguadis. Signed by Kirkup to the title page. Unclipped dust jacket with light toning and sunning. Very good. Item #13113
$40.00