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Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nozaki Takashi (野崎孝)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Design (装釘):\u003c\/strong\u003e Kamekura Yusaku (亀倉雄策)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e 偉大なるギャツビー (Idai naru Gatsby \/ The Great Gatsby)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e 研究社アメリカ文学選集 第一期 (Kenkyusha American Literature Series, First Series)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kenkyusha (研究社出版株式会社), Tokyo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1957 (Showa 32) — Second Printing, November 25, 1957 (First printing: April 25, 1957)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with dust jacket, 18 cm, 291 pages. Includes portrait frontispiece of F. Scott Fitzgerald (age 21).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e 偉大なるギャツビー (The Great Gatsby, p.1) \/ バビロン再訪 (Babylon Revisited, p.187) \/ 金持の青年 (The Rich Boy, p.229) \/ 解説 (Commentary, p.281)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInclusions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dust jacket (present). No slipcase (issued without).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[OVERVIEW]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in April 1957 by Kenkyusha — Japan's foremost publisher of English-language scholarship and literary translation — this edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e was the first book publication of Nozaki Takashi's celebrated Japanese translation, and it sold out within months: this copy is the second printing of the same year, issued November 25, 1957. The Nozaki translation went on to become the standard Japanese text of the novel for decades — later reissued by Shincho Bunko in 1974 (retitled \u003cem\u003eKarei naru Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e to coincide with the Robert Redford film adaptation) and again revised in 1989 as \u003cem\u003eGreat Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e. But this 1957 Kenkyusha edition is where it all began: the translation in its original form, in its original publisher's binding, in the year of its birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dust jacket was designed by \u003cstrong\u003eKamekura Yusaku\u003c\/strong\u003e (亀倉雄策, 1915–1997) — one of the supreme figures of twentieth-century Japanese graphic design, and the man who created the iconic poster for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His jacket for this volume — a severe, modernist composition of grey, black, white, and red geometric blocks — is a masterpiece of restraint: the visual language of the International Style applied to a novel about excess, desire, and the American Dream. To hold this book is to hold a Kamekura original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume contains three works in Nozaki's translation: \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBabylon Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Rich Boy\u003c\/em\u003e — three of Fitzgerald's finest achievements, assembled here into a curated collection of rare literary completeness. The frontispiece portrait of Fitzgerald at twenty-one adds a biographical intimacy that later editions abandoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: EASY AI TRANSLATION]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the text is printed in Japanese, you can easily read and study this historic book using modern smartphone AI tools. By taking a photo of any page with your smartphone and using free apps like Google Lens, ChatGPT, or Google Translate, the embedded AI will instantly scan and translate the text on your screen layout. Language is no longer a barrier to owning and enjoying this rare piece of literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[WHY THIS VOLUME IS A PRIZED COLLECTOR'S ITEM]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKamekura Yusaku Design:\u003c\/strong\u003e The dust jacket is a documented work by Kamekura Yusaku — designer of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics poster, recipient of the Mainichi Industrial Design Prize, and one of the founding figures of modern Japanese graphic design. A Kamekura-designed dust jacket on a 1957 literary edition is a collector's object of the first order, independently of the text it contains.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical \u0026amp; Literary Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the Nozaki Takashi translation in its original 1957 Kenkyusha form — the translation that defined \u003cem\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/em\u003e for Japanese readers for half a century. The inclusion of \u003cem\u003eBabylon Revisited\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Rich Boy\u003c\/em\u003e makes this a curated Fitzgerald collection of exceptional literary depth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRarity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nearly 70 years old, in dust jacket, with all three texts intact and a documented Kamekura design. Copies in this condition are increasingly difficult to find.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[CONDITION]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood Vintage Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Retains strong graphic impact. Light wear to spine ends. No tears, no writing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tight and fully intact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEndpapers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural age-toning consistent with period paper stock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Light toning throughout — consistent with age. 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