Dustjacket with evident signs of shelf wear, some age related yellowing of Page Edges, otherwise clean, clear text in a tightly bound book. The Island of the Fisherwomen by Fosco Maraini was first published in Great Britain in 1962, by Hamish Hamilton, London,as Hekura. The Diving Girl's Island; then in the USA, same year, by Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, as The Island of the Fisherwomen. Hardcover, dustjacket, 95 pages, seventy-four mono and colour plates throughout.This book is subtitled: "An enchanting tour of an unspoiled island paradise where modern Japanese mermaids dive below the sea's surface to wrest a living from the depths". It features a full story in text about a student of ethnology' traveling to a secluded Japanese island in quest of "mermaids." He finds them
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