MINAMATA The Story of the Poisoning of a City, and of the People Who Chose to Carry the Burden of Courage

by W. Eugene Smith, Aileen M.

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First edition

New York: Holt, 1975. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos. 192 pages. 4to, cloth, burgundy faux leather, chipped d.w. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1975. First edition. Large gift inscription on half title, else a fine copy in good dust wrapper. The story of industrial pollution in the form of mercury poisoning in a Japanese village. Illustrator:

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