Man Who Turned into a Stick: Three Related Plays by Kobo Abe. SIGNED BY ABE. Translated by Donald Keene. University of Tokyo Press. 1975. Appears to be SIGNED BY KOBO ABE boldly in black ball point pen on the title page. I think this is a first printing in English. There are no listings of later printings. ISBN-10:0860081478. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" 84 page Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Moderate edge wear and bumping. A tiny tear on the back dj joint. Otherwise, no unusual folds or creases. No clips. No missing pieces. Not price-clipped. BOOK: Light edge wear on the cover tips and top and bottom of the spine. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. IC03a