The Andy Book. Photographs by Bruce Weber. Text by Andy Minsker. Designed by John Cheim. Shotaro Okada, Tokyo, 1987. First edition. Quarto. Softcover. Stiff wrappers with photo-illustrated dust jacket. Numerous black and white reproductions. Nicely printed. Text in English. Booklet with Japanese translations laid in. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
A scarce volume--published only in Japan--devoted entirely to the rough physicality of small town high school boxer Andy Minsker.
Very good in a very good dust jacket. Very light wear to the covers. Two small semi-circular creases to the lower right hand corner front cover. The dust jacket has light wear. Few soil spots. Semi-circular moisture stain from the ear of the model to the spine edge front cover with a similar moisture stain to the back cover. Two small semi-circular creases to the lower right hand corner DJ front cover. Small and very light diagonal crease to the upper left hand corner front cover. Right angle crease to the lower left hand corner back cover. Internally unmarked. Nice tight binding. Small crease or creases to the lower right and corner throughout, varying in shape and size throughout. Not terribly obtrusive. Clean and bright. The caption booklet is unmarked and in very good condition with a minuscule stain to the front cover and a couple of minor creases.