OE, Kenzaburo. A Personal Matter. Translated from the Japanese by John Nathan. New York: Grove Press Inc., (1968). First US Printing. Pp. (6),vii-ix,(1),1-214. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. The first novel tobe translated into English by the 1994 Nobel Prize winner. Spotting to top - and bottom-edges, light foxing to final few leaves, else very good in lightly nicked, unclipped dustjacket. 35.00