The Stainless Steel Kimono by Elliott Chaze, 1947 Post-WWII Novel - FIRST EDITION

The Stainless Steel Kimono was written by Elliott Chaze in 1947.

According to the dust jacket... "First the United States Army took seven wisecracking young Americans and trained them to be paratroopers and to fight tough and dirty. Then they were assigned to occupy peacetime Japan - which was like asking a lion tamer to be nursery governess. The result was human nature in the medium rare, if not in the raw. To a man they displayed a positive and nonchalant genius for getting into trouble. In this book, Elliott Chaze, who happens to have been a paratrooper in occupied Japan, has recaptured the bawdy, bizarre flavor of the whole experience." 

BIXLEY NOTES

• The Stainless Steel Kimono

• FIRST EDITION

• Written by Elliott Chaze

• Published by Simon & Schuster, 1948

• Hardcover with dust jacket

• 207 Pages

• Measures 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"

VINTAGE NOTES

• In great condition.

• Dust jacket has a few small tears and has some smudges

• Binding is nice and tight

• Almost no shelf wear on the hardcover

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