Charles E. Tuttle Co, Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, 1985, 30^th pr.  ISBN 0-8048-0496-6.  MMPB, 159 pages followed by ads.  Good plus; light edge and cover wear, heavy impression on rear wrap penetrating to last few ad pages; binding sound.  Original price tag bound in; interior clean and unmarked.  ‘Far from being a complex and mysterious script, Japanese writing is actually a simple, fascinating pictographic system, easily understood and readily mastered.  It need no longer baffle visitors to Japan – with the new approach illustrated in this concise and entertaining book you will be able to read 300 of the most common and useful characters in just a few hours, whether or not you now have any knowledge of the grammar or the spoken language.’ (from rear wrap)