Young People Now
WE SELL THE BEST BOOKS TO THE MOST BRILLIANT PEOPLE. AND THEN SOMETIMES WE SELL THE BEST BOOK (SINGULAR) TO JUST ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT PEOPLE (SINGULAR). WELL THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES. THERE IS ONLY ONE COPY. AND ONLY ONE ANSWER. THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE. OFF THE SCALE.
This is unheard of. Try and Google this one. It's not happening. The title translates as On The Ground: Young People Now.
The now was then 1981. And the place was Japan. Obviously.
Just so you know - straight away - how good this book is. These two. And especially him/her (we can't quite tell) on the right in the tracksuit with the rolled up pants and white shoes. Some look that is. Some book this is.
Could be glue? It's been a while. What we do recognise is a seriously narcotic shirt when we see one. That's a party in print already.
No difference. Tokyo 1981. Madchester 1989.
Girls. Leopard print under what is very likely a Disney print apron dress. And on the right the two-tone look given full force. Wow, they look cool.
It is a remarkable book. If it wasn't so so impossible rare, then everyone reading this should have it. But that can't happen. When we sell it, we haven't got it. Many of these superbooks we are quietly confident we will see again - you can at least see that they have been found and sold before. Not this time though. Not a chance.