The Wooden Mortared Kingdom: 20 Year History of GARO Manga Anthology Seirindo

Description

Condition: USED / Good Vintage Collector\'s Condition (100% Genuine Seirindo Official 1984 Japan Release)

Magazine/Book Title: The Wooden Mortared Kingdom - 20 Year History of Garo (木造モルタルの王国ガロ20年史)
Publisher: Seirindo (青林堂)
Publication Year: 1984 (First Printing Vintage / Original Out of Print Edition)
Book Design: Heikichi Harata (羽良多平吉)
Title Naming: Shigesato Itoi (糸井重里)
Page Count: Massive 1200+ Pages of Underground Gekiga Masterpieces
Featured Artists: Sanpei Shirato, Shigeru Mizuki, Yoshiharu Tsuge, Shinji Nagashima, Kazuo Umezu, Shigesato Itoi, Jun Miura, and many other legendary avant-garde pioneers.
Language: Japanese (An absolute archival holy grail for high-end comic historians worldwide)
Status: 100% Genuine Original 1984 Vintage Release (Museum-Tier Subculture Artifact)
Product Condition Details (Good Vintage Used Condition):
- Binding & Page Integrity: Due to the immense thickness and historical weight of this 1200+ page monograph, the binding on these vintage editions is naturally fragile. The binding holds completely together but shows typical natural cosmetic aging/weakness common for this specific publication. Pages remain fully attached, readable, with no missing sections or heavy modern ink fluid damage.
- Paper & Exterior Wear: Features gorgeous natural retro paper aging, light vintage tanning/foxing, and shelf wear on the covers. No massive structural tears. Retains its incredible avant-garde underground aura perfectly.
Storage Condition: Kept inside a professional, climate-controlled, strict moisture-regulated, UV-protected, smoke-free and pet-free archival vault to prevent any accelerated paper degradation or yellowing.

Shipping

We will ship by DHL or FedEx with full online web tracking, premium full transit insurance, and signature confirmation required upon delivery. This legendary 1980s Garo masterpiece is extremely heavy (over 1200 pages) and fragile, making it highly vulnerable to spine splitting, corner crushing, or edge tearing during international air transit. To protect this irreplaceable piece of manga history, we pack it with ultimate professional care: the entire book will be sealed in a heavy-duty waterproof plastic sleeve to lock out humidity, wrapped securely in multiple thick layers of shock-absorbent bubble wrap to absorb drop impact, and shipped inside a rigid, reinforced heavy-duty outer shipping box packed tightly with premium protective air cushions to completely eliminate any internal movement or shifting during transit.

International Buyers - Please Note:

Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.

For U.S. Buyers
Import duties are already included for many items. Buy with confidence from Japan.

Note: This is the official 100% original 1984 Japanese market edition. Immensely popular with global alternative comic scholars, avant-garde art collectors, and Gekiga historians. Please review all high-resolution photos carefully to confirm the authentic vintage cosmetic quality before purchasing.