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CLEVELAND, ANNE (MRS.A.R. WHITE)It’s better with Your Shoes offRutland-Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle, 1955. Small oblong 8°, original clothbacked illustrated boards. 96 pp. of text to author’s numerous monochrome cartoons, illustrated. Experiences of a US couple and their son during a semi-permanent stay in Japan, struggling with formal and traditional japanese etiquette, manners and modes. A collection of top-drawer cartoons with revealing commentaries on what it’s really like to live in Japan of those days.