Samuel L. Leiter
New Kabuki Encyclopedia: A Revised Adaptation of Kabuki jiten.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1997. First printing. 0313292884 ix/823 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in dark red cloth, with stamped silver lettering to black spine compartment/ spine. Book displays very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. 
"The entries are arranged alphabetically, and the volume's appendices include a chronological table of kabuki history, a list of all major or formal play titles, a list of all variant or popular titles, genealogical charts, and a list of all major actors' stage nicknames (yago) currently in use."