Here's some more info for everyone, including how to get your hands on a copy!
Cover Text
任天堂公式ガイドブック // Official Nintendo Guidebook
HYRULE HISTORIA
ハイラル・ヒストリア // Hyrule ・ Historia
ゼルダの伝説 大全 // The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia
From Nintendo
発売元 : 小学館 // Publisher: Shogakukan
発売日 : 2011年12月21日 // Release Date: December 21, 2011
価格 : 3,255円 (税込) // Price: ¥3,255 (Tax included) [$41.81/£26.98/€32.10/C$43.41/A$41.98]
判型 : B5判 上製本 // Type Size: B5 size Deluxe Edition
ぺージ数 : 本丈274ぺージ // Number of pages: Book length, 274 pages
ISBN : 978-4-09-227159-3
According to
Shogakukan's
FAQ:
Q１０. 海外から注文したいのですが？
BOOK SHOP 小学館では海外への配送はお取り扱いしておりません。日本国内のみの配送となっております。お届け先が国内 であればご注文いただけます。ただし、ご注文確定のメールなどはすべて日本語での対応となりま す。
Question 10: How can I order from overseas?
Shogakukan's BOOK SHOP does not offer overseas delivery. Japanese orders and delivery only. The destination must be domestic if you order. Furthermore, your order confirmation e-mail and other correspondence will all be responded to in Japanese.
So I checked
Amazon.co.jp, turns out they WILL ship this internationally (yay) for the
right price (boo). If you order from the US, shipping is pretty much going to cost as much as the book itself, for a total of ¥6100/$78.35.
Lucky for us, there's already a seller on
eBay hawking this book for $64.99 (free s&h). Edit: now $69.99 and only free shipping within the US...and only a couple left for sale. If you live in Europe it might be cheaper to order from Amazon.co.jp afterall. Edit again: looks like that's it for that auction with a total of 12 sold. Looks like there's
a few more people getting in on the action now, at significantly higher prices. I would definitely recommend checking Amazon.co.jp first at this point and making sure their price plus shipping isn't less than these eBay auctions now.
I'm ordering this under the reasonable assumption that this will never be printed in English, so after spending $65 on the Japanese version I'll definitely be kicking myself if I'm wrong.