This book (two volumes) is a translation of Vol. 1 of Cho Chikun's Life and Death Dictionary. For which, see the dictionaries page.
Grauniad: Does anyone know where to buy this book?
juhtolv: It was published by Ishi Press, but then Ishi stopped releasing books. Kiseido has slowly resurrected books of Ishi Press, but this books is not yet resurrected. So, all you can do is to try to find it as used book, maybe from eBay.