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Published by Soho Press, New York, 1998
ISBN 10: 1569471568ISBN 13: 9781569471562
Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Book
325pp. Originally published in 1948; this is the first English translation. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good.
Published by Soho, New York, 1998
ISBN 10: 1569471088ISBN 13: 9781569471081
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. First edition of this English translation. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 324 pp. Written by one of Japan's most popular mystery novelists, "The Tattoo Murder Case" was first published in Tokyo in 1948. It won the Mystery Writers Club Award and remains one of the most read Japanese detective mysteries.
Published by Soho, NY, 1998
ISBN 10: 1569471088ISBN 13: 9781569471081
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st US edition (orig pub in Japan in somewhat different form in1948), with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. WINNER OF THE MYSTERY WRITERS CLUB AWARD OF JAPAN in 1949. It remains to this day among the most read of Japanese detective mysteries. Using their flesh as canvas, the yakuza made full body tatoos their badge of defiiance. A seam was left in the design so that they could be collected after death in one piece without distirbing the pattern. The most famous collection is housed in Tokyo University and it is from hthere that a most unusual murder occurs - the victim's own full-body tattoo has been stolen; the "canvas" mutilated. Book.
Published by Pushkin Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1782278281ISBN 13: 9781782278283
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 377 pages. Kinue Nomura survived World War II only to be murd ered in Tokyo, her severed limbs discovered in a room locked from the inside. Gone is the part of her that bore one of the most be autiful full-body tattoos ever rendered. Kenzo Matsushita, a youn g doctor who was first to discover the crime scene, feels compell ed to assist his detective brother, who is in charge of the case. But Kenzo has a secret: he was Kinue's lover, and soon his invol vement in the investigation becomes as twisted and complex as the writhing snakes that once adorned Kinue's torso. 'Like voyeurs, we follow Takagi down the charred streets of bombed-out Tokyo to scenes of fastidiously executed decadence' - The New York Times.
Published by Soho Pr Inc, 1999
ISBN 10: 1569471568ISBN 13: 9781569471562
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 324 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by Soho Pr Inc, 1999
ISBN 10: 1569471568ISBN 13: 9781569471562
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 324 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.