Published by Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., Penguin Group, 27 Wrights Lane, London First Edition . London 1990., 1990
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards,white title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 280 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with sun bleaching to the red of the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0241129869 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.
Published by London Hamish Hamilton Ltd, the Penguin Group 1990, 1990
ISBN 10: 024112994X ISBN 13: 9780241129944
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fine. First UK Edition, first impression, with printing sequence line '13579108642'. Translated from the original Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum. First published in Japan in 1982. Publisher's black boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. [4], 300. Cover illustration by Mick Brownfield. A book in Fine condition in a Very Good dust-jacket, with some fading to spine, but which is not price-clipped.