Blind Willow Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami, Signed (10 results)

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. THIS COPY IS THE SPECIAL EDITION WITH A SIGNED BOOKPLATE LAID IN AND SIGNED IN BLUE INK IN ENGLISH. TRANSLATED FROM THE JAPANESE BY PHILIP GABRIEL/ JAY RUBIN. THE BOOK AND JACKET ARE IN NEW CONDITION. A STUNNING COPY. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Murakami, Haruki ,Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, 1st, 1st, Signed will be sent boxed and via a signed for method of postage Extra postage will be needed for overseas orders if the weight exceeds one kilo book is signed without dedication unless stated otherwise. All books come with a lifetime guarantee No Coa's issued unless the book originally came with one then it will be included with the book. Tracking Information will be added with your order on abe books once available. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in fine wrapper. Signed by way of the bookplate that appeared in the limited edition version, but without limitation number. A few of these plates escaped onto the open market and this combination is rare as such. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. An excellent copy of Blind Willow Sleeping Woman SIGNED & NUMBERED by Haruki Murakami. A UK slipcased first edition first printing. Condition: Overall the book and slipcase are in excellent condition. ISBN: 978-1-84343-26-92 Format: Hardback Publisher: Harvill Secker Published: 2006. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Bound in cloth-backed boards with slipcase. Unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: As new. No jacket. Limited first edition in English. Limited first edition in English. 8vo., pp. x, 334, [8, blank]. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth over illustrated, cream paper-covered boards, lettered in silver to spine; brown endpapers. #695 / 1000 numbered copies, with the publisher's bookplate signed in English by the author, tipped-in to the half-title page. As issued, without dustjacket, in a matching black cloth slipcase stamped to front with willow motif in silver. Preceding the Japanese issue, Mekurayanagi to nemuru onna (2009), by three years, and the American edition by a month. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Jay Rubin. An eclectic collection of twenty-four short stories, written between 1980 and 2005, and selected by the author himself with some specifically revised for this compilation. Of them, "The Seventh Man" originally appeared in Granta; "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman", "Birthday Girl" and "Chance Traveller" in Harper's; "Dabchick" in McSweeny's; "Aeroplane: Or, How He Talked to Himself as if Reciting Poetry" (originally published as "Airplane"), "The Folklore for My Generation: A Pre-history of Late-Stage Capitalism" (originally published as "The Folklore of Our Times" and translated by Alfred Birnbaum), "Hunting Knife", "The Ice Man" (in a translation by Richard Peterson), "The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day", "Man-eating Cats", "New York Mining Disaster", "A 'Poor Aunt' Story", "Tony Takitani", "A Shinagawa Monkey", "Where I'm Likely to Find It", and "The Year of Spaghetti" in The New Yorker; "Crabs" in Storie Magazine; and "The Mirror" in The Yale Review. "Firefly" originally appeared in the author's novel Norwegian Wood (2000). In his four-page introduction, Murakami states, "I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden." Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award - the world's richest short story prize - with the jury calling it a "truly wonderful collection" from a "master of prose fiction." "Tony Takitani" was made into a 2004 Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa, starring Issey Ogata and Rie Miyazawa, with the soundtrack composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto. "An intimate pleasure." -Ruth Scurr, The Times. 837. signed.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. An As New book in an As New dust jacket. First Edition (stated)/ First Printing (no other printings noted). SIGNED by Murakami directly on to the title page in English "haruki". Book is clean, unmarked, square and tight. Mylar protected jacket is fully intact, bright and clean with no markings or tears. A solid, unread, highly collectible copy over all. Very rare as signed US editions are beyond scarce. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, with only slight soiling to the text block and light creasing to the top edges of the panels, else Fine/Fine. SIGNED and dated by the author to the bottom of the 2nd free paper. An outstanding copy of this collection of short stories; uncommon in this condition and signed. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A Fine copy of this first printing Knopf, New York, 2006. Signed in heavy blue marker pen in English and Japanese to title (with slight bleed through to the following leaf) else a mint copy in a removable acetate protector. Unread. TOGETHER with a Fine copy of the UK Proof in wrappers and acetate protector. Signed by Author.

First edition in English, first printing. One of 85 copies, signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 net to the lower front flap). A lovely copy of the UK first edition, offered here in its scarcest form. One of 85 copies of the trade edition issued by the publisher with a hand numbered plate to the front endpaper, signed by Haruki Murakami. This example is numbered 71. Beware of expensive imitations (only those individually numbered, on this specific bookplate, constitute the publisher's signed first edition). The collection was also issued in a slipcased edition of 1000 copies (without dustwrapper), produced for Waterstones all of which are hand-numbered by the publisher and signed by Haruki Murakami on a bookplate exclusive to that issue. A collection of twenty-four stories written between 1980 and 2005. Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. This British edition precedes both the Japanese and American editions. "I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden" - Haruki Murakami (from the introduction). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.