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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American Edition stated. In lovely green cloth with gilt to type and green and blue foil to design motifs. Light fading to bottom edges of boards and spine. Sharp corners, clean interior and solid binding. Top page ends tinted blue with some fading and… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First US Edition stated. In pictorial boards. Ding to top of front board with a few marks/spots to page ends. Jacket is unclipped with faint moisture stain to inside of jacket at top of spine and part of rear panel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American Edition Stated. In beige boards with blue spine and gilt. Ding to top rear corner and some wear to edges, other corners and spine ends. Interior clean and binding solid. Jacket is unclipped with edgewear and some rubbing.

New York: Harper & Row/Kodansha, 1983. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition stated with full number line 10-1. In beige boards with dings to a few corners and purple spine cloth with silver foil. Small pale mark to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding. Comes with two jackets which are price-clipped, one is well… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Ogawa Seibundo, 1918. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. First Edition in English. Stated 1918 to title page with 1919 on cover which is standard to this edition. All further printings show year published. No endpapers issued for this copy, so possibly different state or early printing from same year of publication. In red cloth blind stamped to covers… Read more about this item

Tokyo & Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1959. First Edition/Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Extremely scarce in cloth with jacket. By the trailblazing Japanese mystery writer, Edogawa Rampo whose pen name was inspired by Edgar Allen Poe. A big influence on popular culture, he inspired anime, manga, online games and movies. In pictorial paper covered boards with bright gilt to… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Two Lines Press, 2018. First Edition/Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Unread. Nice copy.

New York: Linden Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A couple of tiny spots to bottom page ends.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rear top corner lightly bumped, 'star' stamp to bottom page ends. Light edgewear to jacket with crease to front flap and 1/4"" closed tear to top of front panel.