This collection of Japanese crime and detective fiction includes tales by Naoya Shiga, Edogawa Rampo, and other leading authors, and reflects a changing Japan from 1920 to the present
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This collection of Japanese crime and detective fiction includes tales by Naoya Shiga, Edogawa Rampo, and other leading authors, and reflects a changing Japan from 1920 to the present
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Add this copy of Murder in Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime and to cart. $13.43, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by UNKNO.
Add this copy of Murder in Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime and to cart. $13.43, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by UNKNO.
Add this copy of Murder in Japan Japanese Stories of Crime and Detection to cart. $33.75, very good condition, Sold by Sage Rare & Collectible Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Livonia, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Dembner Books.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0934878870. Half black cloth cover over beige boards is toned along top and bottom edge otherwise near pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has wear along top edge and a 1/8" tear, otherwise clean and bright. Publisher's price of $15.95 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty or improve its appearance. Pictured here without the mylar cover for an accurate visual of it's condition.; 8.4 X 5.6 X 1.0 inches; 224 pages.
Add this copy of Murder in Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime and to cart. $44.44, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by UNKNO.
Add this copy of Murder in Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime and to cart. $50.00, good condition, Sold by Conover Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Martinsville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Dembner Books.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) Edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, small tear in the rear lower corner, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, lightly shelf worn, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! Signed gift paper included in the front of the book! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 224 very clean, unmarked and uncreased suspense-filled pages! "A knife thrower in a traveling act slits his wife's throat: murder or miscalculation? A brilliant university student incriminates himself by executing a murder too well. A Chinese businessman avenges the murder of his parents by a Japanese soldier during the war. A group of Buddhist monks protect their embezzlement ring by manipulating an underling's belief in the importance of honor and provoking his suicide. The Japanese have long had a love affair with the Western genre of the detective story. For the past eighty years they have generated a tremendous output of crime and detective fiction, but little has been translated into English."
Add this copy of Murder in Japan: Japanese Stories of Crime and to cart. $144.67, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Dembner Books.
