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- Title The Wages of Zen
- Author Melville, James
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- Pages 224
- Publisher Secker and Warburg, London
- Date 1979
- ISBN 9780436276903
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THE WAGES OF ZEN
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London: Saint Martin's Press, 1979. 1st ed. Bright yellow boards show some soiling along edges else near fine in dj, small stain at inside flap, not clipped but no price on jacket. The 1st Spt. Otani. Author's first book In 1979 James Melville introduced a significant new figure in to British crime fiction the Japanese detective Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Hyogo Prefectural Police. Otani, a very human but also very Japanese policeman, has to supervise an investigation which begins with a murder (a relatively rare crime in Japan) in a small Zen temple community where all the suspects are foreigners, but expands into the murky waters of drug trafficking and organised crime. Praised for its 'entrancing, splendidly intricate description of Japanese society (straight, criminal and official)' . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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London: Secker & Warburg Ltd. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Yellow hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 175pp. .
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London: Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 175 Pp. Yellow Boards Printed In Black. First Printing. Near Fine, Small Label Of Hatton & Baker Ltd.", London On Front Free Endpaper (Tv/Motion Picture Industry). In Near Fine Dj, Price Clipped, With Secker & Warburg 8.95 Price Label.
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First edition first printing of the first novel in the Superintendent Otani series. Light edge wear. Severely price clipped and then repriced by the Heinemann Group at 7.95 Pounds. On the half title page there is a small ink stain which I believe was an ink transfer from an earlier price sticker. In near fine / near fine condition.
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1st edition 1979. Secker & Warburg - London. 0436276909. Crime novel set in Japan. Fine in VG dustwrapper. .
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. First printing of the first Superintendent Tetsuo Otani mystery. Gently bumped and rubbed, upper edge of the text block very faintly foxed. Jacket show a small nick at the upper front flap fold, in mylar. Signed by Melville on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.
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