Beyond the Curve

first edition (U.S.) first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks but some age tone to text pages; tight bind; clean cover, vivid titling; dj has little rub at corner tips but no tears, no creases; flap price present fic

Kodansha International, NY, 1991; First Edition; 8vo, 247 pages. Twelve short stories by Kobo Abe, Yoshimuri prize winner in 1962 for "Woman In The Dunes," and acclaimed as Japan’s most important living writer. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. Page margins tanned.

New York & Tokyo:: Kodansha, , (1991.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. His first collection of short fiction, one which confirms his reputation as one of Japan's most significant modern writers. The stories - often surrealistic - start from the same point: a seemingly innocuous act plunges an ordinary individual into extraordinary,… Read more about this item

New York: Kodansha International (1991), 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [7], 9-247, [1] pp. Brown cloth with brown lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of jacket. WIth a preliminary illustration before the text. A collection of short stories. Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter.

TOKYO, JAPAN: KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL, LTD. FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET. PUB 1991. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS ABOUT FINE WITH A TINY NICK TO THE FRONT FORE-EDGE FOLD, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. .… Read more about this item

4.00 written on text block, else content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with fine pictorial wraps displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown. About the book: A collection of works including such stories as "An Irrelevant Death," "The Dream Soldier," "Dendrocalia," "The Special Envoy," and "The… Read more about this item

Tokyo, New York, London: Kodansha International Ltd, 1991. First edition. Octavo, pp 247, very clean internally, grey cloth in very good condition, in a dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which has just the very slightest signs of use. Almosr as new. [A collection of short stories including "An irrelevant death," "The dream soldier," "Dendrocalia," "The special envoy," and "The… Read more about this item

Kodansha Amer Inc. First Edition, First Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition 1991 with a full number line starting with 1. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1991.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1991. 1st US. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 247 pages. Related material laid in. Translated into English by Juliet Winters Carpenter. Black-and-white illustrations. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Some foxing/spotting to top and fore edges. Previous dealer's sticker on rear end paper. Otherwise, clean, tight copy. Record # 856631

New York: Kodansha, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

New York: Kodansha International. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 4770014651 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as stated and as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, this fine gift copy is in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws to the book or jacket, the… Read more about this item

Kodansha America, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Beyond The Curve by Kobo Abe trade paperback Publisher: Kodansha International, 1991 Condition: Very Good+

Kodansha USA Inc. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.