Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Murakami, Haruki. The Elephant Vanishes. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Elephant in the room is a collection of 17 stories. DV4. softcover, owner embossed stamp on title page, 327 pages, pen notation title page pricing, cover has a crease on front
Seller: Crossroads Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
haruki murakami. the elephant vanishes. alfred a. knopf, new york, 1993.
Price: US$66.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: leaves, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is an advance collection of excerpts from upcoming Knopf publications in 1993. Still shrinkwrapped in publisher's stiff paper slipcase. Slipcase has a bit of edge wear from being compressed for years. Quite uncommon.
Seller: Black Dog Books, Emerson, NJ, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. THE ELEPHANT VANISHES. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto; 327 pages; VG; White and Red spine with black text; Covers have slight bending to corners, mild edgewear; Textblock clean; Shelved Case 8. 1365815. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki; Rubin, Jay [Translator]. The Elephant Vanishes. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Advance reading copy of the first American edition. [vii], 327 pp. Wraps. Very Good+ with rubbing along edges of wraps. Nice shape overall. An uncommon issue of the novel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. The Elephant Vanishes. London Hamish Hamilton Ltd, the Penguin Group 1993, 1993.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First UK Edition, first impression, with printing sequence line '10987654321'. Publisher's illustrated card cover with separate illustrated dust-jacket. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. [8], 328. Not published in a UK hard-back edition. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. A book in Fine condition in a Fine dust-jacket.
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Wrappers. Slim stapled wrappers. Four volumes as issued in a printed cardboard slipcase. All four volumes are fine, the slipcase is a little rubbed at the extremities and is very good or better. Issued by the publisher to promote four (then) new novels.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$209.70 + shipping
Description: Very Good in wrappers in a Very Good- slipcase. Creasing to slipcase. This is an incredibly scarce advance collection of excerpts from upcoming Knopf publications in 1993. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. The Elephant Vanishes. Knopf, New York, 1993.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st American edition of Murakami's first collection of short stories published in the US, translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. Beautiful copy, fine in fine dw with 1 tiny nick on the rear upper corner.
Seller: Tom Davidson, Bookseller, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
HARUKI MURAKAMI. THE ELEPHANT VANISHES. Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., 1993.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine, clean and tight copy in a fine jacket/brodart covered, stated First Ediiton. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are smooth and round. No tears, no chips to jacket. No signatuares. Jacket is not priced clipped. A very nice copy in like new and unread condition.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$340.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A handsome first printing of the first American edition in just about Fine condition, minor nudge to top tip in Fine dust-jacket; Murakami's collection of 17 short stories has been described as "assault on the normal", showcasing his trademark humor, wit, and versatility while spinning tales about his favorite topic: humanity. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin; 8vo; [vi], 327, [1] pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. The Elephant Vanishes. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. [11], 5-327, 328, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over white paper boards with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $21.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket illustration and design by Chip Kidd. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. First printing of the first American edition. A stunning copy of these short stories from the prolific Murakami.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
MURAKAMI, Haruki. The Elephant Vanishes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993.
Price: US$386.48 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First U.S. edition, translated from the original Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. Octavo. Bound in white paper covered hard boards over black cloth covered spine and in the original publisher's dust jacket, un-clipped ($21.00). Book and jacket both in Fine condition. A lovely example of this early Murakami work.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Haruki Murakami. The Elephant Vanishes (Fine First Edition). Knopf, 1993.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1993). First American edition, first printing. Hardbound. Fine/Fine. A nice clean bright copy. Quite scarce. The author's third book to be published in the United States. One of the stories became the first chapter in Wind Up Bird Chronicle. 0.0
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$576.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Bound in black cloth over white boardrs, stamped in silver, housed in a redi and white illustrated dust jacket. A tight, clean, unread copy of this, the first edition of the Japanese author's third book -- Boldly signed by the author on the title page. A 327 pp. book of short stories.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (22cm); pale grey paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[4],5-327,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper in a contemporary hand, in English and Japanese, dated about a month after publication. Faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, with a hint of sunning to upper board edges; very Near Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $21.00). Murakami's third English-language publication and his first collection of short fiction, gathering 17 stories, including "The Wind-Up Bird and Tuesday's Women," "Sleep," "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning," and "TV People." Murakami has always been a reluctant signer who does very few publicity events; contemporary signatures in early titles are uncommon. Rubin 16.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. The Elephant Vanishes.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this classic collection of stories, one of which was the basis for the 2018 acclaimed film Burning. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To Karen Haruki Murakami (in both Japanese and English) 5/6/93 Princeton, NJ." Additionally signed three times by jacket designer Chip Kidd, once on the front panel, above Murakami's signature and on the jacket rear panel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. In these stories, a man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonaldâs in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard. By turns haunting and hilarious, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realitiesâ"and comes back bearing remarkable treasures. âThese stories show us Japan as itâs experienced from the inside. . . . [They] take place in parallel worlds not so much remote from ordinary life as hidden within its surfaces. . . . Even in the slipperiest of Mr. Murakamiâs stories, pinpoints of detail flash out . . . warm with life, hopelesslyâ"and wonderfullyâ"unstable" (The New York Times Book Review).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.