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Murakami, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Alfred A.Knopf, New York:, 1997.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: stiff wraps, illus cover, 71 pages; contains excerpts: Chapters 1, 11, 12 & 13; author photo by Marion Ettlinger on last page. translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. cover design by Chip Kidd w/ photo by Geof Spear. fine copy (green protruding page-tab after p.24 creased per usual).
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki; Rubin, Jay (Transl.). The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing, hardcover, has a mild skew to the binding with a thin pull at the rear, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and a small spot to the front fly leaf. Overall, a solid, bright, Very Good copy in a Very Good+ dust jacket, which has light wear to the spine ends, edges and corners, and a hint of rubbing. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (24cm); blue and white pictorial paper-covered boards; dustjacket; [x],[5],6-611,[3]pp. Scattered foxing to upper and right edge of textblock, spine ends very gently nudged, else Near Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $25.95). The author's fourth English language novel, and prior to the publication of 1Q84, certainly his most ambitious work, issued in a relatively modest print run of 25,000 copies. Both the book and jacket design by Chip Kidd are equally ambitious, winning nearly every major book design award for 1997-98. Rubin 17
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Haruki Murakami. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Alfred Knopf, 1997.
Price: US$249.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. A couple of very small chips to laminate face, bottom outside edge, back panel. BOARDS: Minor shelf rubbing/scuffing to bottom edges. Very small bump to top outside edge, front. BOOK: Very minor soiling to textblock head. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. ************************************ Here on offer is an very nice copy of Huraki Murakami's award-winning novel, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, which many regard as his masterpiece, appearing in The Telegraph's 2014 list of the 10 all-time greatest Asian novels. This copy is a 1st American edition, 1st printing of the work published by Alfred Knopf in 1997. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. ******************************* "Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. ***** In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat. Soon he finds himself looking for his wife as well in a netherworld that lies beneath the placid surface of Tokyo. As these searches intersect, Okada encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists: a psychic prostitute; a malevolent yet mediagenic politician; a cheerfully morbid sixteen-year-old-girl; and an aging war veteran who has been permanently changed by the hideous things he witnessed during Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria. ***** Gripping, prophetic, suffused with comedy and menace, 'The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle' is a tour de force equal in scope to the masterpieces of Mishima and Pynchon." /////////////////////////////// Haruki Murakami (born January 12, 1949) is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been bestsellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Jerusalem Prize and the Princess of Asturias Awards. ///// Growing up in Ashiya near Kobe before moving to Tokyo to attend Waseda University, he published his first novel Hear the Wind Sing (1979) after working as the owner of a small jazz bar for seven years. His notable works include the novels Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994 95), Kafka on the Shore (2002), and 1Q84 (2009 10), with 1Q84 ranked as the best work of Japan's Heisei era (1989 2019) by the national newspaper Asahi Shimbun's survey of literary experts. His work spans genres including science fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction, and has become known for its use of magical realist elements. His official website lists Raymond Chandler, Kurt Vonnegut, and Richard Brautigan as key inspirations to his work, while Murakami himself has cited Kazuo Ishiguro, Cormac McCarthy, and Dag Solstad as his favourite currently active writers. Murakami has also published five short story collections, including First Person Singular (2020), and non-fiction works including Underground (1997), inspired by personal interviews Murakami conducted with victims of the Tokyo subway sarin attack, and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (2007), a series of personal essays about his experience as a marathon runner. ///// His fiction has polarized literary critics and the reading public. He has sometimes been criticised by Japan's literary establishment as un-Japanese, leading to Murakami's recalling that he was a "black sheep in the Japanese literary world". ********** The above text was taken from Alfred Knopf publishers (via Google Books) and Wikipedia.
Seller: Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki; Rubin, Jay. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition of Murakami's "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle", translated into English by Jay Rubin. Unclipped jacket ($25.95) with advance reviews beginning on the front flap and continuing on the back flap. Slight wear to upper and lower edges of both jacket and book. Interior is clean, bright and unmarked. See photos. [13], 6-611, [3] pp. 9.5 x 6.5"
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.
haruki murakami. the wind-up bird chronicle. alfred a knopf, new york, 1997.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Description: first us edition, 1997. with a phone call from a seductive voice, toru okada's mundane and ordinary existence gradually unravels into a surreal journey in search of his lost wife. diving into a realm of mystery, murakami crafts a tale of intrigue as he plumbs into the existential depths of okada's psyche. translated from the japanese by jay rubin. the wind-up bird chronicle awarded murakami the yomiuri literary award. new york: alfred a knopf. hardcover. 9.5 x 6.25". 610 pages. isbn: 0679446699. book condition: negligible chips to last two leaves. fine. jacket condition: fine.
Seller: leaves, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$345.00 + shipping
Description: Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 611 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
Seller: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. [viii], 611, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Tiny remainder mark to bottom edge, else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. An attractive copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
HARUKI MURAKAMI. THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE. Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., 1997.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine, clean and tight copy in a fine jacket/brodart covered. Stated First Edition. A nice copy. No bumped corners to book. No tears, no chips to jacket. Jacket is not priced clipped. No signatures.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 611p octavo. A fine bright unread copy in like dust jacket.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [13], 6-611, [3] pp. Blue paper boards printed in white with white lettering and decorations on the boards and spine. Price of $25.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated by Jay Rubin. Murakami's fifth novel translated into English. A prolific author, Murakami's literature contains both mysterious and classical elements. He has written literary and historical works, and continues to be a cornerstone figure in both twentieth-century and ultra-modern literature. Minute rubbing to the boards' edges; jacket has a faint crease to its front flap that spans the length of the flap.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Advanced excerpt of the first edition of Murakami's heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "To Stephen, Haruki Murakami 10/19/97" and additionally signed three times by the jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; once on the front panel, on the title page and on the back panel. In fine condition. Cover design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. A unique example. "A beguiling sense of mystery suffuses The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and draws us irresistibly and ever deeper into the phantasmagoria of pain and memory. . . . Compelling [and] convincing" (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Murakami, Haruki. Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine FIRST IN FINE DJ. no remainder dot. not price clipped. A BEAUTIFUL COPY signed on publishers bookpate.
Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
Haruki Murakami. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Price: US$3849.80 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: MURAKAMI, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1997. First American edition. Trans. Jay Rubin. An excellent example of this exceptional, perfect novel, considered by most Murakami collectors as his finest novel. This copy signed without dedication by the author in English. Bound in the publishers stunning blue decorated boards with the dust jacket by Chip Kidd. Housed in a fabulous custom wooden slipcase by Oklahoma artist, Lewis Durdin. The slipcase exceptionally hand-painted with motifs of the novel, of wells and a missing cat. The book about fine with a small split to second endpaper, in a fine unclipped dust jacket. A very attractive volume.
Seller: Deep Neutral Books, York, ENGLA, United Kingdom
Murakami, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Murakami's heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by Haruki Murakami in English and in Japanese and additionally signed three times by the jacket illustrator Chip Kidd; once on the front panel, on the half-title page and on the rear jacket flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Chip Kidd. Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin. A unique example. "A beguiling sense of mystery suffuses The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and draws us irresistibly and ever deeper into the phantasmagoria of pain and memory. . . . Compelling [and] convincing" (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.