Naomi
by Anthony H. Chambers ; Jun Ichiro Tanizaki
ISBN: 0394536630
ISBN-13: 9780394536637
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1985
Publisher's Notes
Chronicles the obsessive love of Joji, an engineer in his thirties, for a fifteen-year-old bar hostess who reminds him of Mary Pickford.
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Naomi
Tanizaki, Jun Ichiro; Chambers, Anthony H
Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1985. Clean, crisp and tight ex-library book.Stamps on edge of page deck/inside covers/ffep; card pocket inside covers/fep's; Dust Jacket in protective mylar taped inside covers; shelf label on mylar. Excellent condition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. ( more information)
Offered by ShelfMasters.com, Inc. (United States)
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Naomi
Tanizaki, Junichiro
Knopf, 1985. 237 pgs. Remainder mark bottom edge. . First American Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
Offered by Murphy's Downtown Books (United States)
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Naomi
Tanizaki, Junichiro
Westminister, Maryland: Knopf. Hardcover. 0394536630 This book has some shelf wear as well as tanning and marks on the jacket and pages. The library stamps and stickers are still on this book. This book is 237 pages of a story about Naomi a moga "modern girl" in Japan. . Fair. 1985. Reprint. ( more information)
Offered by Cupboard Maker Books (United States)
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NAOMI
TANIZAKI, Junichiro
NY: Knopf, 1985. 237 pp. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good+. Covers with light rubbing and smudging. Upper edges of covers lightly sunned. Minor edge wear. Text-edges slightly browned. DJ: with light edge and corner wear; upper edges of rear panel and liner sunned. ISBN: 0394536630 ( more information)
Offered by Horizon Books (United States)
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Naomi
Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro; Chambers, Anthony H. (translator)
Knopf, 1985. DJ yellowing along inner edges.. ISBN: 0394536630 . US First Edition. Hard Cover. Binding tight, pages bright/Lightly Edge & Shelfworn DJ. FICTION Tokyo Japan. ( more information)
Offered by Books Do Furnish A Room (United States)
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Naomi
TANIZAKI, Junichiro
New York: Knopf, 1985. Translated by Anthony H. Chambers; Tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. 237pp.. ISBN: 0394536630. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fiction. ( more information)
Offered by abookshop.com (United States)
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NAOMI
Tanizaki, Junichiro
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1985. Translated from the Japanese by Anthony H. Chambers. By the author of THE MAKIOKA SISTERS. Fine, in fine (one tiny chip missing from upper back edge; one small edge tear, tape-repaired inside jacket, otherwise fine}, mylar-protected dust jacket.. ISBN: 0394536630. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION. ( more information)
Offered by Joe Staats, Bookseller (United States)
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Naomi
TANIZAKI, Junichiro
NY:: Knopf,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0394536630 . Translated from the Japanese by Anthony H. Chambers. First edition thus. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . ( more information)
Offered by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Naomi
Junichiro Tanizaki
Knopf, 1985-09-12. Like New. First Edition Stated. Dj Near Fine. Translated by Anthony H. Chambers Clean covers, clean pages, tight pages, square, sharp corners. Remainder mark at btm. ( more information)
Offered by Driftless Books and Music (United States)
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