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Japan Sinks
by Komatsu, Sakyo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0450032094
- ISBN 13
- 9780450032097
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
New English Library, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 192 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Mild tanning throughout. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. A techno-thriller about a killer earthquake and an unseen force in the Japan Trench that threatens to pull the economic superpower under - literally. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0450032094. ISBN/EAN: 9780450032097. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3861. . 9780450032097
Synopsis
Japan Sinks is a disaster novel written by Sakyo Komatsu in 1973. Komatsu took nine years to complete the work. The publisher wanted it to be written in two different sections, both published at the same time. The novel received the Japanese Detective Writers Association Prize and the Seiun Prize for a Japanese novel-length work.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3861
- Title
- Japan Sinks
- Author
- Komatsu, Sakyo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0450032094
- ISBN 13
- 9780450032097
- Publisher
- New English Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Japanese fiction -- Translations into English, English fiction -- Translations from Japanese, Fiction in Japanese 1945- Texts, science fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0450032094 EAN: 9780450032097 Komatsu, Sakyo Japan Sinks
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- Tight
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- Octavo
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