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The Wages of Zen by James Melville - 1979

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The Wages of Zen

by James Melville

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Secker and Warburg, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good. Mark left on inner flap of dj and front board by removal of sticker.. Slight shelf-wear to top edge of dj.
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  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition very good
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  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Secker and Warburg
  • Date Published 1979

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The Wages of Zen

by Melville, James

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9780449208380
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Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Wages of Zen

Wages of Zen

by Melville, James

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Fawcett Books, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Wages of Zen

by Melville, James

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9780449208380
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Fawcett Books, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Wages of Zen

by James Melville

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Used - Good
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780449208380
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0449208389
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Fawcett, 1985-07-12. Mass Market Paperback. Good.
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The Wages of Zen

by Melville, James

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Used - Good in Good dust jacket
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780436276903
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0436276909
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Secker & Warburg. Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0436276909 . 224 pages .
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THE WAGES OF ZEN

by Melville, James

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Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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9780436276903
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0436276909
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London: Saint Martin's Press, 1979. 1st ed. Bright yellow boards show some soiling along edges else near fine in dj, small stain at inside flap, not clipped but no price on jacket. The 1st Spt. Otani. Author's first book In 1979 James Melville introduced a significant new figure in to British crime fiction the Japanese detective Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Hyogo Prefectural Police. Otani, a very human but also very Japanese policeman, has to supervise an investigation which begins with a murder (a relatively rare crime in Japan) in a small Zen temple community where all the suspects are foreigners, but expands into the murky waters of drug trafficking and organised crime. Praised for its 'entrancing, splendidly intricate description of Japanese society (straight, criminal and official)' . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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The Wages of Zen

by Melville, James

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Paperback
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9781909619081
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1909619086
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The Wages of Zen

by Melville, James

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780436276903
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London: Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 175 Pp. Yellow Boards Printed In Black. First Printing. Near Fine, Small Label Of Hatton & Baker Ltd.", London On Front Free Endpaper (Tv/Motion Picture Industry). In Near Fine Dj, Price Clipped, With Secker & Warburg 8.95 Price Label.
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Wages of Zen

by James Melville

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Used - Very Good+
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Very Good+
Edition
1st Edition, 1st Printing,
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780436276903
ISBN 10
0436276909
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:London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1979. 1st Edition, 1st Printing, . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+.
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The Wages of Zen

by Melville, James

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near fine
Edition
First edition first printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780436276903
ISBN 10
0436276909
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First edition first printing of the first novel in the Superintendent Otani series. Light edge wear. Severely price clipped and then repriced by the Heinemann Group at 7.95 Pounds. On the half title page there is a small ink stain which I believe was an ink transfer from an earlier price sticker. In near fine / near fine condition.
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