This is one of the rare early printings of  Haruki Murakami's Pinball, 1973. It is the Kodansha English Library Edition. It is a softcover with a dustjacket and bookmark (all shown in the pictures- the bookmark says "Enjoy Reading English!") First Edition- Second Printing is stated on the copyright page. The book itself is very nice, no writing or stains anywhere, covers very clean and nice, the pages clean and tight though slightly burnished towards the edges. The cover is very nice with very few flaws on a very shiny surface, and minor shelf wear near the spine at the top and bottom (see photo.) The bookmark is perfect.

(Tokyo): Kodansha. (1985). First Edition, 2nd printing. The first English language edition of his second book and the second book in the "Trilogy of the Rat," following Hear the Wind Sing and preceding The Wild Sheep Chase.  A small, pocket-sized paperback, in the Kodansha English Library series, a series intended to allow Japanese readers to read Japanese books in English; the notes in the back -- themselves an unusual feature in a book of fiction -- translate English colloquialisms into Japanese characters.  This is the only English-language edition of this book, and Murakami has reportedly indicated that he does not want to publish it internationally. .

ISBN number is 4-06-186012-7

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