Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing paperback copy of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. First Vintage International Edition, stated 1993 Vintage. First Printing with full number line, 1 3 5 7 9 D 8 6 4 2.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on an un-cracked spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Across two parallel narratives, Murakami draws readers into a mind-bending universe in which Lauren Bacall, Bob Dylan, a split-brained data processor, a deranged scientist, his shockingly undemure granddaughter, and various thugs, librarians, and subterranean monsters collide to dazzling effect. What emerges is a novel that is at once hilariously funny and a deeply serious meditation on the nature and uses of the mind.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
