Ending 4th Jun, 2025 20:00

BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - INCL. THE GREG HARROWING COLLECTION PART ICLOSED

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380 MURAKAMI, HARUKI. THREE FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS

Murakami, Haruki. Three first English editions. Comprising 1980 Pinball, 1973 trans. Alfred Birnbaum, Kodansha English Library: Tokyo, publisher's wraps with unclipped dust wrapper in Mylar, orig. receipt in Japanese & bookmark loosely inserted; 1987 Hear the Wind Sing trans. Alfred Birnbaum, Kodansha English Library: Tokyo, publisher's wraps with unclipped dust wrapper in Mylar, and 2006 Tony Takitani, a Story, trans. Jay Rubin, Cloverfield Press Los Angeles, limited first edition blindstamped & numbered No. 960 to title page, publisher's wraps with unclipped dust wrapper in Mylar. Minor discolouration to textblock, else a fine collection. 12mo.

From the Greg Harrowing collection of modern first editions. Collected over four decades and seen to the auction market for the first time, Greg's collection demonstrates a broad & insatiable love and thirst for all manner of the contemporary printed word, covering every corner of literature and non-fiction. From the traditional modern collector's works - John le Carre, Quentin Blake, Hilary Mantel and numerous other Booker Prize winners - to the less commonly seen collections of contemporary Japanese and Korean fiction, Harrowing's collection was collected over four decades, and his care of the collection extended so far as to have beautiful leather slipcases custom made to house his favourite pieces.

Sold for £105

Auction: BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - INCL. THE GREG HARROWING COLLECTION PART ICLOSED, ending 4th Jun, 2025

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