The Wages of Zen de Melville, James - 03/27/2014

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

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.

Fawcett, 1985-07-12. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Secker & Warburg. Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0436276909 . 224 pages .

Fawcett, 1985. Mass market. Like New. 6x4x0. Paperback. Cover shows very minor shelving wear, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

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.

Magnum. Good. Paperback. 1981. 174 pages. Cover worn.<br>In 1979 James Melville introduced a sig nificant new figure to British crime fiction, the Japanese detect ive Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Hyogo Prefectural Police. Otani, a very human but also very Japanese policeman, has to supe rvise an investigation which begins with a murder (a relatively r are ... .

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.

:London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1979. 1st Edition, 1st Printing, . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+.

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.