JAPANESE SHORT STORIES by Akutagawa, Ryunosuke - first edition

Avon V-2072, 1961. VG. paperback

Avon, 1960. Second printing. Paperback. Fair.

Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1981. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Light fading to spine. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of book binding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

avon, first edition . V-2072, very good -fine or better, reading crease, , paperback,

Liveright Publishers, 1961. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Mazakazu Kuwata. Beautiful and unusual color plates by Kuwata.

Liveright Publishing Cororation, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1962. Revised Edition. 224 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over black and grey cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Faint pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tape to edges. Moderate water staining present. Moderate sunning to spine, plastic torn at spine. Light marking all over.