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Stopover: Tokyo
by John P. Marquand
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5" . None . A bright first UK edition of this suspenseful novel by John P. Marquand featuring the celebrated character of Mr Moto. First UK edition of this work, preceded by the US edition in the same year. Final Mr Moto novel by John P Marquand, a thrilling and suspenseful work. This novel was made into a noir crim film directed by Richard L Burton and starring Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, and Edmond O'Brien. Mr Moto is a Japanese secret service agent, one of John P. Marquand's recurrent characters, protagonist of six novels published between 1935 and 1957. The character was initially created for the Saturday Evening Post which needed stories with an Asian hero after the creator of Charlie Chan had died. This volume is a story of gambling, interest, and much more. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine. Small ink inscriptions to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 841A24
- Title
- Stopover: Tokyo
- Author
- John P. Marquand
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- first editions mr moto novels mr moto
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
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- Shelf Wear
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