Norwegian Wood

Translated by Alfred Birnbaum. First edition in English. Two vols. Patterned white limp card wrappers with lettering to front and spine. In dust jackets. 317+283pp, incl. notes in Japanese at rear. No.51 and 52 of the Kodansha English Library. Near fine copies: bindings tight with uncreased and square spines; the slightest wear to jackets. Jacket to vol. 1 with shallow crease to upper wrapper. Both vols stated first edition. *** A rare true first English edition of this modern classic, published in Japan in 1989. Complete in two vols.