Edogawa Rampo [Taro Hirai]; James B. Harris [trans.]; M. Kuwata [jacket illustration]

Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1957. Very Good / Very Good. Item #47639

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1957. Third Printing. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket; illustrated boards; 222pp. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with a few nicks and short closed tears; general scuffing. Binding sound; gift inscription to preliminaries; else unmarked. Rampo, whose pen name is a rendering of Edgar Allan Poe, was critical to the development of Japanese mysteries and thrillers in the 20th century. Among the stories included in this collection are "The Human Chair," "The Caterpillar," and "The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture."

Price: $150.00