THE MEMORY POLICE

First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original navy blue cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in the Tyler Comrie illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a touch of bumping to the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, and without fading, loss, or tears. Not price-clipped (£12.99 to the lower front flap).

Signed by the author Yoko Ogawa in black ink on the title page, with small red Hanko seal. A modern masterpiece of translated fiction and science fiction. First published in 1994 by Kodansha, Tokyo, Stephen Snyder's English translation was published in 2019 to widespread acclaim and was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the 2020 International Booker Prize and the 2020 World Fantasy Award.