The Sound of Waves
Yukio Mishima · Alfred A. Knopf, 1956 · First US edition, first printing
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How to identify this edition
These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Sound of Waves.
✓ Copyright page: “First Edition” stated, “© Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1956”
✓ Dust jacket: painting by José de Almeida, purple panel with a yellow sea and two figures
✓ Price: $3.00 on the front flap (unclipped)
✓ Binding: teal cloth with a lavender paper label on the front showing a boat drawing; lavender spine label
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