NMLP P-043608 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Ring (Ringu)

Koji Suzuki · Kadokawa Shoten, Tokyo (Japanese true first); Vertical, Inc., New York (first English edition, 2003) · 1991

Japanese first printings are identified at the colophon (奥付) in the rear, which carries the printing date and the 初版 (shohan / first edition) statement — later Kadokawa printings of the same 1991 hardcover differ only there — and a complete copy retains the original obi (belly band)

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-043608 for "Ring (Ringu)" by Koji Suzuki (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043608, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).