Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1987 (1st edition, first printing)
Scarce 1987 hardback issue in the original dust jacket. An unusual bibliographical variant: although bound as a hardback, the copyright page states “This paperback edition first published in 1987”. Richard Clay Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk, is named as printer.
Hardback in black boards, with the original illustrated dust jacket, unclipped at £8.95 net.
Octavo, 206 pages.
Ishiguro’s second novel, winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize.