Ishiguro (1989) ‘The Remains of the Day’, UK signed first edition

Kazuo Ishiguro (1989) ‘The Remains of the Day‘, UK first edition, first printing, published by Faber and Faber. Signed on the title page by the author. Winner of the prestigious Booker Prize, and major contributor to Ishiguro’s Nobel Prize.

Provenance: signed to us in person at a recent promotional event in London. We still retain the event ticket

Condition: near fine. An unread copy. Clean throughout. A little dusty to top page block edges. No shelf wear, book is square, tight with the corners sharp. The dust jacket is first state without the Booker flash, not faded on the spine as usually encountered. The dust jacket’s spine has the tendency to fade into pink and eventually white colour which is not here the case.

Kazuo Ishiguro is one of Britain’s best writers of the past four decades. He has been accoladed multiple times and is read in schools and universities as part of an English degree. The Remains of the Day was adapted as a film starring Emma Thompson and Sir Anthony Hopkins. The 1993 film was nominated for eight (!) Academy Awards.