Ishiguro, Kazuo (2007) ‘The Remains of the Day’, Signed Folio Society edition

Kazuo Ishiguro (2007) ‘The Remains of the Day‘, Folio Society illustrated edition. This is from the first print run. Signed by Ishiguro to the title page. Signed to us in person at the Oxford Literature Fesival on 3 April 2019.

Condition: like new with no flaws whatsoever. With the slipcase in fine condition.

Production details of the book:

• Bound in cloth.
• Blocked and printed with a design by Finn Campbell-Notman.
• Set in Bembo.
• 240 pages.
• Frontispiece and 6 full-page colour illustrations.
• Book size: 9″ × 6¼”.

A landmark novel read in school and English degrees. Winner of the 1989 Booker Prize. Filmed in 1993 starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson which in turn was nominated for eight Academy Awards.

Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the most respected and important British novelists of the last three decades. All of his books have been accoladed multiple times. ‘The Remains of the Day’ is Ishiguro’s third novel which won the Booker Prize in 1989.