Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Remains of the Day
£225
London, Faber, 1989.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket.
A sharp, bright first edition of perhaps the most well-known work by Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Booker Prize and famously brought to the big screen by Merchant Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.
Out of stock
Contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper, o/w Fine/Fine.
Jacket design by Sam McConnell.
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