Nocturnes – Kazuo Ishiguro
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For sale is a Near Fine first edition, first printing of Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro, complete with a Near Fine dust jacket wrapped in a new archival wrap. First United States Edition stated, 2009 Knopf. First printing with no subsequent printing.

The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition, with clean boards with mild fading at the top edge, strong silver title gilt, clean page blocks, a tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition, with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright.

The dust jacket is also in Near Fine condition, with mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.

An exploration of love, need, and the ineluctable force of the past, Nocturnes reveals these individuals to us with extraordinary precision and subtlety, and with the arresting psychological and emotional detail that has marked all of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed works of fiction.

Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.