Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, first printing of The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. First Vintage International Edition stated, October 1993 Vintage International. First printing with complete print line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with bright covers with a few marks on the back. Also with, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, a lightly soiled title on a tilted spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and rounded 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 other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Winner of the Booker Prize. This is Kazuo Ishiguro’s profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the “great gentleman,” Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington’s “greatness,” and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.
