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Kazuo Ishiguro – A Pale View Of Hills

a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Faber & Faber. Published 15^th February 1982. Hardback. White endpapers, 2 blanks, half-title, title, [i], 177 pages numbered 9-183, 3 blanks. Pages 192mm x 125mm. Pale blue-grey cloth; down spine in gilt lettering: ‘A Pale View of Hills Kazuo Ishiguro ff(logo)’. ISBN 0-571-11866-6.

Dustjacket. 450mm x 211mm. Front: pale blue-grey with photo of Japanese mask and in black: ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO | A PALE | VIEW OF | HILLS | ff (logo)’. Price on front flap £6.25.

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Proofs: No proof copies have been recorded.

b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

G.P. Putnam’s & Sons. Published 16^th April 1982. Hardback. Green endpapers, 1 blank, half-title, title, [ii], 177 pages numbered 9-183, 2 blanks. Pages 203mm x 123mm. White paper covered boards, quarter bound in turquoise/green cloth; down spine in gilt lettering: ‘ISHIGURO  A PALE VIEW OF HILLS  PUTNAM’. ISBN 0-399-12718-6.

Dustjacket. 475mm x 213mm. Front: black with a small green/red/white graphic of a boat and sunset framed by the lower half of the enlarged H of the title and in white: ‘A PALE VIEW OF HILLS | A NOVEL BY | KAZUO ISHIGURO’. Price on front flap $11.95.

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Proofs: No proof copies have been sighted. One appeared on a USA booksellers list in 1998 but this has not been confirmed.