A10
Kazuo Ishiguro – My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs: The Nobel Lecture
A10 a. UK Edition
1. First Edition
Faber & Faber. Published 22nd January 2018. Paperback with French wrappers. Half-title, title, [i], 36 pages numbered 1-36, 1 blank, [ii]. Pages 178mm x 110mm. Front: Chrome yellow with in white ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO’, in black ‘My Twentieth | Century Evening | and Other Small | Breakthroughs’ and in white ‘THE NOBEL LECTURE | ff(logo)’. Price on front flap £4.99. ISBN 978-0-571-34654-7.
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A10 b. USA Edition
1. First Edition
Alfred A. Knopf. Published 12th December 2017. Hardback. Blue endpapers, 2 blanks, title, [i], 45 pages numbered 1-45, [iii], 2 blanks. Pages 159mm x 102mm. Blue cloth covered boards with down spine in silver: ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO . THE NOBEL LECTURE . KNOPF’. ISBN 978-0-525-65495-7. No dustjacket, as issued.
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A10 c. Japan Edition
1. First Edition
Hayakawa Publishing Inc. Published 2018. Hardback. Black endpapers, half-title, title, 96 pages numbered 4-99, [i], 1 blank. The text is in English on the verso of one page and in Japanese on the recto of the next page. Pages 187mm x 125mm. Carnelian paper covered boards with at the centre of both front and rear boards in gold ‘MY TWENTIETH CENTURY | EVENING | AND OTHER | SMALL BREAKTHROUGHS | THE NOBEL LECTURE’ surrounded by a floral motif in gold; down spine in gold the title and publisher in Japanese. ISBN 978-4-15-209747-7.
Dustjacket. 473mm x 193mm. Front: white with the author’s name and title in both English and Japanese in black and gold. Price on back cover ¥1300. In addition there is an obi strip with a photo of Kazuo Ishiguro.
