The Summer That We Crossed Europe in the Rain

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Kazuo Ishiguro – The Summer That We Crossed Europe in the Rain

a. UK Edition

1. First Edition

Faber & Faber. Published 7^th March 2024. Hardback. Endpapers feature cartoons of travel paraphernalia by Bianca Bagnarelli. Half-title, title, [i], vii-xvi (Introduction), [i], 96 pages numbered 3-98, [i]. Includes 53 pages of illustrations. Pages 215mm x 134mm. Light blue boards with no text on the front board; down the spine in white ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO THE SUMMER WE CROSSED EUROPE IN THE RAIN ff(logo)’. ISBN 978-0-571-37887-6. Price on front flap £17.99.

Dustjacket. 513mm x 222mm. Front: A cartoon of a couple dancing on a railway platform; above in black ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO’, and below in black ‘THE SUMMER WE CROSSED | EUROPE IN THE RAIN | Lyrics for Stacey Kent’. Price on front flap £17.99. ISBN on back barcode 978-0-571-37887-6.

2. First Edition – Signed Version

Faber & Faber. Published 7^th March 2024. Hardback. Endpapers feature cartoons (see note below) by Bianca Bagnarelli. Half-title, title, [i], vii-xvi (Introduction), [i], 96 pages numbered 3-98, [i]. Includes 53 pages of illustrations. Pages 215mm x 134mm. Light blue boards with no text on the front board; down the spine in white ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO THE SUMMER WE CROSSED EUROPE IN THE RAIN ff(logo)’. ISBN 978-0-571-37887-6. Price on front flap £17.99.

Note: This version differs from the standard first edition in that the front endpapers are black with the ffep featuring a cartoon of a postcard and pen. The postcard is signed (not printed) by Kazuo Ishiguro and Bianca Bagnarelli. In addition, the dustjacket ISBN is not only different but is a non-existent title according to the official ISBN register. Copies of this version were initially only available on pre-order to Faber Members in the UK.

3. Signed Slipcased Limited Edition

Faber & Faber. Published 7^th March 2024. Hardback. Black endpapers, limitation page, half title, title, [i], vii-xvi (Introduction), [i], 96 pages numbered 3-98, [i]. Includes 53 pages of illustrations. Pages 211mm x 131mm. Quarter bound in pink cloth with dark grey boards boards and no text on the front board; down the spine in black ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO THE SUMMER WE CROSSED EUROPE IN THE RAIN Lyrics for Stacey Kent ff(logo)’. ISBN 978-0-571-37887-6. Signed by Kazuo Ishiguro and Bianca Bagnarelli to the limitation page and hand numbered. Limited edition copies, numbered 1-100, were made available for sale and 10 copies, numbered i-x were reserved for the author and illustrator. There is no dustjacket, as issued.

Slipcase. 232mm x 148mm. Red cloth covered slipcase with a print of a cartoon (a couple in the rain reflected in a puddle) set in an indentation on the front.

Note: One binder’s copy has been recorded (MW collection). This is unnumbered but signed by Kazuo Ishiguro and Bianca Bagnarelli to the limitation page. The spine of the book is blank with no text. Laid in is a loose copy of the print used on the issued slipcase. The slipcase is the same as the issued version.

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b. USA Edition

1. First Edition

Alfred A. Knopf. Published 30^th April 2024.Hardback. Endpapers feature cartoons of travel paraphernalia by Bianca Bagnarelli. Half-title, title, [i], vii-xvi (Introduction), [i], 96 pages numbered 3-98, [i], 2 blanks. Includes 53 pages of illustrations. Pages 215mm x 134mm. Blue boards with no text on the front board; down the spine in white ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain (Borzoi logo) Alfred A. Knopf’. ISBN 978-0-593-80251-9.

Dustjacket. 508mm x 223mm. Front: A cartoon of a couple dancing on a railway platform; above in black ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO’, and in smaller lettering ‘Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature’, and below in black ‘THE SUMMER WE CROSSED | EUROPE IN THE RAIN | Lyrics for Stacey Kent’. Price on front flap $22.00.

See photos below.