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Kazuo Ishiguro – An Artist Of The Floating World
a. UK Edition
1a. First Edition First State
Faber & Faber. Published 3rd February 1986. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 200 pages numbered 7-206. Pages 215mm x 135mm. Black cloth; down spine in gilt lettering: ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO An Artist of the Floating World ff(logo)’. ISBN 0-571-13608-7.
NB. In the first state the printer credit on verso of title page is Butler & Tanner Ltd., the pages are marginally wider and the paper stock used tends to remain white.
Dustjacket. 503mm x 223mm. Front: black with text in a red box and photo of Japanese lantern. In white: ‘ff (logo) | KAZUO ISHIGURO | An Artist of the Floating World |’. Price on front flap £8.95.
1b. First Edition Second State
Faber & Faber. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 200 pages numbered 7-206. Pages 216mm x 132mm. Black cloth; down spine in gilt lettering: ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO An Artist of the Floating World ff(logo)’. ISBN 0-571-13608-7.
NB. In the second state the printer credit on verso of title page is Richard Clay Ltd., the pages are marginally narrower and the paper stock used tends to tone.
Dustjacket. 503mm x 223mm. Front: black with text in a red box and photo of Japanese lantern. In white: ‘ff (logo) | KAZUO ISHIGURO | An Artist of the Floating World |’. Price on front flap £8.95.
1c. First Edition Second State – variant
There is a variant of the First Edition Second State which is exactly the same except for the publication data on the verso of the title page. This variant is a bound hardback but includes the statement “This paperback edition first published in 1987” and lower down the ISBN 0-571-14716-X which is the first paperback edition ISBN. The dustjacket carries the hardback ISBN. See photos below to compare the different versions.
2. Proof
Faber & Faber. Paperback. Half-title, title, [i], 200 pages numbered 7-206, 1 blank. Pages 215mm x 132mm. Blue wrappers with repeated ff logo in close formation; down spine in black lettering: ‘An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro’.
See photos below.
b. USA Edition
- First Edition
G.P. Putnam’s & Sons. Published 23rd April 1986. Hardback. White endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 200 pages numbered 7-206, 2 blanks. Pages 214mm x 134mm. Brown paper covered boards, quarter bound in black paper; down spine in gilt lettering: ‘ISHIGURO AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD PUTNAM’. ISBN 0-399-13119-1.
Dustjacket. 500mm x 221mm. Front: black with a small gold graphic of a Japanese lantern on a pole and in apricot in large text: ‘AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD’ and below in smaller text ‘A NOVEL | KAZUO ISHIGURO | author of A Pale View of Hills’. Price on front flap $15.95.
2. Proof
G.P. Putnam’s & Sons. Paperback. [i], half-title, title, [i], 200 pages numbered 7-206, 1 blank. Pages 212mm x 134mm. Bone wrappers with on front cover text and graphic from published dustjacket in black and additional text of publication data; down spine in black lettering: ‘AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK’.
See photos below.
