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Kazuo Ishiguro – When We Were Orphans

a. UK Edition

  1. First Edition

Faber & Faber. Published 3rd April 2000. Hardback. Crimson endpapers, half-title, title, [ii], 311 pages numbered 3-313. Pages 214mm x 132mm. Black cloth; across spine in pale yellow lettering: ‘When We Were Orphans  KAZUO ISHIGURO  ff(logo)’. ISBN 0-571-20384-1.

Dustjacket. 488mm x 223mm. Front: a montage of photographs of people dancing and a Chinese street scene. In red: ‘Kazuo Ishiguro’, in black ‘When We Were Orphans | By the author of The Remains of the Day’. Price on front flap £16.99.

2. Proof

Faber & Faber. Paperback. [ii], title, [ii], 311 pages numbered 3-313. Pages 215mm x 132mm. Front: a montage of photographs of people dancing and a Chinese street scene. In red: ‘Kazuo Ishiguro’, in black ‘When We Were Orphans | By the author of The Remains of the Day’.

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b. USA Edition

  1. First Edition

Alfred A. Knopf. Published 21st September 2000.Hardback. White endpapers, [ii], half-title, title, [ii], 334 pages numbered 3-336, [iii]. Pages 206mm x 140mm. Goldenrod paper covered boards, quarter bound in dark brown paper; down spine in gilt lettering: ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO  WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS  ALFRED A. KNOPF’. ISBN 0-375-41054-6.

Dustjacket. 545mm x 215mm. Front: an out of focus sepia photograph of a man and woman in evening dress dancing and in white at top right: ‘WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS’, and lower down ‘KAZUO ISHIGURO | AUTHOR OF THE REMAINS OF THE DAY’. Price on front flap $25.00.

2a. Proof – First State

Alfred A. Knopf. Paperback. [i], half-title, title, [ii], 334 pages numbered 3-336, [ii]. Pages 213mm x 135mm. Pale yellow wrappers with publication data on the front; down spine in black lettering: ‘Kazuo Ishiguro  WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS  (Borzoi logo) Knopf’. Inside the front wrapper is a trial of the published dustjacket front cover.

2b. Proof – Second State

Alfred A. Knopf. Paperback. [i], half-title, title, [ii], 533 pages numbered 3-338, [iii]. Pages 212mm x 133mm. Front: an out of focus sepia photograph of a man and woman in evening dress dancing and in black at top right: ‘WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS | ADVANCE READER’S EDITION’, and lower down ‘A NOVEL | KAZUO ISHIGURO | AUTHOR OF THE REMAINS OF THE DAY’.

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