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The Remains of the Day
by Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394573439
- ISBN 13
- 9780394573434
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. First American printing with original cover design (does not match stock photo). Navy cloth spine and heathered grey papered boards with silver titling, very good with light edgewear, gently bumped spine ends, slight sunning along top and bottom edges. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket toned and lightly edgeworn, very good. Pages bright and unmarked.
Synopsis
The Remains of the Day is the third published novel by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro. The Remains of The Day is one of the most highly-regarded post-war British novels. It won the Booker Prize in 1989 for Best Fiction, and was later adapted into an Academy-Award nominated film, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. The novel ranks in the Sunday Times list of 100 greatest novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book Bin (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BBS-2019164
- Title
- The Remains of the Day
- Author
- Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394573439
- ISBN 13
- 9780394573434
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 6x1x8
- X weight
- 16 oz
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