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Ishiguro, Kazuo

Early Japanese Stories — Limited to 50 Copies

Belmont Press: 2000
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Belmont Press, 2000. First Edition (first book printing). One of an edition limited to 50 (this is # 29) deluxe copies of this collection of three stories written by the author of THE REMAINS OF THE DAY prior to the publication of his first novel, A PALE VIEW OF HILLS. As he writes in the introduction, "All three, as you see, are set in Japan, and concern only Japanese characters. But already, by that time, I'd ceased to be particularly Japanese." Illustrated by Eileen Hogan. This deluxe edition was bound with a leather spine and contains two extra separate prints. Fine hardcover without dust jacket in Fine slipcase as issued. Signed by both Ishiguro and Hogan on the colophon/limitation page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.
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