AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD

First edition, first printing, first state (printed by Butler and Tanner). Original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. There is a very faint mark to the closed text-block fore-edge and a single spot to the top edge. Complete with the very lightly rubbed original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£8.95 net to the front flap).

The second novel of the Nobel Prize winning, Japanese-Born British writer, Kazuo Ishiguro. Winner of the 1986 Whitbread Book of the Year Award and shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize. A novel set in post WWII Japan that explores the memories and relationships of a middle aged painter.