Never Let Me Go
London: Faber & Faber, (2005). First edition, 1st impression. 8vo. 263 pp. Original full basil green paper-covered boards, stamped in white, in original unclipped (£16.99) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners with some curling to top front panel edge. Handling and shelf wear mild. Fading to spine. Protected in archival mylar. Book is moderately tight, with a forward lean and firm. Light handling wear present. Corners curled. Mild toning to page edges. Light curling to spine ends. A few trivial nicks to panel edges. Previous owner’s inscription to title page.
Dust Jacket: Very Good
Hardcover: Very Good
“Never Let Me Go is a 2005 dystopian science fiction novel by the British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize (an award Ishiguro had previously won in 1989 for The Remains of the Day), for the 2006 Arthur C. Clarke Award and for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award. Time magazine named it the best novel of 2005 and included the novel in its "100 Best English-language novels published since 1923—the beginning of TIME". It also received an ALA Alex Award in 2006. A film adaptation directed by Mark Romanek was released in 2010; a Japanese television drama aired in 2016.”