# Is "Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber & Faber, 2021) is identified by: UK Faber first printing: copyright page reads First published in 2021 by Faber & Faber, with a number line retaining the 1. UK Faber and US Knopf were both published 2 March 2021.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- UK Faber first printing: copyright page reads First published in 2021 by Faber & Faber, with a number line retaining the 1
- Reddish-pink paper-covered boards, spine stamped in black, black endpapers; issued in a Faber-designed dust jacket
- Published 2 March 2021
- Publisher imprint reads Faber & Faber
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Kazuo Ishiguro |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year | 2021 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | UK Faber first printing: copyright page reads First published in 2021 by Faber & Faber, with a number line retaining the 1 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
UK Faber first printing: copyright page reads First published in 2021 by Faber & Faber, with a number line retaining the 1. Reddish-pink paper-covered boards, spine stamped in black, black endpapers; issued in a Faber-designed dust jacket. Published 2 March 2021.

## Is this the true first?
UK Faber and US Knopf were both published 2 March 2021. As Ishiguro is a British author, the Faber edition is conventionally treated as the true first; the US Knopf (which states First Edition) is a first American edition. Confirm via the Faber imprint and the number line retaining the 1.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition. Multiple simultaneous UK jacket variants exist (trade, Waterstones, and Independent Bookshop editions) with no established priority among them; verify the trade first against the imprint and number line.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Klara and the Sun* by Kazuo Ishiguro a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/klara-and-the-sun
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.