NMLP P-017814 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

An Artist of the Floating World

Kazuo Ishiguro · Faber and Faber (London) · 1986

Faber London 1986 is the true first; G.P. Putnam's Sons New York 1986 is the first US. The first-state Butler & Tanner printing is the preferred copy.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017814 for "An Artist of the Floating World" by Kazuo Ishiguro (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017814, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).