RUSHDIE, Salman. Midnight's Children. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION.
Sale 2037 - Summer Reading
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Jun 25, 2024
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Jul 16, 2024
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Lot Description
RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947). Midnight's Children. London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
8vo. Original cloth-backed boards (some rubbing at corners); dust jacket (spine slightly faded).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, first impression from American sheets with new title-page. The original printing was abandoned at proof when it was discovered that the copy text had been an early draft. Cape then quickly acquired 2500 sets of sheets from the US printing to meet the publishing schedule, issuing them with a new Jonathan Cape title-page.
[With:] RUSHDIE. The Satanic Verses. New York: Viking, 1988. 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
[With:] East, West Stories. New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. Small 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
This lot is located in Chicago.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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