Lot 426
Rushdie (Salman) Midnight's Children, first edition, first issue, signed by the author and by jacket artist Bill Botten, 1981.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Rushdie (Salman) Midnight's Children, first edition, first issue on American sheets, signed by the author and by jacket artist Bill Botten on title, the odd spot, original cloth-backed boards, upper and lower edge lightly sunned, dust-jacket, spine and lower panel a little sunned with small patch of soiling to foot, light creasing to spine ends, original printed warparound band with similar uniform sunning at spine, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1981.
⁂ Rushdie's most famous work, the winner of the Best of the Booker prize in 2008.
Description
Rushdie (Salman) Midnight's Children, first edition, first issue on American sheets, signed by the author and by jacket artist Bill Botten on title, the odd spot, original cloth-backed boards, upper and lower edge lightly sunned, dust-jacket, spine and lower panel a little sunned with small patch of soiling to foot, light creasing to spine ends, original printed warparound band with similar uniform sunning at spine, an excellent copy, 8vo, 1981.
⁂ Rushdie's most famous work, the winner of the Best of the Booker prize in 2008.