RUSHDIE, Salman.

Midnight's Children.

Stock Code

104933

London.Jonathan Cape.1981

£1,250

'An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation.' (Robert Towers, The New York Times Book Review)
The initial UK printing of this book was abandoned at proof when it was discovered that the copy text had been an early draft and not the finished version. (Which being the reason UK proofs of the Cape run were recalled, are of the utmost scarcity and of considerable value). To meet the publication schedule Cape acquired 2500 sets of sheets from the US printing issuing them with a UK title page as in the present example. The Booker of Bookers. A masterpiece.

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First UK edition, first impression from the American sheets, signed by the author on title-page; 8vo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, titles to upper board and spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Some mild toning to the contents end endpaper, very ends of the spine just a little marked. An decent copy in the dust jacket witha couple of tiny nicks and minimal fading at the spine.