Midnight's Children: A Novel [Signed]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Book, 1981. First American Edition. Octavo (24.5cm); maroon cloth spine over light gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 446pp. Signed by author on title page. Light sunning to board edges, with trace soil to cloth spine and edges of textblock; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, designed by Paul Bacon, unclipped (priced $13.95), gently faded, with chip to upper front panel, 1" tear to upper rear spine fold, and tiny tears, chips, and creases to spine ends and extremities; Very Good. Rushdie's second novel, which earned the Booker Prize (1981), and focuses on India's independence from British colonial rule. [85273].
Price: $550.00