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Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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Jul 26, 2023
Timed Online / Chicago
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RUSHDIE, Salman (b. 1947). A group of 8 FIRST EDITIONS, many SIGNED, comprising:

1) Shame. London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE on title-page.

2) Haroun and the Sea of Stories. London: Granta Books, 1990. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE on title-page.

3) Imaginary Homelands. London: Granta Books, 1991. FIRST EDITION.

4) The Moor’s Last Sigh. London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE on title-page.

5) The Ground Beneath her Feet. London: Jonathan Cape, 1999. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE on title-page.

6) Fury. London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE on title-page.

7) The Enchantress of Florence. London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 454 of 1,000 copies SIGNED BY RUSHDIE.

8) Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights. London: Jonathan Cape, 2015. FIRST EDITION.

[With:] First American editions of Rushdie’s works, comprising: Grimus. NY: Overlook, 1979. -- Shame. NY: Knopf, 1983. SIGNED. -- Satanic Verses. NY: Viking, 1988. -- In Good Faith. NY: Granta, 1991. -- The Wizard of Oz. L: British Film Institute, 1995. -- Fury. NY: Random House, 2001. SIGNED. -- Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights. NY: Random House, 2015. SIGNED.

Together, 15 works in 15 volumes, all 8vo, all in original publisher’s bindings, condition generally fine. 

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