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Lot 214

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 9 FIRST EDITIONS, many SIGNED, comprising:


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

2) Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies. London: Pantheon, 1994. FIRST EDITION.  RUSHDIE’S SIGNATURE on a card tipped to title-page. 

3) East, West. London: Jonathan Cape 1994. FIRST EDITION.

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

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

6) Shalimar the Clown. London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE on title-page.

7) Luka and the Fire of Life. London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE on title-page. 

8) Joseph Anton. London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY RUSHDIE on title-page. 

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

[With:] First American editions of Rushdie’s works, comprising:

The Jaguar Smile A Nicaraguan Journey. NY: Viking, 1987. -- In Good Faith. NY: Granta, 1991. -- East West. NY: Pantheon, 1994. SIGNED. -- The Ground Beneath her Feet. NY: Henry Holt, 1999. SIGNED. -- Step Across this Line. NY: Random House, 2002. SIGNED. -- Shalimar the Clown. NY: Random House, 2005. SIGNED. -- Joseph Anton. NY: Random House, 2012. SIGNED.

Together, 16 works in 16 volumes, all 8vo, in original publisher’s bindings, condition generally fine. 

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