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Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

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Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

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  • Hardcover
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Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1981 1st American edtion. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears at the panel edges and very light soiling to the rear panel. Very light staining as well along the rear inner flap's bottom edge. Stil though, a perfectly presentable copy. Thick octavo, 446 pgs. The Booker Prize of Booker Prizes.

Synopsis

Midnight's Children is an epic book of magical realism, a poioumenon about India's transition from British colonialism to independence. It was written by Salman Rushdie in 1981 and is considered an example of postcolonial literature. The story is expressed through various characters and is contexted by actual historical events as with historical fiction. Midnight's Children won both the 1981 Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for the same year.

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Details

Bookseller
Appledore Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
8795
Title
Midnight's Children
Author
Salman Rushdie
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Collectible; Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1981
Keywords
Rare Modern firsts, rare Modern lierature, rare Salman Rushdie
Bookseller catalogs
Literature;

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About the Seller

Appledore Books, ABAA

Seller rating:
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Waccabuc, New York

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Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
VG
Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...

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