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Midnight's Children
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First American edition, First Printing. A true first American edition with "First American Edition" to the copyright page. A very good plus copy in a very good plus jacket which is not price clipped, $13.95 to inner front flap, Light rubbing to the bottom corners of the front tips of boards, pages clean, tight binding. Small pen mark to top of text block, not a remainder mark. .
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
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016806
- Title
- Midnight's Children
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Midnight's Children, Rushdie, Salman, first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Naas, Kildare
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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