The shelf · Midnight's Children
First edition
Midnight's Children
Free tracked shipping in the US. Ships within two to three business days, wrapped in bubble wrap and protected — never a bare mailer. From a smoke-free home. Returns accepted within 7 days of delivery for any reason; the buyer pays return shipping, and the book must come back in the condition it was sent. If a copy is not as we described it, we pay the return and refund in full. The policy, in full.
- Book
- Fine
- Jacket
- Near Fine
- Our ref
- RCB-312259fb4e23
What a true first shows: The true global first edition is the UK Jonathan Cape hardcover (London, 1981). THIS copy is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION published by Alfred A. Knopf — a first printing of the U.S. issue, but not the world first. Both were published in 1981; the Cape edition is the priority true first for collectors.
The dust jacket is protected in a new archival mylar cover, included.
Ships with two custom 8x5x11 cards made for this copy: an accession card carrying the edition's own history, and an authentication record listing the identification points checked on this copy. Both carry the same certificate number.
This copy is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION published by Alfred A. Knopf.
Points: Copyright page states 'Copyright © 1980 by Salman Rushdie', 'Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.', 'Originally published in England by Jonathan Cape Ltd., London', and explicitly 'FIRST AMERICAN EDITION' with no number line and no later-printing notice. LCCN 80-2712, ISBN 0-394-51470-X. Jacket carries $13.95 price and code '4/81'; jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Shipped carefully packed and tracked. Message me with any question about this copy — happy to send more photographs.
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.