The book is in Fine condition and has been signed again (without dedication) by the author to the title page. Along with In Good Faith, a small 22 page booklet published by Granta, UK in 1990. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page. The Wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Both the BOOK and the WRAPPER are in near Fine condition with the wrapper unfaded. : 'The Satanic Verses : The First UK printing, published by Viking, London in 1988. A scarce book with the attributes described. . It was his fourth book where he continued to write within the realms of magic realism. Rushdie has been the target of attacks and attempted assassination over it. It has caused controversy and censorship in a handful of countries. Rushdie's award winning book that has been perceived as blasphemous by some. Signed copies have become uncommon in recent times and are scarce in this very near fine condition. The author Salman Rushdie has signed his name without dedication to the title page. The copyright page shows a full number line down to 1 as called for, for a first edition. The book is in excellent condition with only a very small handful of tiny flecks to the text block.

There is tiny amounts of wear to the corner tips. This copy is the same deep blue tone across all of the jacket. The jacket is completely unfaded, a very rare attribute with most copies having some sunning at the spine. First edition published by Viking in 1988. 'Salman Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air.' (A. Despite this, or perhaps party because of it, the book has been overwhelmingly successful. Perceived criticism of the Islamic faith resulted in a fatwa being called against Rushdie and violence against others associated with the book. Rushdie's complex, magical-realism novel in which the lives of two Indian immigrants become entangled, highlighting the purgatory experienced by many who leave one culture, but fail to gain acceptance in another. Jacket with just minimal signs of wear, removed sticker from lower front flap. Book with a bit of foxing on the closed text block, otherwise clean and appearing unread. An excellent copy of Rushdie's notorious fourth novel, signed by the author on the title page.

The book of satanic verses