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Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981.
Price: US$10.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A hardback volume in Very Good condition, in a similar dustjacket with some sunning to spine. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.
Seller: Jenhams Books, Dundee, United Kingdom
SALMAN RUSHDIE. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN. JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON, 1981.
Price: US$30.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, 1981. SPINE ENDS BUMPED. PREVIOUS OWMER'S NAME AND DATE TO FIRST FREE ENDPAPER. SLIGHT AGE TONING TO OUTER PAGE EDGES. SOUND BINDING. JACKET SOMEWHAT FADED TO SPINE. A LITTLE WORN TO CROWN OF SPINE.
Seller: WESSEX, GREAT TORRINGTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981.
Price: US$32.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition-3rd reprint. Slight damp stain affecting small amount of end paper and dj. Without inscription in not price clipped dust jacket, which has one tear and is faded on the spine but which is now protected by a removable transparent wrapper.
Seller: Mike Conry, WORCESTER, United Kingdom
Rushdie Salman. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, 1981.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Booker of Bookers novel. Original cloth. End paper is faintly marked and pages are a little browned, but overall a very good copy in pictorial dust wrapper with some fading to the spine, but which is complete with original price. All books outside the UK are sent airmail and those over £30 are tracked; those inside the UK are signed for. Paypal accepted. All dust wrappers are film protected.
Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
RUSHDIE SALMAN. MIDNIGHT`S CHILDREN. LONDON JONATHAN CAPE, 1981.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Description: REPRINT. VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 446 pp blue cloth with gilt title. Book has slight indentation to head of spine, edges a little marked, spot to ffep, inscription to half title, clipped dust wrapper much sunned, nicked at head of spine but does have "Booker McConnell Prize" red band
Seller: Your Book Soon, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children (UK HB in DJ - 1982). Jonathan Cape, 1981.
Price: US$64.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: UK hardback third impression from 1982. VG with a slight spine roll, in unclipped jacket, Good overall with some fade to spine and panel edges.
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Salman Rushdie. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition third reprint, Fine in Near Fine vibrant unclipped dustjacket price £7.50 with slight chipping and creasing to top and bottom of spine and faint creasing to spine. The jacket has no fading whatsoever. A handsome tight clean copy which appears to be unread, presented in a clear removable protective sleeve.
Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later Printing. Very good copy, price clipped
Seller: Fialta Books, St Albans, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman - BOOKER Prize Winner 1981. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is a fine copy (both book and dust jacket) of the first reprint of the first edition, issued and dated in the same year (1981) as the first printing of the first edition. The dark blue cloth-bound boards are evenly coloured and unmarked (apart from one tiny spot at the bottom of the back board). There are no scratches, dents or bumps; all edges are straight, all corners sharp. The text block is square and tightly bound and all edges (of the text block) are spotless. Internally, all pages are clean and unmarked (apart from a previous re-sale price written in pencil in the top right corner of the ffep). There are no other marks or inscriptions relating to former ownership. The dust jacket, which is identical to the one on the first edition/first print, is unmarked and retains its original gloss and crispness. There are no tears, chips or unwanted creases. The blue of the upper section of the spine panel is very slightly less strong than it is on the front and back panels. Please see five photos of this book and we would be happy to provide more if that would help.
Seller: Bekiaris Books, Reading, BERKS, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman.. Midnight's Children.. Jonathan Cape London 1st edition, 1981.
Price: US$429.89 + shipping
Description: 446pp. Printed and bound in Pennsylvania. Binding design by Sara Reynolds. Ex library copy. Boards with cloth spine. Edges of boards worn and rubbed, spine scuffed and little marked. Edges of price clipped dust jacket scuffed and curling, 1 closed tear (2cms), spine faded. Dust jacket fits rather loosely around the book. Fore-edge of pages rough cut. Page edges generally soiled and fingered. Contents fingered and little marked. Library stamps on front free end paper which lacks lower right corner (1.5cms). Further library stamp on title page. A well used copy. 24x17cms.
Seller: Jane & John Kinnaird, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in good condition. Jacket is scuffed and discoloured, and edges are creased and nicked. Board edges, corners and spine ends are blemished and bumped, and page block is slightly marked. Page block face is rough cut. Pages within are clear and unmarked throughout. LW
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children - SIGNED. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981.
Price: US$673.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped jacket. Signed by author on the title page. Jacket with blue of spine very slightly faded, and slight loss at top right tip. Book has small nick at top right of front endpaper, slight wear at tips and some offsetting from the printing on the inside flaps. Previous owner's name neatly written at the top of the front pastedown. Occasional browning to page edges Original rough cut pages from American sheets. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. I am happy to supply scans.
Seller: Mungobooks, Poole, United Kingdom
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy in blue boards with bright gold gilt lettering on the spine The dust jacket has NO FADING (rare thus) as seen in the photos.Now in a Brodart. SIGNED - NOT INSCRIBED - BY SALMAN RUSHDIE ON THE TITLE PAGE. This is the first edition, second reprint in 1981. It is a tight, clean copy with NO prior owner's name or markings of any kind.
Seller: Arthur Harry Fine Books, MISSISSAUGA, ON, Canada
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, 1981.
Price: US$744.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: True first printing with First Published 1981 and no additional printings listed. Name in ink to front end paper. Light rubbing to jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, 1981.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing signed by Rushdie on the title page. Pages are heavily toned. The spine of the jacket is faded. Aside from the aforementioned flaws a very good copy neatly signed by the author.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
RUSHDIE, SALMAN. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First British Edition. Rushdie's celebrated second novel, winner of the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981 and named the Booker of Bookers as the best all-time prize winner in both 1993 and 2008. Fine in near fine dustjacket with gentle fading to blue background on spine panel and some edges.
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children - BOOKER Prize Winner 1981. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1981.
Price: US$898.29 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is a fine copy (both the book and the dust jacket) of Salman Rushdie's most admired, celebrated and multi-award winning novel. The spine and boards (part maroon cloth-bound, part silver patterned paper covered) are unmarked (apart from a very thin line of sepia discoloration along the bottom edge of the front and back boards) and there are no scratches, dents or bumps: all edges straight all corners sharp. The text block is square and tightly bound and there is no spotting on the top or fore edges; there is a single small mark on the bottom edge. The silver author initials (S*R) on the front board are as bold and bright as new, as is the title lettering on the maroon cloth-bound spine. Internally the pages are all clean and unmarked with no signs of previous ownership apart from a small set of initials (DG. or JG. ?) neatly inscribed in the top right hand corner of the ffep. The colours of the dust jacket artwork and lettering remain strong, bright and distinct; it retains its original gloss, there are no tears, chips or excisions and the publisher's price (£6.95) is still in place. Please see five photos of this book and you would of course be welcome to ask for more if it would be helpful to have further views.
Seller: Bekiaris Books, Reading, BERKS, United Kingdom
SALMAN RUSHDIE. Midnight s Children. INSCRIBED. London: Jonathan Cape, 1981.
Price: US$936.90 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. First edition, first printing. Burgundy cloth-backed grey boards, in unclipped jacket. | Spine slightly faded, as often seen. Else a fine copy. | INSCRIBED by Rushdie to title page. «Midnight s Children» was awarded the Booker of Bookers Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary. In 2003 the novel appeared at number 100 on the BBC s The Big Read poll over UK s best-loved novels of all time.
Seller: Antikvariat Bryggen [ILAB, NABF], Skjeberg, Norway
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. London; Jonathan Cape;, 1981.
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of the Booker Prize winning novel. Printed by Jonathan Cape but using American sheets and boards. Very good but marked boards in very good price clipped and ill fitting and thus very scarce first state dustjacket with the usual fading to the spine. (I believe the first batch of dustjackets were slightly too small for the American imports and were replaced). The book was previously the property of a BBC journalist, so the book was probably a review copy, hence the first state dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
RUSHDIE, Salman.. Midnight's Children.. Jonathan Cape, London., 1981.
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Description: First U.K. edition. Octavo. 446 pages. Cloth-backed boards. The Booker of Bookers, and deservedly so.Very near fine in near-fine dustwrapper with a hint of the usual fading to the spine and slightly creased at tail of spine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
RUSHDIE (Salman).. Midnight's Children.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$962.45 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. 8vo. [242 x 162 x 40 mm]. 446p. Bound in publisher's quarter maroon cloth with grey paper sides, lettered in gilt to the front cover and spine, with dust wrapper. (Usual fading to the spine of the dust wrapper). With a New Fiction Society label to the spine and original owner's name on the front free endpaper. A very good copy of Rushdie's second novel; this was the book that propelled him onto the literary scene, won the Booker prize, and eventually went on to be voted the Best of Bookers at their 40th anniversary celebrations.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1981.
Price: US$1125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 446 Pp. Maroon Cloth Over Grey Boards. "First American Edition" Stated, But True First Edition, Preceding The British Edition Published By Jonathan Cape. Winner Of The Booker Prize, Also Winner Of The "Booker Of Bookers". Signed By Rushdie On The Title Page. A Bright, Clean Fine Book. No Remainder Marks. Dust Jacket Is Clean, Slight Fading To Pink Background Color On Spine, Light Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Spine With A 1/8" Square Chip Near The Spine Edge, Price Clipped, 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. FineÂin a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Botten. Midnight's Children chronicles modern India through the lives of the one thousand and one children born within the country's first hour of independence on August 15, 1947. "An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (Robert Towers, The New York Times Book Review). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. London: Jonathan Cape,, 1981.
Price: US$1970.92 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Boards marked and slight spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise a very good copy in a near fine dustwrapper with only the slightest hint of fading on the spine. Signed by Rushdie on the title page. This item is part of our Catalogue 4: The Rushdie Collection, which you can download at ygrbooks.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Salman Rushdie on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Botten. A very sharp example. Midnight's Children chronicles modern India through the lives of the one thousand and one children born within the country's first hour of independence on August 15, 1947. "An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (Robert Towers, The New York Times Book Review). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Charles- Salman Rushdie." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill Botten. A very sharp example. Midnight's Children chronicles modern India through the lives of the one thousand and one children born within the country's first hour of independence on August 15, 1947. "An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (Robert Towers, The New York Times Book Review). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
RUSHDIE, Salman.. Midnight's Children.. London Jonathan Cape, 1981.
Price: US$2117.50 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first impression from American sheets; 8vo; internally fine; publisher's cloth-backed boards, titles to upper board and spine in silver; a very fine copy in the pictorial printed dust jacket, very slight fading to spine; housed in a blue cloth solander box, red morocco label to spine with gilt lettering. 'An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation.' (Robert Towers, The New York Times Book Review). The initial UK printing of this book was abandoned at proof when it was discovered that the copy text had been an early draft and not the finished version. (Which being the reason UK proofs of the Cape run were recalled, are of the utmost scarcity and of considerable value). To meet the publication schedule Cape acquired 2500 sets of sheets from the US printing issuing them with a UK title page as in the present example. The Booker of Bookers. A masterpiece.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$2887.35 + shipping
Description: (London: Jonathan Cape 1981). First UK Edition, first printing of the Booker Prize winning novel. DOUBLE-SIGNED COPY BY BOTH THE AUTHOR (SALMAN RUSHDIE) AND THE ARTIST (BILL BOTTEN) WITH WRAP-AROUND BAND. Publisher's light grey paper and burgundy cloth-covered boards, with titling and author's initials stamped in silver on spine and front board. Printed by Jonathan Cape using American sheets. One of 2,500 copies. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. A near fine copy. The dustwrapper is in VG condition with creasing at the head and tail of the spine and to the front flap which is NOT price clipped. The spine of the dustwrapper is partially faded - as is customarily seen with this title. This is a pretty nice copy of a rare book, especially double-signed. The book comes complete with the rare WRAP-AROUND BAND (partially sunned to the spine portion) announcing the book to be the Winner of the 1981 £10,000 Booker McConnell Prize for Fiction. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for the same year. Awarded the "Booker of Booker's" Prize in 1993, and in 2008 voted the "Best of the Booker's" for most outstanding novel published in the last 40 years. Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century. Scarce with these attributes. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition of the author's Booker Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed on the title page by both Salman Rushdie and jacket deisgner Bill Botten. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the original wrap around band. Jacket design by Bill Botten. An exceptional signed example. Midnight's Children chronicles modern India through the lives of the one thousand and one children born within the country's first hour of independence on August 15, 1947. "An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation" (Robert Towers, The New York Times Book Review). Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Salman Rushdie. Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a nearly fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The jacket has a touch of toning to the spine and along the top of the back panel. Winner of the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Additionally includes a heart felt inscription by the film director, Deepa Mehta, on the verso of the half title page: "In Lieu of Salmon (My Hero!) I so enjoyed making this into a movie. Love, Deepa Mehta". Deepa Mehta directed the film adaptation of the novel in 2012 with a screenplay by Rushdie.
Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Salman Rushdie. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN SIGNED. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1981.
Price: US$4938.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Signed by author on title page. ; 9.0 X 6.5 X 1.7 inches; 446 pages; Signed by Author.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.