Rushdie, Salman.

8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author  ("To Maggie  | with thanks | Salman Rushdie"), original quarter maroon cloth, paper covered boards, dust-jacket, some slight sunning near spine of jacket [together with:]
Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, 1981, 8vo, first edition, production copy marked up for the first reprint, revisions in pencil in the hand of a copy-editor, original cloth, dust-jacket (2)

Margaret Oxland, inscription to her by the author

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presentation and production copies of one of the great modern novels.

The recipient here, Maggie Oxland, is the blurb-writer for Rushdie's novel at Jonathan Cape: "...Rushdie's rich tableau, which holds a fascinating family saga against the vast, colourful background of India in this century,  is a masterly achievement". This assessment has stood the test of time, with Midnight's Children twice being accorded the accolade of being the best all-time Booker Prize-winning novel (in the "Booker of Bookers" in 1993 and 2008).