GRANTA 3: The End of the English Novel (Triple Signed : Salman Rushdie : Alan Sillitoe : Chris Bigsby)

Bill Buford, Pete de Bolla [Eds.] Contributors: Salman Rushdie, Angela Carter, Desmond Hogan, Alan Sillitoe, Emma Tennant, Russell Hoban, Lorna Sage et al

Published by Granta, 1980

Condition: Used - Near fine Soft cover

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The First UK printing published by Granta, King's College, Cambridge University in 1980. Original Wraps. The BOOK is in near FINE condition with a little creasing at spine tips and a hint of toning to the text block. No Jacket as issued. Light creeping to the upper page corner of the first 60 pages, possibly a production issue. Free from inscriptions and erasures. This copy is lacking the one page OUP insert at page 108. Illustrated with full-page black and white drawing cover design by John Blanche. The Contents: Salman Rushdie: Midnight's Children (first part ); Angela Carter: Cousins; Desmond Hogan: Southern Birds; Alan Sillitoe: A Scream of Toys; Emma Tennant: Alice fell; Russell Hoban: Ridley Walker; J.K. Klavans: God, He Was Good. With a section titled 'A Symposium on the British Novel, with contributions by: Lorna Sage, Chris Bigsby, Frederick Bowers, James Gindin and Christine Brooke-Rose. A very hard to find early issue Granta magazine - containing the first part of Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children'. The two relevant chapters "The Perforated Sheet" (pages 17 to 32) and "Mercurochrome" (pages 32 to 46) are the earliest and only publications of parts of his novel 'Midnight's Children' in any form. This copy has been Signed (without dedication) by Salman Rushdie, Alan Sillitoe and Chris Bigsby at their respective entries. Scarce to find with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

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GRANTA 3: The End of the English Novel (Triple Signed : Salman Rushdie : Alan Sillitoe : Chris Bigsby)

Publisher

Granta

Publication Date

1980

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

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No Jacket

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