tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post7142781095932643453..comments2024-03-02T05:28:46.263+00:00Comments on Bookride: Salman Rushdie. Midnight's Children, 1981.Bookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-1360346700356173802008-03-27T09:22:00.000+00:002008-03-27T09:22:00.000+00:00Thanks very much have made corrections. Assume som...Thanks very much have made corrections. Assume some of the higher records are for signed copies. NBookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-71854005401808488752008-03-27T05:16:00.000+00:002008-03-27T05:16:00.000+00:00"Rushdie would often discuss Midnight's Children (..."Rushdie would often discuss Midnight's Children (which he was then writing) with Jennings, and promised him an inscribed copy, once it was published. The copy was inscribed in 1981 somewhat belying this note."<BR/>It does not belie his promise at all. Midnight's Children was published in 1981 (as is correctly stated under the image of the book on your blog and in your mention of its winning the 1981 Booker), not 1977 as you mention in the title.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-52156013336556219622008-03-27T05:02:00.000+00:002008-03-27T05:02:00.000+00:00In addition to the Bloomsbury copy, several copies...In addition to the Bloomsbury copy, several copies of Midnight's Children have sold at GBP 2000+ (including one at over GBP 3500). The highest priced copies on ABE have been selling regularly. Also, the edition of XII of the Satanic Verses has appreciated considerably in value from the prices you mention (GBP 3700+). Also, I know of at least two copies of the limted edition of Two Stories selling above GBP 3500 and one currently listed on ABE for GBP 5000).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-42018004631823244762008-03-18T06:51:00.000+00:002008-03-18T06:51:00.000+00:00Thanks for the above. I have had several orders fo...Thanks for the above. I have had several orders for Rushdie books (signed) recently and his star seems to again be in the ascendant. The above was a pretty special signed copy in what looks like fab condition and described thus:<BR/>141. Rushdie (Salman) Midnight’s Children, first English edition, first issue with the American sheets , signed autograph dedication from the author on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, spine slightly sunned as usual, uncut, 8vo, 1981. (2)<BR/><BR/>est. £1000 – £1500<BR/><BR/>Scarce signed. At the time Rushdie was writing this novel he was very active in combating racism, particularly racially motivated violence against Bangladeshis and Afro-Caribbeans in North London. He was a member of the management committee of ‘Camden Committee for Community Relations’, and this book is inscribed to a staff member of the CCCR, one Narendra Makanji.<BR/>Narendra Makanji was elected a local councillor and served as such for the next twenty-four years. During this time he was the Chair of the Labour Party Black Section, which led the campaign for the election of Black MPs to the British House of Commons. In 1987, four Black MPs were elected providing Black representation for the first time since 1927.<BR/>The date of the signature is significant ; at the time the author was not famous and the date (16th of September 1981) is some weeks before the Booker Prize for 1981 was announced.<BR/>The lot also includes the CCCR’s Annual Report for 1981. Sold for £1600. 13 March 2008.Bookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-90788818826982169852008-03-18T04:04:00.000+00:002008-03-18T04:04:00.000+00:00Bloomsbury sold a copy of Midnight's Children for ...Bloomsbury sold a copy of Midnight's Children for a hammer price of GBP 1650 (GBP 2000 inclusive of fees) at their March 13, 2008 auction: http://www.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/642/141.0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-37617652281908443002008-03-14T03:51:00.000+00:002008-03-14T03:51:00.000+00:00Someone paid $7,000 on AbeBooks for a copy of Rush...Someone paid $7,000 on AbeBooks for a copy of Rushdie's "Two Stories," limited to 12 copies. See <A HREF="http://www.abebooks.com/blog/index.php/what-big-spenders-are-buying/2007/12/17/" REL="nofollow">AbeBooks blog</A>.<BR/><BR/>PS: I've finally linked to your blog. Sorry for the delay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-21239357046007829062008-03-10T17:10:00.000+00:002008-03-10T17:10:00.000+00:00like to buy my favorite various rare books at very...like to buy my favorite various rare books at very reasonable price from a processed meat shop that I knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-40539475953624746052008-03-01T06:40:00.000+00:002008-03-01T06:40:00.000+00:00I like to buy my favorite various rare books at ve...I like to buy my favorite various rare books at very reasonable price from <A HREF="http://www.couponalbum.com/coupons/abebooks.htm" REL="nofollow">AbeBooks</A> store....!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com