A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, First Edition, Signed (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Advance reading copy (may differ from finished book) with bookplate signed by author pasted onto dedication page. Dent on bottom of front cover by spine, another small one on top fore edge of back cover, inevitable page tanning, else text clean, binding tight. Oversize book extra shipping charges will apply for international and priority orders as this will not fit into a flat rate envelope. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. RARE Signed 2 Volume [both signed on Title Page] Advance Reading Copy from an Uncorrected Typewritten Manuscript. New copy. Never read. Trade paperback format. No printing or edition information. ARC's are 1st Editions/ 1st Printings. Volume 1 front cover has a crease top right hand corner.1st 100 pages show the same crease. Crease keeps fading as the pages get higher. Top left hand corner of front cover is torn 3/4 of an inch down the spine. Bottom of the page edges has a smudge from the printer. Volume 2 has a mark across the bottom page edges. Back cover has a crease on the top and bottom next to the binding. The 2 volume set will have extra shipping charges. This 2 volume set ARC is very rare. I have never seen another set listed. COLLECTOR'S COPY. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Vikram Seth on the title page. Set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India, this widely-praised novel follows four families during 18 months, and centres on Mrs. Rupa Mehra's efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter, Lata, to a "suitable boy". Thick octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing with appropriate number line, flat signed by the author to the title page. Light rubbing to board and jacket edges, innocuous dusting to bottom of block at fore edge, very common in titles this large. Large octavo, black boards, pictorial jacket, 1349 pages. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. This is a large and heavy book and will need additional shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. Red boards with gold text. Green endpapers. No dings, marks or issues except for a smattering of light stains on the top of the text block and tanning beginning in the text block. Boards square and rigid, spine tight, tips pointed. Jacket is not price clipped and now looks adventurous in a shiny mylar dust protector. Packaging suitable for wrapping. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 1349 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with an image and tan lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$30.00", has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild wear along the edges. Textblock has stains on the stains on the 206-207, and stains and foxing along the edges. Signed flat by Vikram Seth on the title page. Shelved in Room C. 1394624. Special Collections.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. ADVANCE READING COPY. Publisher's bookplate SIGNED by Vikram Seth opposite title page. Fine in bulky pictorial printed wrappers. ; 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"; 1366 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth, Phoenix House, 1993. Signed First Edition, First Impression, First State Included by BBC News on its list of the 100 Most Inspiring Novels and adapted for TV in 2020, this story is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India and follows four families over eighteen months and revolves around Mrs. Rupa Mehra's efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter Late to a "suitable boy". The novel was snubbed by Booker and has subsequently been hailed as the greatest Indian Novel. This is a First Edition, First Impression, First State with olive green end papers. The title page has been signed by the author with a neat personal dedication. In near fine condition, the binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. There is a small crease mark to the top corner of the front board and minor shelf wear to the top edge of the spine. The end papers and pages are free from tears and inscriptions. There are faint marks to the top edge. The first free page has a small loss. The unclipped dust jacket, protected in a clear, removable cover is in very good condition with a small mark to the front cover, nibbling to the top edge of the spine and nibbling to the top edge of the back cover. Will be dispatched carefully wrapped in bubblewrap and a cardboard box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. No.7 of 100 numbered copies bound in quarter leather signed by the author, from an edition of 126, published in advance of the trade edition. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s).