Satanic Verses by Rushdie Salman, Signed (50 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by author on a loosely laid in page in black pen, signature only. Published in 1989 stated with 9 10 8 to number line, eighth printing. 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight with near fine gilt titles to spine, boards straight and clean; minor soiling to fore edge with mild soiling to bottom edge else text free of marks, appears gently read. Dust jacket ($19.95) has mild bumping to top spine and top rear cover with modest toning to top flaps. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: As new. Fourth Printing of the U.S. Edition. Large 8vo. Pp. [x], 3-546, [4]. Quarter-bound black cloth over grey paper covered boards, lettered in gilt to spine; deckled fore-edge. Illustrated dustjacket, priced at $19.95 on the front flap, and featuring blurbs by Nadine Gordimer, Angela Carter, Victoria Glendinning, Bill Buford and Hyam Maccoby. Originally published by Viking in London on September 26, 1988, with the first U.S. edition by the same publisher following on February 22, 1989. Signed by Author to title page. Author's fourth novel. Winner of the 1988 Whitbread Prize for Fiction. Shortlisted for the 1988 Booker Prize (losing out to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda). Gibreel Farishta, India's legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices, fall earthward from a bombed jet toward the sea, singing rival verses in an eternal wrestling match between good and evil. A whimsical and fantastic tale, as viewed through the prism of a magical realist lens. Its publication ignited an on-going debate on the dividing lines between freedom of expression, censorship, and religious tolerance. The book's reference to several verses that Satan allegedly tricked Muhammad into including in the Qur'an, and which were later expunged, as claimed by the controversial Arabian historian Ibn Ishaq, were the main source for the fatwa (religious edict) conferred upon Rushdie by Iran's spiritual leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini. It was officially lifted by his successors in September 1998 and the state-sanctioned reward nullified. Despite all this, Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state on 12 August 1922, as he was about to deliver a lecture. He ruefully reflects on this attack which caused him to lose sight in his right eye, as well as the use of his left hand, in his 2024 memoir, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder. "Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary. a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination." -The Guardian. 919. signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. New York: Viking, 1989. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. Fifteenth printing of the first edition. Inscribed by Rushdie on the half-title page. Ends of the spine lightly bumped. Book and unclipped jacket are both in near fine condition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+. 1st American Edition/2nd Printing. SIGNED by Rushdie on a bookplate card affixed to half-title page: "Salman Rushdie - London" in blue ink). some page age-toning. $19.95 price on DJ flap; mylar protected. (Bonus: with a unsigend 1st US Printing hadrcover copy of Rushdie's "The Golden House" PLUS a unsigned hardcover 1st Printing of "The Enchantress of Florence"). NOTE: NO International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED by SALMAN RUSHDIE directly on the title page (signature only, not inscribed to anyone); first American edition, first printing; Hardcover with dust jacket; appears unread in Fine/Fine condition (no marks, not book-club ed, etc; shows just a hint of shelfwear); comes with a photo of the author at the signing event; ships securely in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Salman Rushdie on the half-title page without inscription. A beautiful, clean, undamaged first printing in like dust jacket. The jacket has been put in a clear archival sleeve to keep it in pristine condition. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States will require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing hardback in unclipped jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no other inscriptions. Book and jacket in near fine condition. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. I am happy to supply scans. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. - Author's Signed dedication to title page - First Edition, First Impression - 1cm vertical gash to spine beneath gilt title - Edges of text block lightly toned w/ a couple of small marks - Dustwrapper a little chipped to corners and spine slightly faded - Book ow/ solid, clean and bright - In lovely condition despite the mark to spine and in an unclipped and untorn dustwrapper - 547 pages.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the Author on the half- title page without personalization. A Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A New Giftable Book. Unclipped Dust Jacket. First American Edition. Rushdie's most controversial work, for which he received death threats and a Fatwah post-publication. 'Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.' Rushdie The book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing, with archival grade protective cover. First American edition.Signed by author on loose bookplate. Tight binding. Price corner intact. Very clean, but front cover suffered slight rubbing on gold print of Rushdie s last name (see photo). Not remaindered. Photos are of the book you will receive. Twenty percent of sales from Third Mantis Books is donated to the World Literacy Foundation. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. Weak smudge to bottom page edges. Text is clean and unmarked. First American Edition is stated. ; Signed by the author, Salman Rushdie, on the title page; 9.10 X 6.40 X 1.70 inches; 560 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Special Edition. Uncorrected Advance Proof Copy; Near Fine in wraps. SIGNED by the author on the half title page (the book has no title page as issued). A unique collectible for the Rushdie fan; the uncorrected proof is scarce in the marketplace, particularly signed. Near Fine with some mild rubbing and creasing to the edges and light soiling to the exterior text block. Not remaindered, not ex-library; in an archival bag and will ship in a sturdy box. "One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie s best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian actors of opposing sensibilities fall to earth, transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is just the initial act in a magnificent odyssey that seamlessly merges the actual with the imagined. A book whose importance is eclipsed only by its quality, The Satanic Verses is a key work of our times.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing hardcover signed by the author, with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Author signing slip laid in. Jacket edges are slightly creased and nicked. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. Used.

Hardcover. First American Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Signed by author on title page. ; 9.3 X 6.5 X 1.9 inches; 547 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A nice signed copy in about near fine condition. A simple cover design, but resonant. Octavo, printed wraps, 547 pages. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. signed by Rushdie; note: book was withdrawn after the Fatwa so a number of publishers got together and published as a consortium under a cloak of anonymity to prevent violence against any one publisher. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The author signed this 547 page 6 1/4 by 9 inch soft cover on the 1/2 title page. The covers have some creases, light color loss at the joints, wear at the edges and an area to the front cover where the coating seems to be missing. The edges are also lightly soiled. However, there are no creases to the spine, the interior is clean, bright and without rips, tears, highlighting or underling. Please look at the pictures provided carefully and ask questions about this item prior to making a purchase, thank you. This is a First Edition Thus, as the book was originally published in 1988 by Viking. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: As new. No jacket. First paperback edition. First paperback edition. 8vo. Pp. [xii], 3-546, [4]. Red, black and gold printed wrappers. 1/100,000 copies, followed soon after by another printing of 200,000 copies. The paperback edition of the book published on March 25, 1992 by a company called The Consortium, Inc. This was a publishing company, comprising some sixty entities, and incorporated in the state of Delaware for the express purpose of bringing out a softcover issue of The Satanic Verses. Originally published by Viking in London on September 26, 1988, with the first U.S. edition by the same publisher following on February 22, 1989. Signed by the Author to half title. Author's fourth novel. Winner of the 1988 Whitbread Prize for Fiction. Shortlisted for the 1988 Booker Prize (losing out to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda). Gibreel Farishta, India's legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices, fall earthward from a bombed jet toward the sea, singing rival verses in an eternal wrestling match between good and evil. A whimsical and fantastic tale, as viewed through the prism of a magical realist lens. Its publication ignited an on-going debate on the dividing lines between freedom of expression, censorship, and religious tolerance. The book's reference to several verses that Satan allegedly tricked Muhammad into including in the Qur'an, and which were later expunged, as claimed by the controversial Arabian historian Ibn Ishaq, were the main source for the fatwa (religious edict) conferred upon Rushdie by Iran's spiritual leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini. It was officially lifted by his successors in September 1998 and the state-sanctioned reward nullified. Despite all this, Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state on 12 August 1922, as he was about to deliver a lecture. He ruefully reflects on this attack which caused him to lose sight in his right eye, as well as the use of his left hand, in his 2024 memoir, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder. "Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary. a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination." -The Guardian. 766. signed.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First American paperback edition. SIGNED by Salman Rushdie on title page. Fine in trade size printed wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition, First Printing. Signed by SALMAN RUSHDIE on the title page. Top points lightly bumped. SIGNED BY SALMAN RUSHDIE.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Soft cover trade edition from 2008 in about very good condition with tanned pages and a crease to the cover at the bottom corner. This copy inscribed and signed by Rushdie. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing with complete number line. A cut signature of the author has been affixed to the book at the first title page. A very nice copy. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. 1988. 10th Printing. 547 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Flat signed by author to title page. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to first page textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Attractively bound in black cloth spine and gray paper-covered boards.Very clean and tight throughout. Signed "Salman Rushdie"on the title page. In a complete and striking dust jacket with the original price of $19.95. Overall, an attractive copy, signed. Laid in is 4-page pamphlet in an envelope from the Rushdie Defense Committee championing Rushdie's spirit and discussing the global impact of The Satanic Verses. The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel of the British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie. First published in September 1988, the book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters. The title refers to the Satanic Verses, a group of Quranic verses about three pagan Meccan goddesses: All t, Al-Uzza, and Man t.[1] The part of the story that deals with the satanic verses was based on accounts from the historians al-Waqidi and al-Tabari.[1]The book was a 1988 Booker Prize finalist (losing to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda), and won the 1988 Whitbread Award for novel of the year.[2] Timothy Brennan called the work "the most ambitious novel yet published to deal with the immigrant experience in Britain".The book and its perceived blasphemy motivated Islamic extremist bombings, killings, and riots and sparked a debate about censorship and religiously motivated violence. Fearing unrest, the Rajiv Gandhi government banned the importation of the book into India.[3][4] In 1989, Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against Rushdie, resulting in several failed assassination attempts on the author, who was granted police protection by the UK government,[5] and attacks on connected individuals, including the Japanese translator Hitoshi Igarashi who was stabbed to death in 1991. Assassination attempts against Rushdie continued, including an attempt on his life in August 2022. (Wikipedia) First Edition with "First American Edition" stated on the copyright page and the complete number line as well.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. First American edition. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards, with titles in gold to the spine. Bottom of boards a little rubbed, cocked, with a small splash to the front cover and a small splash to the rear cover touching on the black cloth, both faint, little brown streak to the front endpaper, clean otherwise and only a good copy overall, the dust jacket not price clipped, with little creases to a few edges. Signed by Salman Rushdie on the title-page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first print, signed by the author to the title page in black pen. With a complete number line, denoting a first print. A fine copy, with no bumps to the boards, no reading lean; the book is firm and square and very clean and fresh. The spine foot is not pushed, the corners are still very sharp and firm. There are no marks to the boards and the book has no reading lean. The text block is clean and fresh. The book is internally very clean indeed, unmarked. Little if any sign at all that is has been read. The jacket is whole and not price-clipped, with just light sunning to the spine. A very fine copy in a fine jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. RUSHDIE, Salman. The Satanic Verses (Signed) [together with] In Good Faith. London: Viking, 1988/ Granta, 1990 8vo., blue publisher's boards lettered in gilt to backstrip; together in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper (£12.95 net); featuring an image from 'Rustam Killing the White Demon' from the Victoria and Albert Museum; black and white photograph of the author to the lower panel; pp. [xii], 3-546, [iv]; a near-fine copy, the backstrip unfaded, unlike in many copies; one small scratch to upper panel of DJ, with very minor scuffing to the edges. [together with] 'In Good Faith': publisher's green card covers, stapled; printed in black; pp. [ii], 3-22, [ii]; a few small marks to lower cover, else fine. First edition, first impression, with full number line 1-10. This copy signed by Rushdie in black biro to the title page. An infamous novel, The Satanic Verses was Rushdie's fourth book, and was based on a group of Quranic verses about three pagan Meccan goddesses; Allāt, Al-Uzza, and Manāt. As with his other works, the style relies on a combination of magical realism and real-life events, with the central plot prolifically studded with a series of sub-plots narrated as visions from dreams. In the main narrative, the two protagonists board a plane hijacked by Sikh separatists, but when the bomb is detonated over the English channel, both survive, magically transformed into the archangel Gabriel and the devil, respectively. Perhaps the most striking of the subplots is that of Ayesha, who claims to be receiving revelations from the Archangel Gabriel and leads her village on a pilgrimage to the Arabian Sea. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Satanic Verses also won the Whitbread Award for novel of the year, although it was quickly overshadowed by its controversy. In 1989, Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini declared a fatwa against Rushdie, and the resulting assassination attempts led to the author being granted police protection by the UK government. In 1991, Japanese translator Hitoshi Igarashi was stabbed to death as a result of his association with the work, and assassination attempts continue today, with an attempt on Rushdie's life in August 2022 leading to him losing sight in one eye, as well as the use of one hand. The pamphlet included here, issued two years after the outrage, seeks to justify and defend The Satanic Verses. "I feel as if I have been plunged, like Alice, into the world beyond the looking-glass", Rushdie writes, "where nonsense is the only available sense. And I wonder if I'll ever be able to climb back through the mirror". Signed by Author(s).

First British edition, early printing of Rushdie's classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author "to Simon and Sheila, best wishes, Salman Rushdie 22nd Nov '89." A fascinating RushdieĀassociation item. After the Fatwah againstĀRushdieĀfor the publication of TheĀSatanic Verses was issued, the writer was forced into hiding in 1990. Within two weeks Rushdie was forced into hiding with the London Metropolitan Police Special Branch protection for a decade. In the first few months of the Protection Detail, due to the high grade and imminent nature of the Intelligence threats received against him, it had been required to relocate the author and his wife once every 3-4 days. A number of safe houses, some friends, but other officially rented premises were utilized for the purpose. The person to whom this book signature is inscribed was the Metropolitan Police Special Branch Detective responsible for the Subject's Close Protection detail on occasions during the period August to November 1989. The book, signed and inscribed to Simon and his wife Sheila, was presented to Simon in a London safe house that we were occupying on Wednesday, November 22, 1989. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdieās best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian actors of opposing sensibilities fall to earth, transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is just the initial act in a magnificent odyssey that seamlessly merges the actual with the imagined. A book whose importance is eclipsed only by its quality, The Satanic Verses is a key work of our times. "A staggering achievement, brilliantly enjoyable" (Nadine Gordimer).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine +. First Edition. A SIGNED UK first edition, first impression - with a complete number string which includes the number 1. The Wrapper : The wrapper on this copy is very bright, is unfaded, and is complete. It is unclipped. It shows an inconsequential bruising at the head of the spine and to the upper corner tips. The spine panel is unfaded. Looks very sharp. The Book : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. There is a touch of trivial bruising to the spine ends. The pages and closed page edges are clean and bright. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. This copy has been SIGNED by Salman Rushdie to the title page. An attractive copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First American Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Fine dust jacket. ; Signed by Salman Rushdie on title page. ; Signed by Author.