Salman Rushdie — Joseph Anton: A Memoir

London, Jonathan Cape, 2012. First edition. Hardback. A signed first edition, first impression of Salman Rushdie"s memoir Joseph Anton, detailing the years he spent under police protection following the 1989 fatwa, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original paper-covered boards.First edition, first impression, complete with the full number line.  Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Flat signed by the author, Salman Rushdie, to the title page. This memoir recounts the period following the publication of The Satanic Verses (1988), when Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa sentencing him to death, forcing the author into years of police protection, secrecy, and displacement. Joseph Anton takes its title from the pseudonym Rushdie used while living under protection, combining the names of Conrad and Chekhov. In the publisher's original paper-covered boards. Externally, lovely. One or two of the slightest handling marks. Dust wrapper, lovely. "Signed Copy" sticker to front wrap. Slight rubbing to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Flat signed by the author to the title page. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.