Salman Rushdie — The Satanic Verses

London, Viking, 1988. First edition. Hardback. An superb first edition of Rushdie's award winning fourth novel. A fantastic first edition, tenth impression of Rushdie's seminal fourth novel. All first edition impressions released in the same year; 1988. Bound in the publisher's original cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. This edition with the Canadian price to the top, front fly leaf and British price to the lower.Inspired by the life of the prophet Muhammad, Rushdie delves into a world of magical realism centring around a group of Quranic verses. Both celebrated and controversial, Rushdie's Satanic Verses sparked heated unrest around censorship and religious violence.The book was a finalist for the 1988 Booker Prize and the winner of the 1988 Whitbread Award for Novel of the Year.A truly excellent copy of this controversial and ground breaking work of modern literature. Bound in the publisher's original cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, in excellent condition. Dust wrapper, excellent. Sunning to spine as is common with this edition. A slight bump to the rear, top corner of wrap. A single crease to lower corner of front fly leaf. Very minor marking to rear wrap. Internally, pristine. Pages bright and clean. The odd, minute handling mark to fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.