Joseph Anton

First UK Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Near Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the board edges and faint sunning to the spine head, else a sharp, bright copy. SIGNED by the author to the title page. An exceptional copy of this memoir of how Rushdie lived underground with an alias (Joseph Anton) after the Ayatollah Khomeini had put a death sentence on him for the writing of "The Satanic Verses". Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.