signed first edition Cloth
2008 · London
by Rushdie, Salman
London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0224061631 . A most beautiful first printing of the first Trade edition/first printing, preceded only by a privately published Easton Press edition, in unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Salman Rushdie directly on the title page; This is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world. It is also story of two cities at the height of their powers - the hedonistic Mughal capital, ruled by Akbar the Great, and the equally sensual city of Florence during the High Renaissance, where Niccolò Machiavelli takes a starring role as he learns about the true brutality of power (from the dustjacket) ; 8vo; [viii], 359, [1] pages; Signed by Author .
(Inventory #: 14589)