Accession number
PML 193741
Creator
Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1996, c1995.
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection, purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Notes
Originally published: Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1995.
"This is an uncorrected proof ... Publication date: 25 April 1996. Price: $26"--Front wrapper.
"0-679-44608-7"--Front flyleaf, below publisher's blurb.
"First American Edition"--T.p. verso.
"This is an uncorrected proof ... Publication date: 25 April 1996. Price: $26"--Front wrapper.
"0-679-44608-7"--Front flyleaf, below publisher's blurb.
"First American Edition"--T.p. verso.
Description
605 p. ; 24 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Man Booker Prize judge's copy, 1996: judge and chair Carmen Callil's copy, with her marks; inscribed by her on half t.p., "Only Peter Straus would have bought this book, a poor copy all around by Carmen Callil. London 3.3.2002".
Provenance
Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Binding
Beige printed wrappers, with pictorial dust jacket designed by Barbara de Wilde, illustrated with a photograph by Dario Mitidieri.
Classification
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Department