Accession number
PML 194526
Creator
Smith, Ali, 1962-
Published
London ; New York : Hamish Hamilton, 2005.
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection, purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Notes
Uncorrected proof in the 2nd state, with black front wrapper with the title and author's name printed in gold and excerpt from the novel beginning, "I was born in the year of the supersonic ...", printed in silver.
"...shortlisted for the Booker and Orange prizes in 2001..."--Back wrapper.
"Uncorrected proof copy 0241141907, 26th May 2005 ... 320pages, £12.99"--Rear wrapper.
"...shortlisted for the Booker and Orange prizes in 2001..."--Back wrapper.
"Uncorrected proof copy 0241141907, 26th May 2005 ... 320pages, £12.99"--Rear wrapper.
Description
305 p. ; 22 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Man Booker Prize judge's copy, 2005: signed on half t.p. by Booker judge and chair John Sutherland: "J. Sutherland read late April".
Provenance
John Sutherland; Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Binding
Black typographic wrappers printed in gold and silver.
Classification
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Department