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Lot 253

FITZGERALD, Penelope. OFFSHORE. Collins, London, 1979. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with slight fading to the spine, a common fault. The Booker Prize winner for 1979. AMIS, Kingsley. THE OLD DEVILS. Hutchinson, London, 1986. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. The Booker Prize winner for 1986. SWIFT, Graham. LAST ORDERS. Picador, London, 1996. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. The Booker Prize winner for 1996. (3) Sold For £50.00

Lot 254

ISHIGURO, Kazuo. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY. Faber and Faber, London, 1989. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title-page. The Booker Prize winner for 1989. Sold For £200.00

Lot 255

JHABVALA, Ruth Prawer. HEAT AND DUST. John Murray, London, 1975. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a very near fine dustwrapper with just a hint of wear to the corners. The Booker Prize winner for 1975. ROY, Arundhati. THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS. Flamingo, London, 1997. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. The Booker Prize winner for 1997. FARRELL, J.G. THE SIEGE AT KRISHNAPUR. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1973. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a dustwrapper with very slight wear to the spine extremities, with small areas of decorative tape attached to the top and bottom of the free edges of the inner flaps, and with a small white circular sticker stuck over the still legible printed price at the foot of the front inner flap. The Booker Prize winner for 1973. (3) Sold For £100.00

Lot 257

MARTEL, Yann. LIFE OF PI. A NOVEL. Canongate Books, Edinburgh, 2002. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title-page. The Booker Prize winner for 2002. Sold For £75.00

Lot 258

MIDDLETON, Stanley. HOLIDAY. Hutchinson, London, 1974. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a very near fine dustwrapper with just a hint of creasing to the spine extremities and the foot of the upper panel. Scarce in this condition. Joint Booker Prize winner for 1974. Sold For £400.00

Lot 260

NEWBY, P.H. SOMETHING TO ANSWER FOR. Faber and Faber, London, 1968. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with slight wear to the edges of the lower panel which is a little soiled. The very first Booker Prize winner, scarce in any condition. Sold For £170.00

Lot 263

RUBENS, Bernice. THE ELECTED MEMBER. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1969. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Faint signs of former ownership to the head of the front free endpaper, otherwise internally a clean bright copy in the original claret boards. In a clean bright dustwrapper with the slightest wear to the spine extremities and a small portion of a Welsh Library or Booksellers stamp to the edge of the front inner fold and two small areas of browning (sellotape residue?) to the edge of the rear inner flap. Overall, a very attractive copy of the scarce second Booker Prize winner. Sold For £200.00

Lot 264

RUSHDIE, Salman. MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN. Jonathan Cape, London, 1981. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 8vo. A very fine copy indeed of the first issue printed on the American sheets in a very fine unfaded dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title-page. Booker Prize winner and later nominated as Booker of Bookers. Sold For £960.00

Lot 265

UNSWORTH, Barry. SACRED HUNGER. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1992. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A fine copy in a very near fine dustwrapper with minute areas of rubbing to the head of the spine. The Joint Booker Prize winner for 1992. GORDIMER, Nadine. THE CONSERVATIONIST. Jonathan Cape, London, 1974. First edition, first printing. 8vo. From the library of Natalie Wheen and with her name and the date November 1974 to the head of the front endpaper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper of the Joint Booker Prize winner for 1974. (2) Sold For £60.00

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