Books

- Author's Signed dedication to title page - First Edition, First Impression - 1cm vertical gash to spine beneath gilt title - Edges of text block lightly toned w/ a couple of small marks - Dustwrapper a little chipped to corners and spine slightly faded - Book ow/ solid, clean and bright - In lovely condition despite the mark to spine and in an unclipped and untorn dustwrapper - 547 pages.

The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth novel, first published in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. It was met with significant controversy due to its portrayal of Islamic themes which led Rushdie to face death threats and a fatwa calling for his assassination.